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Abel Ferreira spoke about last Wednesday’s match, the draw for the Europa League groups, the issue of reinforcement, the return of Leo Matos to an active role and the match against OFI.
The Portuguese coach placed himself in the situation that prevails in PAOK after the exclusion of Krasnodar, made a first fund of the Dikefalos European course and of course spoke openly about the activation of Leo Matos, who was included in the mission for the match with the OFI.
Details of what he said on NOVA’s chamber:
For the situation in the team after Wednesday’s game:
“I think it’s all a matter of perspective, how you choose to see things. For example, if we take the situation of how we were last year, we are definitely better this year, in that last year we were excluded from European competitions, this year we are in the European competitions, which was the … minimum goal we had. Certainly we were very close to realizing a dream we had, we did not achieve it and we certainly regret this fact because we really believed that we could achieve it. However, for us, the fact that we are in the Europa League is a success. We did not achieve something historic, we achieved something positive. Regarding the championship, it is a marathon, too many races, too many points to win and lose respectively by our opponents. The team is well, he has faith in his potential, he knows very well what to do and how to do it. So we are definitely better than last year, now the road is clear both on the one hand in the co European competitions and on the other hand in terms of the Greek championship and we must concentrate on scoring points from tomorrow’s game.
From what he hides from the Champions League qualification process and how he felt about the draw in the Europa League:
“Regarding the four games that we played in qualifying, what we can say is that for us it was a very good lesson against a very good team and the three rivals were very strong. What we really did was collect experiences. Now We understand that at this level, as it seemed in the last game, the details make the difference and perhaps the lack of experience played a role and against us we found a team that for 2-3 years has been trying to get into the groups. and unfortunately for us this year he succeeded. Luck and efficiency were on his side. For our part, because we want to look at the positive, we see the good things we did, we learn from what went wrong and we hope and hope that it will happen. the opportunity to repeat something better and get where we want.
As for the groups in the Europa League and the draw that has been held, I think it is a fairly balanced group, a group where everything is open. The teams start more or less from the same starting point and what we will try is to try to get the best of each game and hope that at the end of the group stage we will be in the first two privileged positions that will give us the ticket for the next phase “.
For the return of Matos and the possible reinforcement of PAOK:
“We are definitely waiting for something good to come. The management knows very well what the team needs, it is something they know and it is a plan that has been created since the end of the playoffs, for now the only thing we can do is be patient and wait for something to happen at the good end.
Regarding Leo Matos, I don’t think there was – at least in my mind – an issue that we didn’t have him for the team. I don’t think we can see it from this phase. He is the footballer with the most participations last season. As for this season now, the truth is that – unfortunately for him and for us – he lost a lot of preparation due to a serious family problem in Brazil, so he lost an important part and then it was difficult compared to the other players. However, by no means from my point of view at least, there was no doubt that I didn’t count on him. I think this comes more from the outside, the fact that we want to create situations so that we can write things either on blogs or on sites or in newspapers, to create topics that do not exist. For my part, I have it clear with the player and above all the player is the man. I went and I am completely honest and with him and the other players I have a very good relationship with him. I was clear with him from the first moment so for me there is no topic that has been addressed or anything. He lost an important part of the preparation because of the problem and I did not have another problem. I am the coach and I make the best decisions that I think are the best for the club. Nothing more… “.
For the game against OFI:
“As regards OFI, it is a team that has an aggressive approach, with the aim of producing football. It is a team that has had the same coach for years and congratulations to the OFI team that kept the same coach. We have a clear goal. , win the game. The new players who have arrived at the team little by little are adapting to the new demands and the philosophy of the game that we follow. “You know very well that we had a positive case of coronavirus, which will not be able to be with us, but the other players are ready to help and get the victory we really want. “
