Razvan Lucescu didn’t want to elaborate on the absences PAOK have in the face of the rematch against Ghent, stressing that he and his players are ready to fight for qualification.
The well-established press conference before the game against Gent (17 March, 10 p.m.) was given by Razvan Lucescu.
The coach of PAOK He didn’t want to comment on his team’s absence, stressing that he and his players are ready to fight for qualification.
First asked about the problems he is facing, he said: “Are we starting with a negative thought again? Be glad everyone else is ready to play. Well… seriously now. Everyone has to be ready, everyone has to keep in mind that players have a role to play and know what to do when they play. We want everyone to be ready.”
Because what else does he expect from Ghent: “I don’t think a team can change from one week to the next. After all, we know their style, we know their way of thinking in football. In the first few minutes in Toumba they played strong, aggressively, that’s what they wanted and they want to do it now. We have to have the confidence to play our game. The only difference will be in the psychological realm. Ghent will come with a psychology to win and we will come to play our game , to “We manage the result of the first game. Don’t forget that we have important wins away from home.”.
On the Gent coach’s complaints about his stadium’s pitch: “A bad stadium is bad for football. Gent has quality and teams like that want good stadiums. We want a good stadium because we’re a team that wants possession. But we proved that we could handle the situation in bad stadiums like Toumba at the beginning of the year. The question for us is how we will stand in the match.”
Tsigaras: “Well prepared for all eventualities”
On the player side, Haris Tsingaras spoke, noting that he and his teammates are well prepared for the Gent clash.
As for the expected differences and whether Lutsescu said anything about them: “Nothing else to say about the first game. The coach didn’t tell us anything new, I don’t think tomorrow’s game will be very different from Toumba’s game. It will be more or less the same game, there is nothing different. We know Gent and we will win the game. “Of course there are failures, but we are ready to deal with the situations that arise.”
On whether they’re considering the possibility of the game going to penalties: ““As we showed in the game against Midtjylland, we are prepared for all eventualities.”
