Klaus collects Best Goal award
PAOK skipper Stefanos Athanasiadis collected his Best Goal award (for matchday 19 of the Super League) on Friday and then attended the media. Here is what he said: About the Best Goal award: “When the team is doing well, more awards keep coming in. It’s a proof that I am …
PAOK skipper Stefanos Athanasiadis collected his Best Goal award (for matchday 19 of the Super League) on Friday and then attended the media. Here is what he said:
About the Best Goal award:
“When the team is doing well, more awards keep coming in. It’s a proof that I am helping the team –and that is my aim every time I step on the pitch. Hopefully there will be more awards for me and my teammates”.
About the beginning of the league’s second round:
“The second round is on. Hopefully we will all keep healthy and celebrate the league title in the end”.
About him featuring in more positions this season:
“It’s not an issue. One has to play wherever the coach decides, never complain and give 100% of themselves”.
About the signings that PAOK will make:
“We players don’t concern ourselves with that. Whoever joins us, we will try to make them feel welcome and comfortable, so that he can help our team as soon as possible”.
About the upcoming encounter against Olympiacos:
“We take it one match at a time. Now we are resting and then we focus on the match against Panetolikos”.
About the pressure of fighting for the league title:
“Pressure is always there, when playing for PAOK. We know that. There is pressure when leading the standings, now there is pressure to keep close to the top and to take our chance and regain the lead”.
Whether PAOK can bounce back in terms of physical condition:
“That is also our aim. We have a fund of energy in the team. Hopefully the second round will start the way the first did”.
About the fans and their massive presence in the game against Platanias:
“Our fans have never left us alone. I said that we want them by our side ahead of the tough remainder of the season”.
About his statement after the Tripoli defeat, that the players must find what is wrong and fix it themselves:
“That is something between us players”.