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Giannoulis out for 4-6 weeks. Will miss the three NT games.

Muscle strain of 2nd degree. The press release said 4 week absence, but heard a PAOK reporter on radio say up to two months possible. Unfortunately this was inevitable since he was playing non-stop since August without any breaks, including national team.

Yes he can't keep pace in games like yesterday, but I think he can still be helpful coming of the bench SL games against the smaller teams. Even though he still has a contract for two years with I expect him to leave us for the Middle East by the end of the season.

The friendly against Cyprus will most likely be played at Rizoupoli Stadium. Kickoff time 16:45 EET. The Slovenia game for Nations league will probably be moved to Toumba Stadium.

You can probably add Giannoulis to the absent list. He was injured yesterday and is undergoing MRI today to see the extent of the injury. If I was PAOK I would not let him play with the NT. Can't risk losing the player for any extended period of time.

More likely Rodrigo on the left and Wague on the right. I think Pereira will get playing time on Sunday.

Superleague changed the kickoff time to 19:30 EET. It was scheduled for 17:15 EET.

Plus 570K Euro for the win on top of that.

For Granada the last game against us will most likely be meaningless. Same will apply for Omonia in the game against us earlier. The most important game for us is the next one against PSV. If we don't lose in that one things will be much easier.

In the other game Omonia - Granada 0:2 Standings: 1. Granada 7 2. PAOK 5 3. PSV 3 4. Omonia 1 Next round: PSV - PAOK Granada - Omonia

Final score 4:1 Great 2nd half. Taking out the slow Biseswar and Colak was the move that changed the game for us. Zivkovic MVP of the game followed by Tzolis.

Murg in for the MVP Zivkovic

Tsingaras in for El Kaddouri

I I'll take a tie in that game any day.

Lyratzis in for Giannoulis. Hopefully he is not injured seriously. I would definitively stop him from playing in the upcoming NT games.

Zivkovic 4:1

Goooooooooooooooool Tzolis 3:1

Zivkovic 2:1

Looks like bad news for Giannoulis.

Gooooool 1:1 Schwab

Not looking good. We can't create anything offensively. Unless we improve dramatically in that department in the 2nd half it's more likely we will lose this game.

Lineup: --------------- Zivkovic ----------------- Rodrigo -- Varela -- Crespo - Giannoulis Schwab ----- Augusto ----- El Kaddouri Zivkovic ------ Colak ----- Biseswar

PSV has 11 cases of COVID infections, but only 4 that play on the first squad. They are dangerous offensively but have weaknesses on defense. PAOK should defend well and rely on counter attacks. Should be a similar game as Benfica. Definitively need to win this one. All Polish crew as far as officiating is concerned.

Thanks for the report Aete tis Ollandias. Sounds like a good option. For now I am set with PAOK TV for the home games, and Sport Plus/Antenna Satellite for the away games and the rest of the Superleague games. Maybe in the future I will utilize this option.