Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published Monday, October 6, 2025, 08:07 / Updated Monday, October 6, 2025 08:08
PAOK, the band prepared by Răzvan Lucescu (56 years old), won the derby with Olympiakos, score 2-1, played on Sunday night.
Răzvan thus broke a series of 5 matches without victory in all competitions. And at the end of the infarction match with Olympiakos (2-1), in which PAOK managed to return from 0-1, the Romanian technician acknowledged that he had to face unprecedented negativity and pressure.
Răzvan Lucescu: “Look at Liverpool, what do we see?”
“I have been here for a long time. It is the first time I go through this situation. This negativity, the pressure. I know people will result, but in football the results do not always come as you want. What do we see in Liverpool? They spent 500 million and have three consecutive defeats, Manchester City, who had 13 matches without victory,” Lucecu commented.
Then he continued: “At times, when the results are not good, we have to see the work of the players. Fight, try, make mistakes for which we paid. In difficult times we have to support the team. We had this image in the first half, but There was a situation in the last days you had the feeling that you were in the relegation area or in the middle of the ranking”.
Răzvan Lucescu: “People can easily say that players receive money, but it is not as easy as the world thinks”
Probably therefore, says the Romanian technician, “I started with a spirit of fear, which created confusion on the field. The situation has changed in the second half. I did not give the opponent the opportunity to react and breathe. I do not know why all this is happening, sometimes we get the best, sometimes not.
You need to understand how complicated situations are. Difficult program, footballers who need to be integrated, team, championship. People can easily say that players receive money, but it is not as easy as the world thinks. “
PAOK went up 2nd in the Greek championship, with 14 points after the first 6 matches, two by the AEK leader. On the other hand, Olympiakos is on 3, with 13. For Răzvan there is another derby, traveling with AEK on October 19, while Olympiakos will go to the land of Ael Larissa, on 18.
