Lucescu angrily asked: “How could it be that it was not Mukudi’s penalty, but Otto’s penalty?”

PAOK left Peristeri with a “double” after their 1-2 win over Atromitos, with Razvan Lucescu speaking after the match.

“We stole the ball three times in the first half and the referee whistled for fouls,” said the Romanian coach.

“This is an incredible win for the referee and VAR. I honestly don’t understand why the second goal was disallowed. How could it have been awarded to Otto when there was no penalty awarded in the Levadiacos-AEK (Mukkudi) match earlier in the afternoon? How is this possible?

What was left from last year, the last game of this season, is still valid now. We overcame the referee. I couldn’t understand the whistle in the first minute of the first half.

In three clear cases we fought back, stopped and turned the game around without fouling.

Of course, the tournament didn’t go well for us. We had a trip, we were down, we didn’t play the way we wanted to, the grass wasn’t great, all right.

We are all fighters no matter what and that is what matters. A huge win against the referee”.