Here is what the young centre back had to say about the upcoming Toumba match:<\/p>\n
Regarding the match against AO Kerkyra:<\/strong><\/p>\n «It was a professional victory. We were not focused in our attacking duties. Our defence plans however worked to perfection and, thanks to a beautiful goal, we managed to earn the three points».<\/p>\n Whether climbing to second place of the standings changes things:<\/strong><\/p>\n «It is important to return to one\u2019s winning ways after so much time with no away victories to show for. A streak of victories will boost our confidence and urge us to keep on winning».<\/p>\n Whether their calendar is favourable:<\/strong><\/p>\n «The calendar serves our plans and purposes, but no matter who we play against, we want to win away and at home».<\/p>\n Regarding the mediocre match against PAS Giannina in the Greek Cup and his thoughts on the upcoming Toumba encounter versus the same opponent:<\/strong><\/p>\n «The Greek Cup match is an indication that PAS Giannina are a very strong and organized side. Now we need to get a good result at home against them».<\/p>\n Whether this match serves as \u201crehearsal\u201d ahead of the play-offs:<\/strong><\/p>\n «Each match is special and this encounter will be different than the ones in the play-offs».<\/p>\n What the team must do in order to win:<\/strong><\/p>\n «We need to be focused and strong from minute one and only think about winning».<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Achilleas Pougouras spoke to Novasports TV ahead of PAOK\u2019s encounter against PAS Giannina.","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":182807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1520,5],"tags":[3962,2250,2385,2388,4422,2386,4378,2356,2250,2356,2385,2386,2388,3179,3962,4385],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n