The veteran football player and now technical analyst, Haris Pappas, was hosted on “DIKI on SKAI” and talked about the conclusions he has drawn after the first matches of Super League 1, mentioning the positives and negatives of the Big-5.
What he said in detail:
“It seems that the gap between the young and the old has narrowed and this is the conclusion after the first five matches of Super League 1. PAOK is progressing and the positive thing for Razvan Lucescu’s team is that they are slowly integrating the new players. PAOK is more connected and more ready than the rest so far.
On the other hand, Olympiacos cannot escape the losses of Fortunis and Podense. He has a huge problem in the creative part, as his wingers and his 10-man cannot provide the solutions provided by Podense and Fortounis.
On the other side, Aris from the first to the last minute was better than Olympiakos and got a fair victory. The game worked out for him because he scored very early in the match. Olympiacos settled for a game with big balls and crosses which is not its strong point.
Aris made some terrific signings and I was impressed by his axis and especially Monchu who is excellent and a player for a higher level.
For the fact that you ask me that Kleanthis Vikelidis was not filled, maybe the people of Ares are tired, that the team cannot enter a wedge in the remaining four and must at some point change the level and stop chasing a Cup. Aris, the face he shows in the derbies, should also show it in the matches with the small and medium teams».
For PAOK-Aris: “The derby will be decided in the details. The two coaches know very well the positives and negatives of each team. Mars is intrigued by the big games and gets big results. And if he doesn’t get a positive result, he plays good football in the specific gamesya”.
For AEK-Panathinaikos: “Panathinaikos had quite a hard time against Panserraikos who showed a very good face and put a lot of pressure on Alonso’s players. The permanent problem of Panathinaikos is the transfers and the fact that while they have good players on the wings they cannot be fed properly as they should. Panathinaikos has to improve many things, because they have good material, the question is whether their coach has found the right formation for the team».
He also said: “There should be no doubting Almeida’s face for the year AEK won the double, but that doesn’t mean he shouldn’t be overlooked. AEK press for 90 minutes and go one-on-one all the time, and this may result in the frequent injuries of their players for this season.
As far as the OPAP ARENA derby is concerned, I think that AEK has a home advantage and that Panathinaikos has not yet produced intensity in its games and is generally not convincing with its performances».
For the title fight: “100% everything will be decided in the playoffs and I believe we will have a competitive Championship again this year like last year where the title was decided on the last weekend».
Source: Sport Fm
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