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It wasn't really fine, but for Greek standards compared to other stadiums it was ok. That should not be the standard for the pitch where the national team plays though. I watched the Apollon - PAOK game just 3 days before the Cyprus friendly at the same stadium and you could tell the players had issues with the pitch.

The unknown COVID victim from last week appears to be Lyratzis, so we have COVID victims so far this season: Stoch Warda Limnios Wague Jaba Vierinha Lyratzis Giannoulis

Not going to be easy against Slovenia. All they need is a tie. Worst player on the NT by far is Bouchalakis.

Makes no difference. We would need to beat Slovenia in any scenario. Stupid of us not to try and score more goals though just in case the other game did end in a tie.

Set your VPN for Greece and watch it on OPEN Beyond TV.

The move from Karaiskaki was made because fans attending the NT games were harassed by Olympiakos hardcore fans and because the Olympiakos front office became hostile towards the newly elected EPO board. There is nothing wrong with Toumba pitch. It has been completely replaced several moths ago and is in perfect condition as was evident in recent European games. There is really no reason why the game could not have been played there, but as with everything in Greece it has to do with politics.

Giannoulis came out and announced that he is the player with the COVID infection. COVID victims so far this season: Stoch Warda Limnios Wague Jaba Vierinha ? (yesterday's victim) Giannoulis

Yet another COVID 19 positive infection on the PAOK roster announced today. Not specified if it was a player or a member of the team staff.

Tsiggaras and Koutsias played in the Greece - Czech Republic (0:2) disaster. Koutsias started the game and was subbed in the second half. Tsiggaras started on the bench and played in the second half.

They dominated the whole game. Greece was very bad.

Olympiakos will not allow the national team to play at Karaiskaki. The game was schedule at OAKA but the pitch is in horrible condition, so the game was moved to Toumba which currently has the best pitch in Greece. However the government will not allow the game to be played there. So we end up playing on a bad pitch at Rizoupoli. Hopefully this will not cost us.

What a pathetic display of football by the Greek U21 team. have not created a single scoring chance in a game that we play on home turf. 0:2 the final score.

EPO has nothing to do with the lack of stadium selections in this case.

Following Jaba's confirmation that he was infected with the virus here is the updated COVID watch among PAOK players: Stoch Warda Limnios Wague Jaba Vierinha ? (yesterday's victim)

Trying to answer the critics after his latest injury, Jaba confirmed that he was the player that had COVID couple weeks ago:

Jaba did not take part in practice today complaining about his knee. Wonder if it is the real reason for his absence.

VS MATCHUP: P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki – PAS Giannina COMPETITION: Superleague 1 - Round 9 DATE: 22-November-2020 TIME: 19:30 EET (17:30 GMT, 11:30 CST, 04:30 AEDT) CITY / STADIUM: Thessaloniki - Toumba Stadium (Capacity: 28,703) REFEREES: TELEVISION: Novasport1 (Greece, Cyprus), Sport Plus (USA, Canada, Australia), PAOK TV (worldwide except Greece, Cyprus), NovasportsWorld (worldwide except Greece, Cyprus) PAOK FC vs PAS Giannina History: Superleague 2019-2020: PAS Giannina played in Superleague 2 2018-2019: 2:1 (Pelkas (p), Swiderski) - Attendance: 10,837 2017-2018: 1:0 (Prijovic) - Attendance: no fans 2016-2017: 0:1 - Attendance: 2,906 2015-2016: 3:1 (Athanasiadis, Charisis, Jairo) - Attendance: 7,390 2014-2015: 1:1 (Pereyra) - Attendance: 7,355 2013-2014: 2:1 (Stoch, Lucas) - Attendance: 11,494 2012-2013: 0:1 - Attendance: 8,088 (playoffs) 2012-2013: 2:0 (Georgiadis, Katsouranis) - Attendance: 9.758 2011-2012: 1:2 (Papazoglou) - Attendance: 9.587 2009-2010: 2:0 (Lino, Arabatzis) - Attendance: 13,239 Alpha Ethniki (Professional) 2002-2003: 1:0 (Georgiadis) - Attendance: 5,172 2000-2001: 2:3 (Kafes, Spasic) - Attendance: 7,065 1990-1991: 4:1 (Hassan, Borbokis, Karageorgiou, Magdi) - Attendance: 2,211 1986-1987: 3:1 (Papaioannou, Iordanidis, Baniotis) - Attendance: 8,155 1985-1986: 4:2 (Skartados 2, Mavromatis, Iordanidis)) - Attendance: 5,303 1983-1984: 0:0 - Attendance: 5,061 1982-1983: 4:1 (Dimopoulos 2, Kostikos, Vasilakos) - Attendance: 5,628 1981-1982: 2:1 (Guerino, Triantafyllidis) - Attendance: 9,553 1980-1981: 1:1 (Kostikos) - Attendance: 8,528 1979-1980: 2:1 (Kostikos, Vasilakos) - Attendance: 7,809 Alpha Ethniki (Amateur/Semi-Professional) 1978-1979: 5:0 (Guerino 2, Kermanidis 2, Sarafis) - Attendance: ? 1977-1978: 1:0 (Orfanos) - Attendance: ? 1976-1977: 1:1 (Guerino) - Attendance: ? 1975-1976: 1:0 (Sarafis) - Attendance: ? 1974-1975: 4:1 (Paridis 2, Koudas, Apostolidis) - Attendance: ? GAMES: 25 WINS: 17 TIES: 4 LOSSES: 4

The Tzolis goal:

Tzolis scored his first goal with the national team in the Greece - Cyprus friendly. He played in the first half. Michailidis played the whole game. Wague played the full 90 minutes in the Senegal - Guinea Bissau for the Africa Nations Cup. Colak sits on the bench in the Turkey - Croatia friendly.

One COVID 19 infection to PAOK player reported today. He is now in quarantine. In other PAOK COVID matters, the VP Makis Gagatsis who was infected and hospitalized for a while was released from the hospital today. Also Koulis Iosifidis (U19 team manager) is also in the hospital infected and his condition has apparently worsened.

Surprised they are using this stadium as the pitch in not the best as was evident during the Apollon - PAOK SL game. Just hope there are no injuries to players because of this.

The game that most likely will determine the group winner. Game switched to Toumba Stadium which has a pitch in perfect condition. OAKA and Rizoupoli are xorafia. Kickoff: 21:45 EET

PAOK players national team duties in the next 10 days: Tzolis, Michailidis (GREECE) - Cyprus (11/11), Moldova (11/15), Slovenia (11/18) Tsiggaras, Koutsias (GREECE U21) - Czech Republic (11/13), Scotland (11/17) Ingason (ICELAND) - Hungary (11/12), Denmark (11/15), England (11/18) Colak (CROATIA) - Turkey (11/11), Sweden (11/14), Portugal (11/17) Wague (SENEGAL) - Guinea Bissau (11/11, 11/15)

I would suggest using somebody from Austria. ?

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