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Well the team should get a proper LB and then have Vierinha available as a back up for both RB and LB position.

Enjoy your stay on Thassos. Nice island. Had one of my best vacations in Greece on that island, but that was long time ago.

Looks like the television rights issues are being resolved and we might have a Superleague kickoff next weekend. Today it was announced that Tripoli will sign with Nova, which means that the rest of the 5 teams that don't have a contract will sign with COSMOTE as long as the standing offer of 8 mil does not change. That would mean that on Monday they will vote and approve the start of the season. That will leave PAOK as the only team without the TV contract. Rumors are that we will sign a 10 mil contract with NOVA, or go the route of PAOK TV as last resort.

Why don't you just switch and become 'O' Aris supporter then. That way you will be aligned with the team that you seem to support and plays the best football in Greece. In any case, the fact that you claim to be from Sydney in Austria leads me to think that you an old "friend" form the past. Very very past, going all the way back to the original Phantis/Greeksoccer days in 1997.

I think he would be a good signing on loan now that we have the injury to Oliveira, but it looks like we are not interested.

VS MATCHUP: HNK Rijeka – PAOK Thessaloniki FC COMPETITION: Europa Conference League – Playoff Round - Leg 2 DATE: 26-August-2021 TIME: 21:00 EEST (18:00 UTC, 13:00 CDT, 04:00 AEST next day) CITY/STADIUM: Rijeka – Stadion Rujevica (8,279) REFEREES: Serhiy Boiko – Vysotskyi, Zaporozhenko (Ukraine) TELEVISION: TBA PAOK’s History against teams from Croatia in European Competitions 2021-2022: PAOK FC – HNK Rijeka 1:1 – (90. Own goal) – Att: ? – 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: 5 WINS: 3 TIES: 1 LOSSES: 1

Did you go to the game?

Don't think you can get more fit in one week. We will need to play smart game. For Rijeka to advance they need to score too, so they will not be parking the bus as they otherwise would if we did not tie the game. Some of our big players will need to perform. I would sit Biseswar and start Kagawa instead. Use Biseswar in the second half.

Sure it is. Savvidis died year and a half ago. Actually he was poisened by the CIA on orders from Marinakis.. That's why he has not made any public appearances. At the same time his son George died too. He was killed in a car accident. That's why he has not posted anything on Twitter as well. If Metrosport says it it must be true.

It took an own goal for us to score in the last second of the game.

Zivkovic will be a dud until he gets a new contract or is sold. I don't really see a way of turning this thing around.

Exactly. We could only play at high intensity for about 20 minutes. After that we started making mistakes and giving the ball away, which eventually led to the goal. Now it will be impossible to break their compact defense. Most likely scenario is another goal on counter.

Unbelievable save by Paschalakis

Don't think it ever was.

Switch teams then.

You mean the anti-PAOK Greek radio from Thessaloniki.

Here is a video of the full game:

Well let's hope we can take a comfortable win to Croatia next week. 2:0 result would be great!

You are correct. My mistake. I watched little bit of the game, but PAOK should be ashamed to use that stadium for those games. That Makedonikos stadium is in quite a bad shape.

It has been confirmed that Oliveira will undergo surgery in Portugal. It is expected he will miss at least 6 months.

Our goalie backup Zivkovic was cut from tomorrow's game. Instead Talichmanidis will be Paschalakis's backup. My lineup for tomorrow: ------------- Paschalakis ------------ Rodrigo - Varela - Crespo - Vieirinha ----- Schwab --------- Kurtic ------- Zivkovic --- Biseswar --- El Kaddouri ------------ Swiderski -------------

I don't remember any scandals. And why is firing a coach a scandal? It's part of the job of coaching.

PAOK - SS Anenii Noi 6:0 Easy win for PAOK girls. The game could have finished 11:0 as we have also hit the cross bar 5 times. Hattrick by our new signing from Kenya Esse Akinta. We will now play Valerenga on Saturday in the qualification final and with a win we qualify to the group stage of Champions League.

Who says the management wants the team to grow. They are probably happy the way things are and are just coasting. Just don't rock the boat.

Had no problem with PAOK TV last week. Actually had a better picture than the OPEN TV web stream. the only issue was they had not time/score showing in the first half. They fixed that in the second half.