Article by Aurelian Botezatu – Published Monday, March 23, 2026, 08:03 / Updated Monday, March 23, 2026 08:04
PAOK, the team prepared by Răzvan Lucescu, lost 2-1 away to Volos and is in 3rd place, 3 points behind the leader AEK Athens.
The loss to mid-table Volos is all the more surprising as PAOK started well and led 1-0 for more than an hour thanks to Jeremejeff's 13th-minute goal.
However, he was satisfied with this success, which he tried to preserve, but Ruben Martinez turned his plan upside down in the 64th minute: 1-1. Răzvan Lucescu's players started to run after the goal again, but in overtime (min. 90+5), Hurtado gave them the coup de grace: 2-1.
Răzvan Lucescu talks about “our weakest match this season”
Lucescu jr blamed the shock at the end, in front of the Cosmote station's cameras: “It was one of our weakest matches, maybe the weakest. We had a very good start, but, after slight mistakes, we gave them the opportunity to come back and gain confidence. We were very passive, we allowed the opponent to create opportunities.”
About how his players lost their heads, the Romanian technician said: “Something was lost, for sure. We lost our confidence, we let them approach our box slightly. I made the wrong choices, the opponent defended with great consistency. The first goal came from our mistake, the second from our own corner. It's not easy, we didn't expect it, but we have to react anyway”.
Răzvan Lucescu: “A bad day at work for everyone”
Later, at the press conference, Răzvan concluded: “We didn't react as a team. Even when we saw that the game wasn't going the way we wanted. A bad day at work for everyone, that happens. We make it difficult for ourselves.
We have demonstrated that we can find an answer to this situation and that is what we must do now. We did not win duels, opponents won and entered many duels. We were having our worst day of the year. It was like we were…paralyzed!”.
