The general manager of Omonia Aradippou, Giorgos Heracleous, referring to the team’s performance in the league so far, its showing in the first four matchdays, and key absences. He also spoke about the Cup draw against Digenis, Dani Enriques and Jairo Itzkierdo, as well as Christos Kallis’s decision to retire from active play.
On the team’s points tally and performance over the four matches: “Given the schedule we had, not even our most optimistic fan would have believed we’d have six points. It’s also important that we earned five points against teams with the same goals. Since we didn’t win, it’s a positive that we didn’t lose. As for the team’s performance in the last two games, we were average to good. In the game against Olympiacos, looking at our overall performance, we had our best first half, yet we found ourselves trailing.”
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Mr. Herakleous then added: “Better performances are coming. We had some key players out. Every player who’s out is important, since we don’t have the roster depth to replace them.”
Regarding the draw against Digenis in the first round of the cup: “Last year, we managed to reach the quarterfinals of the cup for the first time and lost in extra time to Apollon on the road. We’re interested in this competition, and since we were drawn against a Second Division team, our goal is to advance. There are always upsets, but we’ll try to move on. “The main goal is to stay in the division.”
On Christos Kallis’s decision to retire from soccer: The player had been mulling it over in his mind since last year.
Before concluding, Herakleous mentioned just how important players like Danny Enriques and Jairo Itzkierdo are to Omonia Aradippou, speaking highly of their character, as well as the reasoning behind the team’s joint decision with Nikos Chavelkas to continue together for a fourth consecutive season.
