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They are similar, but 4-3-3 does not really have a "dekari", which in our case was Konstantelias. Pelkas can play that position for sure, but he has been very poor so far and if I was the coach I would not be starting him. Also, UEFA for some reason changed the refs for this game. Instead of the Portuguese refs we now have German refs.

Don’t we always play a 4-3-3? 4-2-3-1 is essentially the same…

VS MATCHUP: P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki – Levadeiakos COMPETITION: Superleague – Round 1 DATE: 23-August-2026 TIME: 21:00 EET (18:00 UTC, 13:00 CDT, 04:00 AEST next day) CITY/STADIUM: Thessaloniki - Toumba Stadium (Capacity: 28,703) REFEREES: TELEVISION: Novasport Prime (Greece, Cyprus), Antenna Satellite/Pacific (USA. Canada/Australia) P.A.O.K. vs. Levadeiakos league history: Superleague 2025-2026: 3:0 (Taison, Jeremejeff, Chatsidis) - Attendance: 17,420 2024-2025: 1:0 (Camara) - Attendance: 11,559 2023-2024: Levadiakos played in Superleague 2 2022-2023: 3:2 (Dantas 2, Koulierakis) - Attendance: 9,268 2018-2019: 5:0 (Shakhov 2, Biseswar-p, Varela, Swiderski) - Attendance: 26,007 2017-2018: 5:0 (Campos 2, Prijovic 2, Matos) - Attendance: 12,012 2016-2017: 3:0 (Pereyra 2, Matos) - Attendance: 4,179 2015-2016: 2:0 (Leovac, Mak) - Attendance: No fans 2014-2015: 1:0 (Papadopoulos) - Attendance: 5,658 2013-2014: 3:0 (Katsikas, Tziolis, Athanasiadis) - Attendance: 9,020 2012-2013: 1:0 (Lino) - Attendance: 6,045 2011-2012: 3:1 (Athanasiadis 2, Ivic) - Attendance: 9,933 2009-2010: 3:0 (Vieirinha, Filomeno, Koutsianikoulis) - Attendance: 11,934 2008-2009: 3:1 (Muslimovic 2, Bakayoko) - Attendance: 13,973 2007-2008: 1:0 (Lakis) - Attendance: 7,297 Alpha Ethniki (Professional) 2005-2006: 3:1 (Salpiggidis 2, Giasemis) - Attendance: 4,011 1994-1995: 0:0 - Attendance: 9.243 1990-1991: 2:3 (Skartados, Anastasiadis) - Attendance: 3,720 1989-1990: 2:1 (Small 2) - Attendance: 5,100 1988-1989: 2:0 (Mitoglou-p, Fernando ) - Attendance: 4,849 1987-1988: 4:1 (Bannon 3, Borbokis) - Attendance: 10,259 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GAMES: 20 WINS: 18 TIES: 1 LOSSES: 1

With the absence of Konstantelias (and Zivkovic), I would not be surprised to see a 4-3-3 formation. It will be while before we see Despodov. Taha Ali has been doing minimal training. He might be available for the 2nd leg.

We are so short on players we are playing dudes at random positions

Summer signings are almost over and what a summer it has been for the Greek National team 1. Tzolakis signed with Hull 2. Koulierakis signed with Roma 3. Karetsas signed with Borussia 4. Konstantelias signed with Borussia 5. Tzolis signed with Arsenal Rumors that Barcelona are looking at Pavlidis and there are several teams looking at Mouzakitis. Is Jovanovic gonna wake up and start Konstantelias over Bakasetas (no team) and Mouzakitis over Kourbelis ?? Lets see Konstantelias plays w/Dortmund 30M transfer fee vs Bakasetas 900k value currently no team Mouzakitis plays w/Oly currently worth 25-30M on market vs Kourbelis (Asteras Tripolis I believe) worth 900k. Mind boggling. Either he starts them or get rid of this coach and get another coach for Euro qualifying.

Ugh and Taylor as CM

Am I reading that right? 4 left backs?? Wouldn’t surprise me to see them play Baba as LW

Bet you they're going to make the update with another signing right before the game

The list for the matches vs Brann. Weird that Konstantelias is included. But don't know when this list was supposed to be dropped at the offices of UEFA. Παβλένκα, Τσιφτσής, Μοναστηρλής, Κένι, Χατζηδιάκος, Μιχαηλίδης, Ελουστόντο, Γιαννούλης, Γκόμεζ, Μπάμπα, Θυμιάνης, Τέιλορ, Καμαρά, Σανταμαρία, Πέλκας, Τάισον, Ζαφείρης, Άλι, Λουσέ, Τσοπούρογλου, Κωνσταντέλιας, Ζίβκοβιτς, Γερεμέγιεφ και Σορετίρε. Οι Μύθου, Μπέρδος, Χατσίδης και Μπαταούλας έχουν δηλωθεί στη λίστα Β, η οποία προς το παρόν δεν εμφανίζεται στην ιστοσελίδα της UEFA.

I can't imagine we'll have a very different starting lineup than last game. Pelkas for Konstantelias, Chatsidis for Zivkovic. A shame Despodov still isn't able to play. I would also not be shocked if we play three CMs instead of Pelkas, though. Santamaria/Zafeiris/Camara.

Seems he's coming as a free agent? Not bad, but if he's any good then I wonder why he'd come to us at all. Hopefully this turns out all right.

One gold and one silver for Greece. Gold for Tentoglou in long jump with 8.44 meters and silver for Karalis in pole vault with 6 meters.

Jeremejeff did not care. He already knew he was leaving the team.

At least we now have a new option on offense. The problem will be who will take Konstantelias's place. Pelkas comes to mind, but has been awful so far this season. Also Chatsidis will take Zivkovic's spot. Hopefully he can help. We will have a tough time against Brann in my opinion.

We are signing the 17-year old Kostoglou to a 3-year deal. He was suppesed to be part of t Konstantelias deal, but in the end it was a separate transfer. He is headed to the 'B' team.

Just noticed that Taha Ali is listed as expected to return on the 24th per Transfermarkt. I did see a report a week or so ago that he had started training again (but mostly separately) so hopefully he will be ready soon.

Done deal: I should also note that there are additional rumors that we're trying to take a few players on loan from BVB. I don't know how realistic these rumors are. I will say that Inacio would make some sense in Lisci's preferred formation. Especially if we don't play an actual #10 in some games. Samuele Inacio: plays SS https://www.transfermarkt.com/samuele-inacio/profil/spieler/1058359 Christos Kostoglou: plays midfield https://www.transfermarkt.com/christos-kostoglou/profil/spieler/1392938

It has formally been announced by BVB: https://www.bvb.de/de/de/aktuelles/news/news.html/2026/8/17/BVB-verpflichtet-Giannis-Konstantelias.html So, it's confirmed. The PAOK midfielder has been signed and is headed to Borussia Dortmund, joining fellow Greek international new signing Kostas Karetsas.

Is now a good time to add that I'm a CR7 fan? 😉

NAME: Pape Cherif NDIAYE POSITION: Forward JERSEY NUMBER: 27 BIRTHDAY: 23.01.1996 BIRTH PLACE: Dakar, Senegal HEIGHT 1.90 m PAOK DEBUT: NT DEBUT: 06.06.2024 (Senegal - DR Congo 1:1) PREVIOUS TEAMS: Samsunspor, Red Star Beograd, Adana Demirspor, Shanghai Port, Goztepe, Gorica, Waasland Beveren CONTRACT ENDS: 30-June-2027 SALARY: € per season (on loan from Samsunspor)

On Jeremejeff, as the saying goes "play stupid games, win stupid prizes" Whether he was morally right or not makes no difference, don't give the ref the chance to make that kind of decision.

Den xero, file. I want to delete these two games more and more. Cheers.

Ndiaye confirmed, loan with a 3 million buy-out option. At least we'll have a 2nd striking option against Brann.

Last question. If Anderlecht scored would the VAR pushed to cancel the goal? I think not.