His coach PAOK, Razvan Lutsescuspoke after the friendly game with Apollo Limassol and the draw of the Europa League, which brought the Thessaloniki against the Austrian Wolfsberger.
PAOK beat Apollo Limassol 3-1But he had a hard time bending the Cypriot team, and Razvan Lutsescu compared the match with what would follow with Wolfsberger at the official premiere of his team in the season.
Lutsescu’s statements
“All games are complicated, especially his first season. On the other hand, there is experience, motivation and knowledge to play such games. In any case we must be concentrated. When I saw our draw and our opponent, I said we should be 100% in terms of spirituality, because it is physically normal not to be 100%. And that should be the way of preparing for the game.
Especially with this opponent (Wolfsberger), we must be ready to “fight” because it is a team that will force us to fight, you saw it today. It is a team from Cyprus and we were not ready to react and we were trapped. We made mistakes and gave them the opportunity to score.
We have to be more ready to react, and especially at this time everything is spiritual. Back in Thessaloniki things will be different at a physical level. “