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First medal (bronze) for Greece from Theodoros Tselidis in the 90 kg Judo competition.

I was just listening to a random Thessaloniki sports station and they had their reporter in Banja Luka who said that the only change in PAOK's lineup compared to the first game will be Otto in place of Sastre. I do believe that Lucescu is sometimes very stubborn, but I don't believe he is so stupid as not to change the midfield and also not start Konstantelias instead of Murg.

NAME: Shola Maxwell SHORETIRE POSITION: Attacking Midfield JERSEY NUMBER: 47 BIRTHDAY: 02-February-2004 BIRTH PLACE: Newcastle, England HEIGHT 1.71 m PAOK DEBUT: NT DEBUT: PREVIOUS TEAMS: Manchester United, Bolton Wanderers, Manchester United Youth teams CONTRACT ENDS: 30-Jun-2028 SALARY: € ? per season (free transfer)

NAME: Tarik TISSOUDALI POSITION: Centre-Forward JERSEY NUMBER: 34 BIRTHDAY: 02-April-1993 BIRTH PLACE: Amsterdam, Holland HEIGHT 1.82 m PAOK DEBUT: NT DEBUT: 10-Jan-2022 (Morocco – Ghana 1:0) PREVIOUS TEAMS: KAA Gent, Beershot VA, Le Havre, De Graafschap, VVV-Venlo, SC Cambuur, Telstar, Sparta Nijkerk, SV Argon, CONTRACT ENDS: 30-Jun-2026 (+1) SALARY: € 1,400,00 per season, € 2.200,000 purchase

I don't see any changes this season. It will probably be the same setup as last season. As far as I know the deal between COSMOTE and Novasport was for Greece only. The international streaming service Net TV Plus that showed some games last season is owned by Novasport and was only able to show the games that Novasport had rights to. I don't see that changing for this season. As for the regular (non-streaming) international TV rights we will probably see the same arrangement as previous seasons. Antenna Satellite/Pacific and Sport Plus will split the games among themselves. I don't see any significant changes happening until 2025-26 season, when apparently the Superleague will attempt to set up a collective agreement concerning the TV rights.

At the last minute Novasport managed to get the rights to televise the game in Greece and Cyprus. Also bunch of Serbian/Croatian/fakeMacedonian/Bosnian TV channels will show the game. Not sure if it will happen tomorrow but the last two Borac European games were streamed for free on youtube live.

Chalov is apparently done deal negotiated by Ivan Savvidis himself. Surprised though that he did not travel with Ivan in his private jet to Thessaloniki on Friday. Chalov will probably just come during the week and sign a contract with Savvidis at his Halkidiki resort.

Yeah, I followed the game. However they will be knocked out in the next round as they will face FC Copenhagen.

Well she was dropped from the Olympic team and did not travel to Paris. She claims she is innocent (they always do). She'll probably get 4 year ban. I don't see her racing again.

VS MATCHUP: FK Borac Banja Luka - PAOK Thessaloniki COMPETITION: Champions League – Qualifying Round 2 – Leg 2 DATE: 31-July-2024 TIME: 22:00 EEST (19:00 UTC, 14:00 CDT, 05:00 AEST next day) CITY/STADIUM: Banja Luka – Banja Luka Stadium (10,030) REFEREES: Sander van der Eijk - Rens Bluemink, Dyon Fikkert (Holland) TELEVISION: PAOK’s History against teams from Bosnia-Herzegovina 2024-2025: PAOK FC – FK Borac Banja Luka 3:2 – (17. Koulieraqkis, 39. Koulierakis, 51. Ekong) – Att: 16,135 – Champions League (Qualifying Round 2 – Leg 1) GAMES: 1 WINS: 1 TIES: 0 LOSSES: 0

We have reached a deal with Tarik Tissudali and KAA Gent. He is expected in Thessaloniki to undergo a physical and sign a 2+1 year deal with a 1.4 mil salary per season. We also paid 2.2 mil to KAA Gent for his rights. Apparently it was his countryman El Kaddouri that convinced him to come to PAOK after he talked to the PAOK ex-player.

Very poor showing by PAOK. With a display like that we stand no chance against Malmo. That's assuming we can get at least a tie next week in Banja Luka and qualify. All our goals came from our defensemen and mostly from set pieces. Our midfield and offense was lost out there.

Ekong 3:2

If I was Lucescu, the changes at half-time should be Kedziora in for Ekong, Zivkovic in for Despodov, Konstantelias in for Murg. Big mistake was starting Ozdoev together with Schwab making our midfield non-existant.

WTF is that? Don't believe we let this team score twice. Better wake up for the second half.

Koulierakis again

WTF

Koulierakis header

So PAOK - Malmo it is then. Hopefully we will show up and play tomorrow.

It's actually 100 athletes that will take part, since Filtisakou has been dropped from the Olympic team. even though it was not officially announced yet, it is obvious that she is the one that tested positive for the banned substance.

Apparently PAOK has received two different offers from Uruguay for the purchase of Quagliata. Hopefully they won't think twice about it at PAE PAOK.

Not a bad draw, but we could have gotten Jagellonia, which would have been better. The only thing that worries me is that Malmo is in the middle of their season with 16 game under their belt. I don't think we will have any major problems with them, but then again we thought the same about Ostersunds.

On Monday , the draw for Qualifying Round 3 is to take place. PAOK, if we make it past Banja Luka will again be seeded. Here are the seedings: SEEDED PAOK Thessaloniki - Borac Banja Luka FC Steaua Bukurest - Maccabi Tel-Aviv Ferencvaros Budapest - The New Saints Qarabag - Lincoln Red Imps Slovan Bratislava - Celje UNSEEDED Ludogorets Razagad - Dinamo Minsk FC Midtjylland - UE Santa Coloma Sparta Prague - Shamrock Rovers Malmo FF - KI Klaksvik APOEL Nicosia - Petrocub Hincesti Jagiellonia Bialystok - Panevezys We will play one of the winners from the unseeded matchups.

Braithwaite is signing with Olympiakos. Portuguese media report that Meite has turned down PAOK's offers and will go to Saudi Arabia.