At Lawsuit against SKAI hosted the former international footballer and Arsenal scout for many years, Lakis Papaioannouwho commented on the results of matchday 16 of the Stoiximan Super League and outlined the profile of each title contender – standing alongside the improvement of the “little ones”.
What he said in detail:
“We see that the so-called “little ones” make it difficult for the big ones. And Kallithea and Levadeiakos and Panaitolikos and also Lamia. This is in the pros.
Several of the big teams playing in Europe, as well as AEK, which played with PAOK in the Cup, are a little tired. But the budgets are very high and they have better quality players who shape the result.
On the other hand, the so-called small groups have leveled up. In this, to a large extent, refereeing with VAR has helped. We must also show a confidence in it.
There is no longer anything easy, that is, that AEK would definitely win Levadeiakos. Everything will be decided in the play offs, there we will see very good football. The teams from Europe will also be more rested, we will see better teams.
This year AEK has a better roster, PAOK is a assembled team, but so are Panathinaikos and Olympiacos. I expect AEK to be better, for Martial and Lamela to improve.
We saw how Tzolakis scored 2-3 sure goals. We saw a Lamia playing very good football. Olympiakos players would probably think that Christmas came early. We must accept all results. Olympiacos brought draws and lost and nothing happens, they continue in the same way.
From Panathinaikos, the player that stands out and I am happy to see him is Tete, he is something special, a beauty!
The coach is the one who will evaluate the existing material. Mars needs reinforcement, it speaks with its performance.
And for me, Manzios did an excellent job. I didn’t understand why he changed him, but the president is what he wants to do.
Everyone is good, PAOK has a terrible homogeneity because they have players for years. But he needs a player, not just to cut but also to create. This is very important and is missing.
If I say from now on which team will win the championship, I will not be rational. It will depend on the mood of the teams but also the results of the other teams, it doesn’t just depend on you. Psychology will play an important role, but even the draw of the playoffs.
I hear a lot about refereeing, obviously mistakes will be made I don’t think there is any point because VAR works well with the smaller teams too.
Refereeing for me has progressed, of course mistakes are made, I accept that. We see a very good championship, the “small teams” have also improved a lot”.
Source: Sport Fm
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