Cancellieri: “We had defensive problems, but we found a score”

Massimo Cancellieri emphasized that the match against Prometheus was difficult for PAOK and emphasized the defense and scoring in the first half, he believes that all the players who played helped, he considers it logical that there are “ups and downs” because the team is still “building” and that in every match they fight, he found that there is daily improvement and emphasized that if it is, a player will be acquired who can make a difference in any position.

In detail:

On what was the “key” in today’s victory: “We weren’t the only ones motivated. It was a strange match. In two quarters we were ineffective in defense, but we scored and stayed close to the score. In the next two quarters we were good in defense which gave us the victory. Everyone who fought helped in their own way.”

On whether the team is at the levels he expected after the break: “It’s not the regularity I’m looking for as there are still a lot of ‘ups and downs’. It is normal, as just as Rome was not built in a day, the team cannot be ‘built’ overnight, it is ‘built’ day by day. We are on the right track, the players are fighting every day and that is what we want.

I don’t think we will play like this all the time, we will play better and worse. That’s what we have to manage, the performance difference between races. There are hierarchies in the team, like Antetokounmpo and Iatridis are increasing their quality time, but they cannot play 20 minutes.”

On whether there is progress-improvement every day: “There is, yes. I am satisfied. Watching the game against Oradea in the BCL qualifiers, I would say that I have seen a very significant improvement since then. The most important thing is that more and more players have entered the rotation, which helps the team.”

Finally, he added to the possibility of adding a player: “My thinking is not for the team to look at a player in a specific position, but to find a player who can make a difference. We are not looking for anything at the moment, as the market at this time is not helping compared to the summer.”