Championship

PAUNOVIC HAILS HIS ‘WARRIORS’

by
The LeaguePaper Team
15 August 2021

By Simon Peach

READING 2
Azeez 28, Swift 69

PRES TON 1
Johnson 61 pen

STAR MAN

JOHN SWIFT Reading

READING manager Veljko Paunovic believes his players have rediscovered their “warrior spirit” after the victory at home to Preston North End.
“I’m very happy for Femi’s performance and for his goal,” Paunovic said. “It helped the team to achieve the three e points.
“But what I liked, more than anything, is the team coming back together again and showing that warrior spirit that we have always had in the past.
“We showed this in the moments when we needed to defend and we needed to grind o...

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