Metaxas: “Disgusting and vulgar slogans, I was ashamed of this PAS world”

THE Heraklis Metaxas He returned to Ioannina as an opponent of PAS (and coach of Asteras), knowing the 2-1 defeat at Zosimades. Some of Epirot’s friends disapproved of him, which he explained at the press conference, making him bitter because they forgot the team’s successful track record of last year, which made it to the playoffs.

What Heraklis Metaxas said in detail at the press conference: On whether the result reflects the image of the game: “I do not think so. In the first half we had two or three good chances that we could have scored, of course I wanted a little more. We started the second half well, did something at half-time that we wanted to do. To be clear, our vertical run goes right out with the first one, so I wonder why we stop it afterwards.

After the 1-0 we had a chance to make it 2-0, from the right and a pass to the side, we don’t put it and then we try to run on foot and keep it 1-0. PAS didn’t do that, didn’t try to keep the 1-1, pushed for 2-1 and won after the game“.

For telling NOVA how the world easily forgets about PAS: “I said what I had to say. Anyone who would have sung those obscenities and vulgar slogans today would have done the same. I had a wonderful year, I loved her, but today I was ashamed of this world“.

Because he has not given any information to the media or the world about the reasons why he left PAS: “Those are over, I am the coach of Asteras Tripoli today, I continue for the game today. A win for PAS that I didn’t want because where I coach I want my team to win but it turned out differently“.

For his former partner Thanasis Staikos: “I trust him as a coach, above all he is a good person. Mr. Staikos has been of great help to me over the past year and I have heard that there have been complaints about Staikos before. Therefore, support the trainers selected by the management and the team. The sports fan should step onto the field, sing, celebrate and support their team. That’s the satisfaction of the coach and the team“.

For his statement that the players make the coach, even if he doesn’t have good players at Asteras: “We have good players but we try to change the style of play. Where we did the vertical, the speed, we scored the quick goal and then went back into passing, slower, on foot and not threatening the opponent.

We’re trying to change that, and it’s not easy in a team that has been learning a different style for several years. I hope we can do it quickly and get the points that we demand and want“.

Whether the fight for whereabouts will be decided quickly or we make the playouts and we won’t know: “You must remember me from last year. I think about the next game, with what ideas, with what children, with what passion and in the end it will decide whether we can do it many times, we don’t need to think about math or what will happen in the playoffs and play out. Let me say one more thing. Today we started at Papadopoulos’ hotel with a fever, he wasn’t with us and we had three forced substitutions.

We miss Carmona, Ruben Dias, we used Gardafski again straight away, he’s injured too. Bartolo and Leo Tilica were forced changes. I think how different the picture would be because racing for starters means they showed something in practice and couldn’t show it after their injuries“.