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There is a great possibility that we will have two Roland Garros finals with Greek participation. Hopefully both Tsitsipas and Sakkari are mentally ready to give their all in the semifinals. Both opponents are beatable.

Swiderski started on the bench in the friendly against Iceland. he entered the game in 82th minute and 7 minutes he equalized the game with a nice goal. Poland - Iceland 2:2 final. Krmencik not even on the squad for today's Czech Republic - Albania friendly. Later today Suriname plays Canada in WC qualifier. Biseswar will surely start. The game of all places is played in Chicago (Bridgeview) in the old Chicago Fire stadium. Still have time to drive down there to see the game.

Yet another interview with Lucescu. This one from PAOK TV:

I don't want Limnios back. Would say the same for my favorite player Biseswar, but we are stuck with his contract so I reluctantly welcome him back. In other rumors/fake news, Oliveira was offered to PAOK. No, not the one that played for us during our championship season. It's the wanna be Oliveira that was set free by AEX.

Expect quite a few players to be cut from the pre-season training squad right after that game.

The Greek National Track & Field Championships took place at Pampeloponisiako Stadio in Patra over the weekend. In the team competitions Alexandros Makedonias in the men's division and GS Glyfada in the women's division were the winners. With very few exceptions the performances were just average. The 8.48 meters in the long jump by Tentoglou, and the 4.75 meters by Stefanidi in the pole vault were the top performances. Stefanidi competed out of competition and her result did not count in the championship standings. Notable results: MEN HIGH JUMP: Baniotis (Olympiada Komotini) - 2.24 m POLE VAULT: Karalis (Apollon Pyrgos) - 5.55 m LONG JUMP: Tentoglou (GS Kifisia) - 8.48 m SHOT PUT: Zotos (Alexandros Makedonias) - 20.34 m Skarvelis (GS Trikala) - 20.15 m HAMMER THROW: Frantzeskakis (Eleftherios Venizelos) - 76.05 m WOMEN 200 M: Spanoudaki (GS Ilioupolis) - 23.11 seconds 400 M: Vasiliou (AE Messogeion) - 52.89 seconds 100 M HURDLES: Pesiridou (AO Kallistos) - 13.26 seconds HIGH JUMP: Gousin (GS Kifisia) - 1.91 m POLE VAULT: Stefanidi (AO Filothei) - 4.75 m (out of competition) Kyriakopoulou (AGES Kameiros) - 4.65 m Polak (AO Megara) - 4.60 m HAMMER THROW: Skarveli (GS Trikala) - 69.83 m JAVELIN THROW: Tzenko (Kentavros Halkidiki) - 60.43 TEAM STANDINGS MEN 1. ASS Alexandros Makedonias - 147.0 points 2. GS Eleftherios Venizelos Chania - 119.5 3. Olympiakos Piraeus - 118.0 4. PAOK Thessaloniki - 76.0 5. GS Trikala - 66.0 WOMEN 1. GS Glyfada - 120.0 2. ASS Alexandros Makedonias - 106.0 3. GS Elefthrios Venizelos Chania - 92.0 4. GS Kifisia - 83.0 5. GS Ilioupolis - 82.0

Apparently El Kaddouri agreed to a 3-year contract extension worth 730K per season. At the beginning of negotiation Kaddouri was asking for 1.1 mil. Recently the offers/demands were PAOK 650K/Kaddouri 800K. if this latest rumor (plus hints by Lucescu at press conference) are true than both sides met in the middle and agreed at 730K.

Krmencik is a starter in the Italy - Czech Republic friendly which is about to start in half an hour.

Two more friendlies before our next WC qualifying game. - Norway on Sunday in Malaga, Spain - Switzerland away on September 1, 2021 at 13:45 EEST.

Much better in 2nd half. Good result.

Stupid to start 2 left backs. Giannoulis playing out of position and it shows. Take him out and put in Tzolis who can do a lot better in that position. Also you need score on the limited chances you get.

Well Kaddouri turned down an offer for 600K per year offer, which would be quite a pay cut. However that was before Lucescu's comeback. Also, I don't think he has been getting any big offer elsewhere. I think with a 750K offer he will stay.

Basically what we learned today is that - Biseswar, El Kaddouri are staying - we will not be getting a new goaltender - we will try to loan Krmencik again but nothing is guaranteed - he likes Prijovic but he is under contract and expensive

WTF. He is starting two left backs.

PAOK is seriously thinking of changing the dates and even the location of the pre-season training due to the fact that we will start our European campaign two weeks later. Holland is back in the picture.

Lucescu arrives in Thessaloniki tomorrow and will give press conference on Thursday at 13:00 EEST.

I got Moderna too. No problems after the first shot, but I was sick for 24 hours after the second shot. I just slept it off and was ok after that.

My bet is Vitesse since Ajax is not available.

Our "B" team did not qualify to SL1, so it looks like we will have two "B" teams in next year's SL2.

I would take Krmencik over Prijovic too. Generally I consider anybody going to Saudi Arabaia and China for the big bucks over the hill players. And I would say that goes for coaches too (Lucescu). Having said that though, I think it will be very difficult to sign Krmnecik. The best scenario might be another loan, but I have a feeling Brugge will sell him somewhere else since they expect Tzolis to be part of the deal and I don't think PAOK and Tzolis want that.

Very good development. Are we now going to push the pre-season training back by 2 weeks?

First team meeting is scheduled for June 22, and for the next 6 days Lucescu will weed out the players that will not travel to Austria. We will play 4 or 5 games while in Austria. The games should be announced in the next few days.

All 51 games will be televised live on ESPN networks: ESPN: 39 games ESPN2: 7 games ABC: 5 games You can also stream the games on the ESPN apps, but you will probably need to authenticate that you subscribe to the channels (cable, satellite, etc) Also Univision network will show the games as well on their Univision and TUDN channels. The games will also be streamed via Univision's new streaming service Prende TV.

Agree, but UEFA has the power to change things to suit their agenda. Bert Kassies does not.

I think he will break it this year.