THE PAOK completed the season with sixth place and Massimo Kanchelieri He was asked to answer the big question about whether he would stay on the team’s bench and the new season. The Italian coach with his well -known humor and influences from the emergence of the new Pope was not clear.
“We will put a chimney out of the court and see if white or black smoke comes out. It’s not the time to talk about it. We will see“, Kanchelieri replied to slogans from the people who asked him to stay after the summer.
At the same time he expressed his complaint about the conduct system: ‘Someone has to take me home and stay in bed for a week. I don’t understand why we had to play again, there was no reason. We drove the players to play a very good game, especially in the second half. We had to be fourth. How many times do we have to prove that we are good?”
At the press conference later, it was also not enlightening. “49 games have passed and I will say thank you again to everyone here who made me a better coach. Stop talking about me. Talk about my players. Anyone who talks about me in the next 72 hours will hire a lawyer (laughs). I am very tired but happy for what we have achieved. Give congratulations to the team. I say it all year. I am not a coach I want to look good for players. It’s what I feel. My style is to improve the players. They all improved both as players and as people. I don’t read the articles you write, it’s my choice. You are fair here (journalists). Ask difficult and correct questions. We had good cooperation and thank you“, He said.
About what he will say to his own people on his return to Italy for this year: “It was exciting. Very difficult. We started early with a group of people who first met. We had to find a common way of communicating. Many times the job depends on the results. We kept working. Everyone was available to work and improve. The last piece was quite emotional. Thanks for the love we got”
About what was the basic piece that the team improved: ‘I believe everyone has another “weapon” for their future, which has improved it this year. The most important thing was to understand what they could do. It was not easy as they are inexperienced. For me, the key is to see them combine their abilities with each other and I saw it do. Are now capable players for every coach and team”
About when it will be the time to decide on his future: ‘I will stay here for a while because of my daughter. I need time. I loved people and that happened here this year. There are many parameters. Cannot be an emotional decision. I am 53 years old and I have to think of my future. These are in my mind and they will make me decide”
On whether they have scored opponents again 41 points: ‘I can’t remember, I think not. He is a very good player but I prefer + to the evaluation”
On whether he would change something in the year: ‘Not because we had the choice this year to change something, but we didn’t. I would change something but not in the team. And I won’t say anything more”
About what was the element that made him get angry this year: ‘That we played rankings. We played playoffs up to 6th and then we had to prove that we were 6th. In my logic this makes no sense. After this year we ended up 7th I would be sad. After matches with Bilbao and AEK to play rankings are not right“
Source: Sport Fm
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