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Trust me, every PAOK fan right now would like to see AEK paired up with Benfica.

You make a valid point Boston. Pelkas is in my opinion, though you're right, it is difficult to single out who is CL level. Vieirinha as well perhaps.

All goals conceded were from individual mistakes, Lucescu has nothing to feel bad about (except maybe for not starting Warda). Limnios should be dropped now. I said it before and I will say it again, you cannot expect to beat Benfica with Canias in central midfield. This player should be used on a rotational basis for when we play Levadiakos and OFI. We need a better option as soon as possible. With regards to fans, we all say things in the heat of the moment. We all knew Benfica were favourites tonight and we're no doubt disappointed that we fell at the last hurdle (again!). The defending was absolutely comical. If you are going to defend like that in the CL you will rightfully be punished (as we just witnessed). For all the amazing performances he has put in, Paschalakis' performance tonight was as if he was playing football for the first time. The last two games showed that Matos cannot play at CL Group Stage level. He was instrumental against Basel and Spartak, however in the two games against Benfica (who is definitely a level above the previous two) he could not do his usual taking on defenders. He will no doubt be back to taking them on in the Europa League, which we all know is a terrible competition and only gets good from the Quarter Final onwards. I am not saying that he isn't good enough - he is a great player to have! He just isn't CL level. Warda needs to be starting. He plays without fear and is always looking to go forward. All in all it except for the first 20 minutes, it was a dreadful performance. A bad day at the office so to say.

I am not angry with Lucescu as the goals we conceded today were clear mistakes from our own players. However, starting Limnios over Warda was criminal.

I had Apollo Vaz messaging me saying it's not over. Little did he know that we have the curse of 1-1 away result and losing at home. The defence is all over the place and I have no idea what Paschalakis was doing. I am cannot bare to watch Europa League again, it is such a terrible competition that only starts getting good from the Quarter final onwards. Limnios should have been dropped for this game, does anybody know if his agent is Koutsoliakos?

I am not sure about the choices of starting wingers. Would have much preferred Warda starting.

Πάρτε την πρόκριση για να μη σας πάρει ο διάβολος!

Big game. This is make or break.

Chris and Molon Lave, thanks for the explanation. I’m next door to a Hooters so I was going to see if they were showing it. Turns out that a TNT link is easy to get so I’ll just hook the laptop to the tv.

So now I’m in the US I can watch it on TNT? What is Galavision?

I thought we had a guy from Barcelona.

Our central midfield was non existent. Thank God Warda came on and changed the game. He has to start ahead of Limnios next week.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. If we want to play in the group stages of CL we cannot have Canias in midfield.

It wasn’t a penalty but they deserve the lead.

Παίξτε μπάλα ρε κοπρόσκυλα!

Perhaps Mauricio is indeed off to Arabia then.

Game is live on BT Sport 2 in the UK.

^^ He is on holiday in Benidorm at the moment.

I wouldn't mind selling Prijo for €10m if the bid comes in. Also I sure hope that the sale will be El Khaddouri and not Warda. We need Warda to stay.

I heard there is interest for El Khaddouri. To be honest I would not mind selling him.

I don't think Stock is better than the wingers we have. Warda and Jaba are much better in my opinion. Perhaps it is too soon to be comparing him to Jaba.

Πρέπει να παίξουν αυτοί που δεν παίξανε στη Ρωσία. Θα ήθελα να δω τον Ακπομ στην 11αδα.

Κοπρόσκυλα, τα έχουμε πει. Παίξτε μπαλά και προκριθείτε για να πάμε εκδρομές!

Απο τώρα το ανοίξεις βρε Χριστάρα;

Να παίξουν μπάλα τα κοπρόσκυλα και ολα γίνονται. Με κατι Κάνιες δεν επιτρέπεται να παίξεις στους ομίλους. Ο άνθρωπος είναι επικίνδυνος για την μεσαία γραμμή μας. Τέτοιοι παίκτες είναι για αγώνες κυπέλλου ή για να παίρνουν ανάσες οι κανονικοί παίκτες οταν παίζουμε με Λειβαδιές και Πλατανιάδες.