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I agree. And I look forward to seeing it!

So weird to me that all of Greece's teams start on the second qualifying round. I guess I expected our lowest-ranked one to go in earlier, the highest later, etc. I agree that we should be able to go deep in this competition. There are a few teams in pot 3 that can take points off the bigger fish, though. Looking at Rapid Vienna and Midtjylland specifically. I'd say any of the pot 2 teams can beat any of the pot 1 ones save for Napoli, though.

Guy won't get better if he doesn't get minutes. I haven't had a problem with him since his big screw ups a few months back. I still think the big change was getting a real attacking midfielder in there (Warda). Team just looks so much more "linked," front-to-back.

My grade-A lineup: --Zivkovic-- --Soares--Varela--Michailidis--Rahman-- --Tsiggaras--El Kaddouri-- --Zivkovic--Warda--Murg-- --Krmencik--

I totally agree. Social media just made me nervous.

Seems that the MRI was clean, he likely just sprained his ankle (I'm guessing). Wouldn't be surprised if he sits out vs Asteras as a precaution.

I haven't heard any rumors?!?! I await them bated breath

Can't reach 15th if you can't overtake the teams directly ahead of us. We're not hitting 15 this season.

So Tzolis's x-rays apparently show that there was no break or fracture on his ankle (which is not surprising considering he walked off the field). MRI scheduled for today. Hopefully he'll be back soon.

I agree. I think Pereira is pretty good.

Our B-team lineup can't hit an open net haha

Quickly makes up for that post hit, that was a rocket

Glad he scored again. He's so unstable that this mini-drought made me think he was about to pop off haha

Tzolis, easy as pie

Holy smokes that was a solid goal

Young Boys is not in a fantastic position (4-3 win at home vs Bayer Leverkusen). Could see them getting knocked out in the away leg. Serbia's only remaining participant is Red Star, which drew at home vs AC Milan. I don't think we're catching the Serbs this year though. It's most likely we'll remain at 18th unfortunately.

Re the above: I forgot that Ingason is going to be sitting out a few games due to suspension. Varela and Michailidis it is! Hopefully they don't get hurt in the next ~two weeks.

Crespo hurt again as well. Expect to see a Varela/Ingason duo for a while. https://inpaok.com/676038/thlasi-o-krespo-2/

Didn't realize that pasting in the URL for his name would result in so many tweets being included. Mods, feel free to modify the post if it's distracting.

In addition to that, this was tweeted a few hours ago - take it with a HUGE grain of salt, though, because someone in the comments clarified that the "source" is sportime.gr. Here's the Manchester-specific one, which also notes the same source. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/manchester-united-transfer-news-recap-19837949 Ultimately, this guy is the source of all of those rumors (thanks @PaokCTfor tipping me off to him). I will admit he's been pretty decent in the past:

When the home team is playing so far away from their actual home, who supplies the ball boys? Are they bringing their youth with them on the bus or something? Or are they supplied by the host stadium?

I agree, this has been looking just like our last few games. Plenty of attempts but no conversion in the first half, then a sharpening of their attitude in the second. Would not be surprised to see us score four in this half.

Nicely controlled by Tzolis. He knew that would have been a highlight reel goal there

po po po

What is the point in pretending you're hurt after you've given away a penalty? You're likely to be down a second goal; wouldn't you want to minimize the time wasted so you have a chance to win? Anyway, Schwab takes and converts the PK