{"id":213675,"date":"2015-08-18T11:02:28","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T08:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/uncategorized-en\/20150818-to-comeback-tou-mvp-iouliou-dimitri-pelka-2\/"},"modified":"2015-08-19T11:25:25","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T08:25:25","slug":"20150818-to-comeback-tou-mvp-iouliou-dimitri-pelka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20150818-to-comeback-tou-mvp-iouliou-dimitri-pelka\/","title":{"rendered":"MVP of July: Dimitris Pelkas\u2019 comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dimitris Pelkas<\/strong> was spared from a catastrophic season at PAOK. He avoided the team\u2019s \u201cdecay\u201d, he distanced himself from an environment of split opinions about him. Was he a top player or someone who had already lost his opportunity at PAOK?<\/p>\n<p>At Vit\u00f3ria de Set\u00fabal he found himself, worked undistracted in a more advanced league and saw his future through a different angle. Upon his return he was a changed man and an improved player. Confident and ready to claim what he is worth.<\/p>\n<p>He thus earned the trust of <strong>Igor Tudor<\/strong>, the extension of his contract and was voted by you as PAOK\u2019s MVP of July with his performances against NK Lokomotiva Zagreb and FC Spartak Trnava.<\/p>\n<p>With 50,84%, Pelkas won the first individual accolade of the season, leaving behind him another \u201cproduct\u201d of the PAOK academy, <strong>Stelios Kitsiou<\/strong>. The young right full-wing also stood out with a goal, an assist, many runs and inexhaustible energy, earning 26,08% of the vote. PAOK\u2019s top scorer so far, <strong>R\u00f3bert Mak<\/strong>, is third with 23,06%.<\/p>\n<p>Pelkas\u2019 return and transformation can very well serve as an example of what can happen when a player is prematurely glorified and then hastily disdained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last July he was called to make the toughest, yet wisest decision of his young career. His heart was telling him to stay, but his mind was urging him to go. He chose to try his luck in a new, unknown environment. 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