Razvan Lucescu spoke about what his facet have to get a qualifying consequence from Malmo forward of the second leg in Toumba.
The Romanian coach of PAOK, talking on the standard press convention earlier than the primary match with the Swedish membership (Tuesday 6/8, 20:00 – “New Stadium”), for the third Qualifying Spherical of the UEFA Champions League, additionally commented on the additions of Fedor Chalov, Tarik Tisundali within the European record, nevertheless he didn’t wish to confer with the Play Off draw of the occasion.
Intimately what the Romanian coach of PAOK stated:
On how a lot the looks counts in comparison with the consequence: “If we now have set some requirements, we don't catch them however we get the qualification, the qualification will rely. Every time we set a objective. Within the first two matches in opposition to Borac Banja Luka, PAOK aimed to play to qualify and succeeded. As a way to stage up, we have to have extra depth and it's not straightforward to seek out that because the group is consistently altering as a consequence of transfers.”
On the variations he finds between the group that ended the season and the one which begins the brand new one: “There is no such thing as a query of comparability. The group that completed the season performed 59 video games whereas this season simply began… If you happen to anticipated us to win the video games in opposition to Banja Luka 5-0, that's your drawback. However the opponent was a champion group, who knew take issues from moments in matches. The purpose is that we had two wins, within the second recreation we didn’t concede any phases. In two matches, the group confirmed that it has the means to win”.
On whether or not the draw for the subsequent section is an additional incentive, with PAOK, in the event that they get rid of Malmö, taking part in the winner of the Sparta Prague-Steaua Bucharest match: “For me there’s a match tomorrow and one in every week. We don't care about anything. The one motivation is to play Malmö. What extra motivation may I would like, past that of qualification?”
On Malmo's fashion of play: “Will probably be a tough match. Malmö are born to assault and fill the opposing space with gamers. However it isn’t solely the fashion of play, but in addition how we are going to arrange our recreation, we should always make them confused…. In soccer, the group that’s targeted on managing conditions and has religion will get what they need. And we’re speaking about two matches, and the match in Tuba won’t be straightforward for Malmö…”.
When requested concerning the presence of Tisundali and Chalov within the group: “The video games will present how the gamers will probably be managed. It's solely the second time it's occurred in my profession. Just a few days earlier than the video games to make a change to the record. It occurred as soon as once more in Saudi Arabia. I felt an excessive amount of stress and I really feel sorry for what occurred to Ali Samata. He gave us plenty of bother. He helped us quite a bit to win the championship, but in addition to attain 130-140 targets. I don't keep in mind gamers serving to the group a lot in scoring, with stress, with runs, with plenty of work within the blocking space. And I'll say once more that I'm sorry and I'm grateful.”
The PAOK gamers have been represented on the press convention by Abdul Rahman Baba. The Ghanaian full-back initially expressed his perception that the truth that Malmö have round 20 official video games “underneath their toes” won’t play a selected position, saying characteristically: “We now have ready nicely and performed two 90 minutes, I don't suppose there will probably be health drawback. We now have labored laborious and I don't see any benefit from the Swedish facet.” And he concluded by referring to the extent to which his group will probably be improved in comparison with the second leg in opposition to Boracay Banja Luka and the 1-0 away victory: “In each recreation the objective is to enhance and that's what we wish to do in tomorrow's match as nicely ».
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