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It wasn't PAOK 'B' that played the friendly against Alexandroupolis FC. It was the U-19 PAOK team coached by Malezas. PAOK U19 won 7:0. Apparently Garcia was in the stands scouting the players of U-19 team. Of interest is the presence of Varela's son on the U19 roster. For those that want to check out the game here is a link. The game starts around the 25th minute mark.

Olympiakos out of Champions league. Lost to Ludogorets o n penalty kicks. The game should have never gotten that far. Ludogorets was much better on the pitch. They now move to Europa league and will face Slovan Bratislava.

Hopefully the Swedes will now pay the 3.5 mil buyout clause for Colak.

Exactly. If he tries the same stunts that he used against PAOK to get his transfer he will not go far in Premier League or any other world class league for that matter. Let's see what he does. He does have talent and a lot of room for improvement.

Tzolis is expected to sign a 5 year contract with Norwich worth around 1.1 million per season.

Looks like a deal has been reached between PAOK and Norwich: Selling price: € 11 million Bonus: € 2.5 million (if Norwich remains in premier League) Resale clause: 17.5%

The men's water polo team has not missed Olympics since 1980 games in Moscow. Prior to that the national team took part in the 1920 Olympic games. Here are the men's Greek National Team placings in the Olympics: 1920 - 8th 1980 - 10th 1984 - 8th 1988 - 9th 1992 - 10th 1996 - 6th 2000 - 10th 2004 - 4th 2008 - 7th 2012 - 9th 2016 - 6th 2020 - 2nd (silver medal) The women's water polo was first introduced in the Olympics in 2000. The Greek women's national team took part in two Olympics: 2004 - 2nd (silver medal) 2008 - 8th

Our water polo team always had a presence in the Olympics. Our only team sport that would represent us in the Olympics on regular basis all these years. No other national team can claim that. We do have very competitive teams both in men and women, and I see success for both teams in the future.

The sticking point seems to be the resale clause. We want 20%. They are willing to give only 7.5%. Having Tzolis playing against Bohemians should not really matter. He played in the first game and did not make much difference. Right now he is not giving his all for the team anyway.

COSMOTE TV has officially announced the TV deal for the upcoming Superleague season with Panathinaikos, AEK and OFI. COSMOTE is still negotiating with Lamia, Volos, Panaitolikos, Apollon, Ionikos and Tripoli. Their standing offer is 8 million for all the teams (around 1.3 million each). So far the teams are rejecting the deal and threaten the delay of the upcoming season. NOVA has a contract with Aris, Atromitos, PAS Giannina and Olympiakos. PAOK is apparently negotiating with COSMOTE and NOVA. PAOK's asking price is 10 million. PAOK TV is always an option.

Not sure about that. The report said that they are looking at Warda if one of their players leaves. They said Warda has a contract with PAOK until June 2022 and that for a price ranging between 1 to 2 mil PAOK might release him. If I was PAOK I would let him go for 500K. For the past few years we have been loaning him left and right for nothing to make sleazebags such as Kougias and Beos happy and pay his salary on top of it. If Toulouse are so dumb to offer such money, as PaokCT said I would hire a limo to take him to the airport.

Excellent showing by our water polo team against a powerhouse Hungary. Our best ever showing in the Olympics. Now that we got all the way to this point we have to go give it all for the gold. This will be a tough match, but we can do it.

Pilidis destroyed by the Polish wrestler from Russia. 0:11. His inexperience showed against the 33 year old. He is only 21. This was a good lesson for him.

Probably both. Also if the bonuses are tied to how many starts he makes with the team than the they can manipulate that. I would prefer resale percentage.

That's according to a British reporter, who claims that PAOK has accepted the offer and that Tzolis is expected in England during the weekend to sign. PAE PAOK claims they have not received such offer yet.

Papamichail will race at 3:30 pm CDT in the 50K walk. The three female walkers will take part in the 20K at 2:30 am in the morning. I think they will all do well, but don't expect any medals. The big water polo match starts at 1:30 am CDT this morning. Let's hope for the best. Pilidis has a tough opponent and if he wins he will face the world champion.

Bad day overall for Greek athletes at the Olympics with only bright spot Kynigakis in the marathon swimming. Let's see if the water polo team makes us happy later today/tomorrow. Our last hope for a medal.

Disappointing showing by Prevolaraki losing in the first round to the Ecuadorian wrestler. She was never in the match.

Our defense and our goalie have been outstanding so far. If they keep it up they have good chance to win. Good showing by Kynigakis in the 10 km swimming marathon finishing in 5th place.

Hungary is a tough opponent and will want to get a revenge for the loss in the preliminary round. We will need to perform at our best and have luck on our side.

I would not sell right now. We have until end of the month to accept an offer. Their second offer was for 9 mil plus bonuses. I would demand minimum 12/13 mil plus % of resale.

It was all up to Warda to still be part of the team and he blew it. Once again. And for the 3rd straight time. And if the rumors of sexual misconduct against a minor are true he has no place on this team, or any other team for that matter. If that mafioso Beos does not want anything to do with him, than things are serious. Enough of Warda. He will only create distractions down the road if he stays. Zivkovic might be better thank Kagawa, but yesterday he was one of our worst players, starting with the miss into an empty goal in the 2nd minute of the game. But let's not pick on specific players. The whole team sucked. Unless the team's attitude changes in the return match we will have difficulties advancing.

VS MATCHUP: PAOK Thessaloniki FC – FC Bohemians Dublin COMPETITION: Europa Conference League – Qualifying Round 3 - Leg 2 DATE: 12-August-2021 TIME: 20:00 EEST (17: UTC, 12:00 CST, 03:00 AEST next day) CITY/STADIUM: Thessaloniki – Toumba Stadium Stadium (28,708) REFEREES: Julian Weinberger – Andreas Heindenreich, Maxmilian Kolbitsch (Austria) TELEVISION: OPEN TV (Greece), PAOK TV (worldwide except UK & Ireland) PAOK’s History against teams from Ireland in European Competitions 2021-2022: FC Bohemians Dublin – PAOK FC 2:1 – (78. Oliveira) - Att: 8,000 – Europa Conference League (Qualifying Round 3 – Leg 1) 2011-2012: Shamrock Rovers FC – PAOK FC 1:3 – (7. Salpiggidis, 35. Fotakis, 38. Salpiggidis) - Att: 6,124 – Europa League (Group Stage, Round 4) 2011-2012: PAOK FC – Shamrock Rovers FC 2:1 – (12. Lazar, 63. Vieirinha) – Att: 28,703 – Europa league (Group Stage, Round 3) GAMES: 3 WINS: 2 TIES: 0 LOSSES: 1

There is no excuse for not winning this match. We went into the game thinking the win would come automatically. Add to it childish mistakes in the first half and the rest is history. In the second half we improved, but could not crack the parked bus. We will face the parked bus in the second game, so Lucescu better come up with some answers. I hate to say it, but Biseswar has to start over Kagawa next week.

Need to at least tie it up.