2024-08-26 10:00:00
If Standard found their way to victory this Sunday against Beerschot, the Sclesin community is starting to get impatient with Viktor Djukanovic. Described as a very large reinforcement, the Montenegrins have barely played since arriving on the banks of the Meuse.
Standard managed to achieve their second success of the season, in laborious fashion, this Sunday evening against Beerschot (read the summary). A meeting where two of Rouches’ recruits did not get much playing time again.
Sotiris Alexandropoulos played seven minutes, after his two short quarters of an hour against Bruges and Mechelen, although Viktor Djukanovic did not even enter the game but the Montenegrin played only twelve minutes (five against Mechelen, seven in facing Kortrijk) since he arrived in Sclestin. .
Alexandropoulos and Djukanovic still need some time
When asked about this at a press conference, Ivan Leko answered bluntly. Of course, he didn’t really need an extra offensive player when his team had just opened the scoring, but there’s another reason.
“He has to adapt to our way of playing. He came from another country, he played in another system. He is different, also on a physical level. It is difficult not to give him more playing time, because he train hard and he deserves to play.”
I have to protect my team, not always the best players, but the most useful ones at the moment.”
“He has a lot of qualities. But I always try to protect the team, do my best and sometimes that means not putting the best players, but the most useful players for the team at the moment. team”, declared Leko about Djukanovic.
Alexandropoulos, who has already had a little more opportunity to draw attention to himself, is a more defensive and solid profile. The Greeks haven’t played much yet, but we feel a certain quality in almost every touch of the ball. His case is similar to that of Djukanovic. Both players still need to adapt to the demands of Leko, and get back to 100% physically, before making their first appearance in the starting XI.
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