Pelekidis: “We could have a bigger difference”

Dimitris Pelekidis stressed that PAOK’s handbellars competed in an official first match without giving a friendly preparation, stood in the second half’s poor defense, was satisfied with the proper management and partnerships that came out and demanded a rest.

In detail: “First of all, we want to dedicate victory to the memory of PAOK’s unjust friends in Tempe. It is a very emotionally charged day. For us, it was the first official game of the year without having particularly friendly games, so it was the first time we found ourselves as a team in such a condition. It was a game in which we could have a bigger difference, but in the second half we were bad in the defense, except for the last eighty, so we had many two -minute penalties and imbalance in the game. The important thing was that we managed the game the way we needed, we got our contacts a little bit on the defense, we got some goalkeepers in collaboration with the defenses and expanded the difference to ten goals.

We took the first step, it is important, and now we will rest in the face of tomorrow’s game to ‘seal’ the qualification in the next phase. A big ‘thank you’ to the world, who filled the stadium and gave us energy whenever we needed it and created a very beautiful atmosphere. ”

Olina Andritsou stressed: “We are very happy to have achieved one, theoretically, easy victory. We have shown some good features in the game, we have to keep the pace and it was a good test to see some mistakes, to correct them and to look stronger in the next. We got a good difference, which is a ‘security’ pillow in view of tomorrow’s second race, which will judge the qualification.

Of course, the victory is dedicated to the memory of PAOK’s unjust friends in Tempi. We feel that they are always on our side and in our thinking with this particular date on our jersey. The victory for them. “