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Our first game in Group Phase of the Greek Cup.

Game will take place at OAKA Stadium. If the local police does not give the permission than it will move to Leoforos Alexandra in Athens. All this for a game only 4 days before kickoff. Sad thing is that I will be in Athens on that day, but the game will be played behind closed doors.

Jovanivic was outcoached. The Danes neutralized our offensive threats quite well, and then they just punished us when we made mistakes. Maybe it would have been better if he started Bakasetas and then go with Konstantelias in 2nd half. The next two games will decide our fa. Win against Scotland (we have done it before), and maybe try to get a tie in Copenhagen to keep us in the race.

Still not clear where this will take place. Pankritio Stadium might not be ready by game time. It might be played at OAKA in Athens. In any case it will be without fans as OFI has 1 game fan ban from last season.

Sadly he never got a chance to prove himself.

1:0 final score.

That should open the door for couple more.

Watching on shitty stream in a hotel in Nafpaktos. We are playing badly even with an extra man.

Unfortunately I was stuck in Athens and missed the game. The bars I checked out were showing only the AEK or Panathinaikos game.

So who starts as forward in this game? Giakoumakis or Chalov?

Second home game in a row. This time with fans. Must win too.

VS MATCHUP: PAOK Thessaloniki FC – HNK Rijeka COMPETITION: Europa League – Playoff Round – Leg 2 DATE: 28-August-2025 TIME: 20:30 EEST (17:30 UTC, 12:30 CDT, 03:30 AEST next day) CITY/STADIUM: Thessaloniki – Toumba Stadium Stadium (28,708) REFEREES: Jose Maria Sanchez – Raul Cabanero, Inigo Prieto (Spain) TELEVISION: OPEN TV (Greece) PAOK’s History against teams from Croatia in European Competitions --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2025-2026: HNK Rijeka – PAOK FC 1:0 – Att: 6,800– Europa League (Playoff Round – Leg 1) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2023-2024: PAOK FC – GNK Dinamo Zagreb 5:1 – (27. Baba, 33. Own goal, 42. Brandon, 72. Koulierakis, 88. Zivkovic-p) – Att: 19,701 – Europa Conference League (Round of 16 – Leg 2) 2024-2025: GNK Dinamo Zagreb – PAOK FC 2:0 – Att: 18,562 – Europa Conference League (Round of 16 – Leg 1) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2023-2024: PAOK FC – HNK Hajduk Split 3:0 – (12. Schwab-p, 79. Zivkovic, 85. Zivkovic) – Att: 24,133 – Europa Conference League (Qualifying Round 3 – Leg 2) 2023-2024: HNK Hajduk Split – PAOK FC 0:0 – Att: 33,573 – Europa Conference League (Qualifying round 3 – Leg 1) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2021-2022: HNK Rijeka – PAOK FC 0:2 – (11. El Kaddouri, 80. Murg) - Att: 6,722 – Europa Conference League (Playoff Round – Leg 2) 2021-2022: PAOK FC – HNK Rijeka 1:1 – (90. Own goal) – Att: 8,091 – Europa Conference League (Playoff Round – Leg 1) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015-2016: PAOK FC – NK Lokomotiva Zagreb 6:0 – (3. Lucas, 7. Mak, 14. Pelkas, 34. Kitsiou, 60. Own goal, 84. Mak) – Att: 17,927 – Europa League (Qualifying Round 2 – Leg 2) 2015-2016: NK Lokomotiva Zagreb – PAOK FC 2:1 – (90. Mak) - Att: 1,000 – Europa League (Qualifying Round 2 – Leg 1) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010-2011: NK Dinamo Zagreb – PAOK FC 0:1 – (60. Salpiggidis) - Att: 29,226 – Europa League (Group Stage, Round 6) 2010-2011: PAOK FC – NK Dinamo Zagreb 1:0 – (55. Ivic) – Att: 17,927 – Europa League (Group Stage, Round 2) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GAMES: 11 WINS: 6 TIES: 2 LOSSES: 3

Yes Chalov is bad right now, but so will be every forward we will use if the team plays like we did the last 3 European games. Add the fact that Zivkovic and Konstantelias are playing very poorly does not help the situation.

1:0 final. What a pathetic performance by PAOK. Don't see how we can advance without crating any chances for goal. We have no clue on what to do with the ball when we reach the offensive zone. And we are not playing any good teams either.