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VS MATCHUP: P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki – A.E.K. Athens COMPETITION: Superleague 1 – Playoffs - Round 8 DATE: 28-April-2024 TIME: 19:30 EEST (16:30 UTC, 11:30 CDT, 02:30 AEST next day) CITY/STADIUM: Thessaloniki - Toumba Stadium (Capacity: 28,703) REFEREES: TELEVISION: Novasports Prime (Greece & Cyprus), Net TV Plus (worldwide except Greece & Cyprus), Sport Plus (USA, Canada, Australia) PAOK vs AEK history: SUPERLEAGUE 2023-2024: 1:1 (Kedziora) - Attendance: nf 2022-2023: 0:2 - Attendance: nf (PLAYOFFS) 2022-2023: 2:0 (Narey, Koulierakis) - Attendance: 18,410 2021-2022: 1:1 (Colak) - Attendance: 6,922 (PLAYOFFS) 2021-2022: 2:0 (Biseswar, Kurtic) - Attendance: 10,326 2020-2021: 3:1 (Zivkovic 2, Swiderski) - Attendance: nf (PLAYOFFS) 2020-2021: 2:2 (Crespo, Vieirinha) - Attendance: nf 2019-2020: 0:2 Attendance: nf (PLAYOFFS) 2019-2020: 1:0 (Vieirinha-p) - Attendance: 21,332 2018-2019: 2:0 (Prijovic 2) - Attendance: 23,763 2017-2018: 1:0 (Varela) - Attendance: 18,741 (the paper champion won the game 3:0 on forfeit) 2016-2017: 0:1 - Attendance: 15,413 (PLAYOFFS) 2016-2017: 1:0 (Matos) - Attendance: 18,741 2015-2016: 2:1 (Rodrigues, Mystakidis) - Attendance: no fans (PLAYOFFS) 2015-2016: 2:1 (Rodrigues, Athanasiadis-p) - Attendance: 21,999 2014-2015: AEK played in 2rd Division 2013-2014: AEK played in 3rd Division 2012-2013: 1:0 (Athanasiadis) - Attendance: 15,239 2011-2012: 1:0 (Georgiadis) - Attendance: 9,771 (PLAYOFFS) 2011-2012: 3:0 (Vieirinha, Athanasiadis, Salpiggidis) - Attendance: 19,235 2010-2011: 2:1 (Garcia, Vitolo-p) - Attendance: 19,075 (PLAYOFFS) 2010-2011: 2:1 (Fotakis, Vieirinha) - Attendance: 18,453 2009-2010: 1:0 (Muslimovic) - Attendance: 25,303 (PLAYOFFS) 2009-2010: 0:1 - Attendance: 18,589 2008-2009: 0:1 - Attendance: 28,703 (PLAYOFFS) 2008-2009: 1:1 (Muslimovic) - Attendance: 25,203 2007-2008: 0:4 - Attendance: 11,569 2006-2007: 2:0 (Arabatzis, Mieciel) - Attendance: 15,686 2005-2006: 2:1 (Salpiggidis, own goal)- Attendance: 10,367 ALPHA ETHNIKI (Professional) 2004-2005: 1:1 (Feutchine) - Attendance: 9,568 2003-2004: 3:2 (Giasemakis 2, Salpiggidis) - Attendance: 24,829 2002-2003: 0:1 - Attendance: 11,340 2001-2002: 3:2 (Georgiadis, Katsiabis, Okkas) - Attendance: 21,542 2000-2001: 2:1 (Froussos 2) - Attendance: 7,038 1999-2000: 4:4 (Maragos, Dolberg, Georgiadis, Valencia) - Attendance: 22,226 1998-1999: 2:1 (Olivares 2) - Attendance: 13,535 1997-1998: 0:0 - Attendance: 30,347 1996-1997: 0:0 - Attendance: 24,056 1995-1996: 1:3 (Zouboulis)- Attendance: 7,946 1994-1995: 1:1 (FanRoy) - Attendance: 13,509 1993-1994: 0:0 - Attendance: 11,248 1992-1993: 2:1 (Lagonidis, own goal) - Attendance: 9,267 1991-1992: 2:2 (Toursounidis, Lagonidis) - Attendance: 6,184 1990-1991: 1:1 (Mitsibonas) - Attendance: 13,782 1989-1990: 1:1 (Skartados-p) - Attendance: 35,346 1988-1989: 0:1 - Attendance: 31,969 1987-1988: 2:2 ( Bannon, Karasavidis) - Attendance: 33,243 1986-1987: 1:0 (Vasilakos) - Attendance: 14,167 1985-1986: 2:1 (Siggas, Vasilakos) - Attendance: 24,113 1984-1985: 1:1 (C. Dimopoulos) - Attendance: 40,506 1983-1984: 1:0 (Kostikos) - Attendance: 11,886 (played in Serres) 1982-1983: 5:0 (C. Dimopoulos 3, Koudas, Kostikos) - Attendance: 10,468 1981-1982: 1:1 (Georgopoulos) - Attendance: 15,706 1980-1981: 1:2 (Sarafis) - Attendance: 36,964 (Kaftanzoglio Stadium) 1979-1980: 4:0 (Guerino 2, Orfanos, Vasilakos) - Attendance: 24,082 ALPHA ETHNIKI (Amateur/Semi-Professional) 1978-1979: 2:1 (Guerino, Kostikos) - Attendance: 41,909 1977-1978: 1:1 (Damanakis) - Attendance: 17,552 1976-1977: 0:0 - Attendance: 45,252 1975-1976: 1:0 (Guerino) - Attendance: 45,010 1974-1975: 1:1 (Kermanidis) - Attendance: 39,017 1973-1974: 3:0 (Paridis, Terzanisis, Aslanidis) - Attendance: 26,426 1972-1973: 0:0 - Attendance: 39,554 1971-1972: 2:0 (Sarafis, Paridis) - Attendance: 35,411 1970-1971: 0:0 - Attendance: 25,660 1969-1970: 4:0 (Sarafis 2, Paridis, Koudas) - Attendance: 21,716 1968-1969: 1:1 (Terzanidis) - Attendance: 18,247 1967-1968: 1:2 (Giakoumis) - Attendance: 22,156 1966-1967: 1:0 (Giakoumis) - Attendance: 19,640 1965-1966: 1:1 (Charalambidis) - Attendance: 13,225 1964-1965: 1:1(Apostolidis) - Attendance: 9,337 1963-1964: 1:0 (Mouratidis) - Attendance: 19,912 1962-1963: 0:3 - Attendance: 14,442 1961-1962: 1:2 (Kiourtzis) - Attendance: 13,276 1960-1961: 1:1 (Raptopoulos) - Attendance: ? 1959-1960: 1:2 (Nikolaidis)- Attendance: 14,230 PANHELLENIC CHAMPIONSHIP (Amateur) 1958-1959: 1:3 (Kiourtzis)- Attendance: ? 1957-1958: 1:1 (Kouiroukidis)- Attendance: ? (Harilaou Stadium) 1953-1954: 2:2 (Papadakis, Karoufalidis)- Attendance: ? 1939-1940: 3:4 (Kalogiannis 2)- Attendance: ? 1935-1936: 4:1 (Ioannidis, Kalogiannis, Ilioupoulos, Kontopoulos)- Attendance: 10,000 1931-1932: 2:2 ()- Attendance: ? 1930-1931: 1:2 (Papaiordanidis) - Attendance: ? (Iraklis Stadium) GAMES: 80 WINS: 34 TIES: 28 LOSSES: 18 All PAOK home games were either played at Syndrivani Stadium (prior to 1959) or Toumba Stadium (after 1959) unless otherwise noted.

Too little, too late. Season is over.

And here is when our dreams for winning a title (or even finishing top 3) end.

Tsiggaras is out and probably played his last game with PAOK. We'll need to be careful as Lamia has close ties with AEK and I would not be surprised if we get provoked and be carded ahead of the game with AEK on Sunday. We had hard time with Lamia earlier this season until we scored the first goal. For that reason I hope we score early and finish them as quick as possible. PAOK fans will be present as Lamia gave us some tickets.

Greece - Argentina 4:11 Greece - Ireland 3:12

VS MATCHUP: PAS Lamia 1964 - P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki COMPETITION: Superleague 1 – Playoffs - Round 7 DATE: 24-April-2024 TIME: 17:00 EEST (14:00 GMT, 09:00 CDT, 00:00 AEST next day) CITY/STADIUM: Lamia – DAK Lamias (Capacity: 5,500) REFEREES: TELEVISION: COSMOTE Sport (Greece), Prime Tel (Cyprus), Antenna Satellite/Pacific (USA, Canada/Australia) PAS Lamia 1964 – PAOK history: Superleague 2023-2024: 0:2 (Taison, Baba) - Attendance: 1,639 2022-2023: 0:3 (Oliveira, Dantas, Zivkovic A.) - Attendance: 2,040 2021-2022: 0:2 (Jaba, Michailidis) - Attendance: 517 2020-2021: 0:2 (Tzolis, Vieirinha) - Attendance: no fans 2019-2020: 0:1 (Matos) - Attendance: 2,072 2018-2019: 0:1 (Varela) - Attendance: 1,648 2017-2018: 0:2 (Pelkas, Mauricio) - Attendance: 1,040 GAMES: 7 WINS: 7 TIES: 0 LOSSES: 0

Did not see the game, but it looks like we continued the same mediocre play we did in the two games with Brugge. We are still in the hunt, but if we continue the same way we will eventually be playing not to finish 4th instead for the title. The next two games will be very important. We need to beat Lamia and AEK at home and then after the Easter break prepare for the home games against Panathinaikos and Olympiakos.

Greek ice hockey national team will play their first game since 2013. IIHF has allowed Greece to take part in the developmental tournament that will take place this week in Bratislava, Slovakia. The schedule for the Greek national team is as follows: 21-April: Greece - Argentina 22-April: Greece - Ireland 23-April: Greece - Portugal 24-April: Greece - Colombia 25-April: Greece - Brazil 27-April: classification game

Konstantelias is not travelling to Piraeus since he still suffers from the virus infection that has plagued the team the last two weeks. Here is the squad for tomorrow's game:

Need to win this one or at a minimum not lose. Hopefully Olympiakos players are more tired than ours, since they played extra time. Let's also hope that some of our sick players feel better and did not spread the virus to others.

Lucescu should have not played players that were sick (Meite, Baba, Konstantelias, etc.). They could hardly run and at time they were just walking, specially Meite. The other thing we needed was luck. We did not have any. Both their goals were close to being offside (VAR needed) and our one chance to score with a penalty was also offside (again VAR decision). Basically nothing was going our way yesterday. Time to regroup and finish the season on a positive note.

First of all we need to finish in top 3 or Aris loses the cup final in order to be in Europe next season. Also there is dropping from higher competitions to lower competitions next season:

We are already set with 4 teams for next season (2024-2025). To have 5 teams in 2025-2026 Olympiakos need to beat Aston Villa twice (penalty shootouts don't count) and win the final either in regular time or extra time (again no penalty shootout)

Olympiakos is through to the semifinal of Conference league after eliminating Fenerbahce on penalty kicks. Good turn of events as they are going to be more tired on Sunday, and also will have to play two difficult games in between Superleague games.