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As expected Vieirinha and Biseswar starting. Here is the starting lineup: ------------- Paschalakis ------------- Lyratzis - Ingason - Crespo - Vieirinha --- Kurtic -------------- Tsiggaras --- Zivkovic ----- Augusto ---- Biseswar ------------- Akpom -----------------

Apparently a lot of AEK fans travelled to Marseille to help their French brothers in the fighting activities. Around 3,300 PAOK with officially obtained tickets are expected at the game. There will probably more PAOK fans that obtained tickets through other means.

I am 100% certain Lucescu will start Vieirinha and Biseswar. As for Zivkovic he owes us one good game. He has been quite poor lately. Hopefully he will have a good one tomorrow. On the good side, Marseille will be missing their top scorer Milik, so that will be one less headache for our defensemen.

I agree. We will need to stop them from getting into their rhythm. We will need to be good defensively, including our midfield. I would not start Biseswar and Vieirinha. Keep them on the bench and throw them in the end if we need to catch up with Marseille. My lineup for tomorrow: ------------- Paschalakis ----------- Lyratzis - Ingason - Crespo - Sidcley --- Kurtic -------------- Tsiggaras -- Zivkovic --- Augusto --- El Kaddouri ------------ Akpom -----------------

2021 - 2022 Season: Round 30 (09.04.2022, 14:45 EET - Makedonikos Stadium, Efkarpia) PAOK Thessaloniki 'B' - Olympiakos Volos TV: no coverage

Squad travelling to France:

Looks like we will pay the 300K option and buy Sastre at the end of the season.

Polish crew for this one, with Szymon Marciniak being the main ref. He called the PAOK - Aris 2:2 game in 2021.

It should have

And it counts.

Zivkovic 2:1

2:0

1:0 halftime Panathinaikos just wants it more.

1:0 bad goaltending by Paschalakis. Vierinha also big liability on the left side.

Lyratzis, Crespo, Mitrita and Murg did not make the squad for the game. Also missing is Oliveira who was rumored to be making his first start following his injury, but it was decided that he was not ready yet.

VS MATCHUP: Olympique Marseille – PAOK Thessaloniki FC COMPETITION: Europa Conference League – Quartefinal – Leg 1 DATE: 07-April-2022 TIME: 22:00 EEST (19:00 UTC, 14:00 CDT, 05:00 AEST next day) CITY/STADIUM: Marseille – Orange Velodrome (65,421) REFEREES: Szymon Marciniak - Pawel Sokolnicki, Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland) TELEVISION: COSMOTE Sport (Greece), Cytavision Sports (Cyprus), Stan Sports (Australia), Paramount+, TUDN.com (USA) PAOK’s History against teams from France in European Competitions 2014-2015: PAOK FC – EA Guingamp 1:2 – (22. Athanasiadis) - Att: 12,101 – Europa League (Group Stage – Round 6) 2014-2015: EA Guingamp – PAOK FC 2:0 – Att: 8,783 – Europa League (Group Stage – Round 2) 2005-2006: PAOK FC – Stade Rennais FC 5:1 – (3. Own goal, 37. Christodoulopoulos, 79. Giasemis, 82. Salpiggidis, 89. Giasemis) – Att: 1,012 – UEFA Cup (Group Stage – Round 4) 1992-1993: PAOK FC – Paris Saint-Germain 0:3ff – Att: 26,500 – UEFA Cup (Round 1 – Leg 2) Paris St. Germain wonthe game 3:0 on forfeit after the game at Toumba was abandoned in the 45th minute when PAOK fans stormed the field. The score at that time was 2:0 for PSG. As a result, UEFA banned PAOK for 2 years from any European competition that the team would qualify for. 1992-1993: Paris Saint-Germain – PAOK FC 2:0 – Att: 17,000 – UEFA Cup (Round 1 – Leg 1)) 1982-1983: FC ochaux Montbeliard – PAOK FC 2:1 aet – (95. C. Dimopoulos) – Att: 17,000 – UEFA Cup (Round 1 – Leg 2) 1982-1983: PAOK FC – FC Sochaux Montbeliard 1:0 – (78. C. Dimopoulos) - Att: 30,000 – UEFA Cup (Round 1 – Leg 1) 1973-1974: PAOK FC – Olympique Lyon 4:0 – (25. Paridis, 61. Paridis, 37. Alsanidis (p), 80. Sarafis) - Att: 30,416 – Cup Winners Cup (Round 2 – Leg 2) 1973-1974: Olympique Lyon– PAOK FC 3:3 – (44. Aslanidis, 50. Terzanidis, 81. Sarafis) – Att: 26,500 – Cup Winners Cup (Round 2 – Leg 1) GAMES: 9 WINS: 3 TIES: 1 LOSSES: 5 1982-1983: PAOK – Sochaux: 1982-1983: PSG - PAOK: 1982-1983: PAOK - PSG: 2005-2006: PAOK – Stade Rennais: 2014-2015: EA Guingamp – PAOK:

Yet another national title by the PAOK volleyball team: Men's Greek Cup Final: PAOK - Foinikas Syrros 3:0 (25:18, 33:31, 25:19)

My belief is that we have slim chances of qualifying, but anything can happen in the game of football. I just hope our players will give their all to achieve something positive.

There was never a possibility we would pay the buyout option for Mitrita after this season.

1:1 tie against Hungary, with the tying goal scored by Hungary in the last minute of the game. In the final game Greece tied Holland 0:0 finishing the competition undefeated. As a result we finished in 3rd place and failed to qualify to the finals of the competition.

2021 - 2022 Season: Round 28 (03.04.2022, 15:00 EET - Makedonikos Stadium, Efkarpia) PAOK Thessaloniki 'B' - Almopos Aridaia TV: no coverage

In a game where the locals were chanting "Voulgari" during the game. Someone should remind them that Kavala is also part of Northern Greece and Macedonia. Talk about low IQ.

Enjoy the game guys. We expect live reports from the Velodrome.

It's all psychological. I think Sakkari and Tsitsipas need to develop the killer instinct. In many instances they start a match great winning the first set, but then go downhill in the next set. It is then harder to pick things up and win the third and deciding sets. They need to start taking their games to the next level and finishing the matches. Having said that I think Sakkari has greatly improved in the last 2 years. On the other hand Tsitsipas has not made that much progress.

Zivkovic played 45 minutes for Serbia in the 3:0 loss to Denmark. Big disaster for the U21 team, losing 4:0 to Portugal and in the process also losing the chance to finish first in the group.