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Abel Ferreira knows the 66-year-old coach well, but the truth is that Zezous also knows the PAOK coach. It is clear from the way they spoke to each other in their remarks today that the two have a very good relationship which, however, will not affect the way they prepare their teams for tomorrow’s battle.
Certainly the possibility of achieving a victory over the “great” Jorge Zezous and Benfica is an additional incentive for the PAOK coach and if he succeeds, he will raise his shares even more in his homeland where his skills are highly valued. To achieve this, however, his team will have to play the perfect game and that is why Abel Ferreira is preparing it.
THE RATING STRATEGY
The axes on which the PAOK game will move are specific. Abel Ferreira knows the advantages of Benfica over his own team and will try to eliminate them. For example, he knows that in the axis Zezos players are faster than his and he will do everything possible not to show it on the field. That is why PAOK will play with tight lines, leaving no room for the fast and very dangerous Benfica midfielders.
The Portuguese Biceps coach also knows that he has a way of preventing opponents from putting his defense under pressure by testing their stamina and that is for his own players to keep the ball in their possession for as long as possible. Because clearly it is easier to run with the ball than to run to get it.
Finally, when it comes to the defense of PAOK, the formation with the three blocks is not going to change. However, it is most likely that Crespo plays on the right winger of Dikefalos instead of Biseswar, who played there in the match against Larissa. This is because this way the back of the biceps will be protected more and Ingasson will not have to leave the center of the defense as many times.
VERTICAL PLAY AND EXPLOITATION OF SPACES
The PAOK manager’s plan, however, not only concerns the suspensive function but also includes how Dikefalos will try to hit Benfica in attack.
In this part the recipe seems to be specific του His players applied it successfully in the match against Besiktas and this is the vertical game. Ferreira will try to take advantage of the ability of his players to play behind the opposing defense, which has given them 3 of the 4 goals they have scored in the two official matches they have scored so far with the Turks in the Champions League and with Larissa in the championship. In all 3, the young Christos Tzolis was the one who transformed the plays and passes of his teammates into goals. The 18-year-old is at this start of the season the “big weapon” in Ferreira’s quiver and the player who best performs in his offensive plan
The Portuguese is well aware that Benfica are an attacking team by nature, with their extremists climbing very high on the pitch. He will try to take advantage of it, having already prepared his team to play quickly and vertically in whatever open space his compatriots leave him.
ZIVKOVIC: THE ACE IN A MANGA DE FEREIRA
And if Tzolis is PAOK’s “hidden” weapon, the player who is Abel Ferreira’s “ace up his sleeve” is Andrija Zivkovic. The Serb may not be able to start the match, but he has the ability to change balances, no matter how they are formed in the game.
The truth is that the PAOK coach is prepared for all the possible novelties of tomorrow’s game and the 24-year-old midfielder is the one he will rely on the most. If the game “sinks,” Zivkovic has the ability to give Biceps a boost in attack. If, as everyone at PAOK wishes, he does well and Benfica are forced to take risks, then the Serb can hurt him and deliver the final blow.
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