When a few days ago the feeling began to shape that Marino Pusic was the dominant player for the PAOK bench, most felt that the decision had been made. This, at least, came out of Asia Minor.
The chosen one is Alessio Lisi, a choice that is not just about a coach. It concerns a different philosophy of how the organization wants to work from now on.
Ivan Savvides decided to give greater weight to the suggestions of people who are daily inside the football division. Leo Matos and Andre Vieirania did not seek the most loud name on the market. They sought out the coach they think can evolve along with PAOK.
This is where the case is concerned.
Lissie doesn't come as a head coach who carries titles and demands that you trust him because of his past. He comes as a coach asking you to judge him for his job.
At 40 years of age he has built an outstanding reputation in Spain. Not because he coached some of the great powers of the country, but because he managed to make teams with limited resources play over their ceiling. His work in Miradesh has recently been heavily discussed on the Iberian peninsula. He took a team with no big names and reached her to claim the rise in La Liga. Osasuna and La Liga followed.
Even more important is how he did it.
The reports accompanying him speak of a coach with excellent locker management, who likes to play 5-3-2 or 3-5-2, with the ability to evolve young footballers and create strong ties within a group. A man who is not trapped in dogmatisms and adapts his football to his players.
Obviously, the choice is risky. Every choice coach has. Much more when it comes to a technician who has never worked outside Spain and has never been in an environment with the pressure and demands of PAOK.
Source: gazzetta. gr