sentences:  Despite of this talent, the Limassol team decided to give him more time to mature his game, so he was transferred as a loan to Ethnikos Assia in 2001.The next season, he returned to Apollon and under the coaching of Dusan Mitošević became a starting line-up regular for the team, with 25 appearances.A star was rising but the 2002-03 was not a season for Makrides to remember since Ilie Dumitrescu did not use him.