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Squad: Ozdoev, Otto and Kedziora did not make the squad. Zivkovic is listed, but I doubt if he will start. My expected lineup: ------------- Kotarski --------------- Sastre - Lovren - Michailidis - Baba ------ Camara ------- Schwab ----- Despodov ---- Murg -------- Taison ------------ Brandon ---------------- I will not be surprised if Samatta gets a start.

Pena signing is official. Signed for 2.5 years (+1 year option). Salary: 600k Euro. Tranbsfer fee: 450K Malmo FF.

NAME: Sergio Fernando PEÑA Flores POSITION: Midfielder JERSEY NUMBER: 4 BIRTHDAY: 28-September-1995 BIRTH PLACE: Lima, Peru HEIGHT 1.77 m PAOK DEBUT: NT DEBUT: 24-Mar-2017 (Venezuela – Peru 2:2) PREVIOUS TEAMS: Malmo FF, FC Emmen, Tondela, Granada, Universidad San Martin, Alianza Lima, Granada, Alianza Lima CONTRACT ENDS: 30-June-2027 (+1) SALARY: € 600,000 per season

It remains to be seen if Zivkovic will be available for the game. Also I expect some players to get a break and I am sure we will have some kind of rotation by Lucescu. Also we have several players close the yellow card limits: 5 - Camara 2 - Ozdoev Otto Gomez Konstantelias Schwab Despodov Lovren

Pena is in Thessaloniki. He should be signing the contract either today or tomorrow.

Yes we were a better team. AEK had only two shots on target. One hit the post and the other was the goal. On the other hand Taison himself had at least 4 good shots on goal without scoring. The team is exhausted and I am not sure if some players will not be fit to play on Sunday.

Game over. No cup this year.

Stupid goal

Kedziora and Otto looked very tired at the end of the game. Hopefully they have enough strength for the extra time.

Extra time

Zivkovic gooooool.

Post hit by AEK.

Big chance by Taison.

f***ing unbelievable. Sammata in for Chalov.

Should have scored at least one in first half with Taison having 2 good chances. I would throw in Despodov right away in send half.

Not sure why he is starting Taison again. He has been poor the last few games. Would have liked to see Despodov in the lineup.

Apparently the final deal that we will sign with Pena on Friday will be for 2.5 + 1 year worth 600K per season.

VS MATCHUP: P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki – NFC Volos COMPETITION: Superleague 1 – Round 18 DATE: 12-January-2025 TIME: 19:30 EET (17:30 UTC, 11:30 CsT, 04:30 AEST next day) CITY/STADIUM: Thessaloniki - Toumba Stadium (Capacity: 28,703) REFEREES: TELEVISION: Novasports Prime (Greece, Cyprus), Net TV Plus (worldwide except Greece & Cyprus), Sport Plus (USA, Canada, Australia) PAOK - NFC Volos history: 2023-2024: 3:0 (39.Koulierakis, 46. Murg, 55. Samatta) - Attendance: 8,879 2022-2023: 4:2 (6. Ingason, 16. Narey, 27. Narey, 45. Dantas) - Attendance: 7,540 (PLAY-OFFS) 2022-2023: 3:0 (28. Oliveira - p, 30. Zivkovic, 62. Augusto - p) - Attendance: 9,880 2021-2022: 4:4 (24. Own goal, 30. Akpom, 32. Zivkovic, 42. Zivkovic) - Attendance: 7,607 2020-2021: 3:1 (9. Schwab, 65. Ingason, 90. Krmencik) - Attendance: no fans 2019-2020: 1:0 (60. Vieirinha-p) - Attendance: 11,995 GAMES: 6 WINS: 5 TIES: 1 LOSSES: 0

Well the Cypriot team did not want to pay him the 1 mil salary, and Samatta would not take a pay cut. In the end PAOK decided to keep him. Should have sent him to Cyprus paying him half the salary and improving the profit margins and Cypriots paying the other half. Now we are stuck with him and on top of that Lucescu giving him playing time even though he sucks.

Murg should have never been re-signed until 2026. We had an offer for Samatta in the summer, but instead of just saving money on his salary, we wanted to make a profit. Our main goal should be to unload him this transfer period, but instead we are giving him playing time in important games. This latest rumor of loaning out Tissoudali is another stupid move by the team. Not sure why we got him in the first place if Lucescu was not going to change his tactic of playing with just one striker. Tissoudali excelled when playing as a second striker in Belgium. I would really like to see a Tissoudali - Chalov duo on offense, but we know this will never happen. As for Pena, I heard somewhere that he was our no. 2 pick for midfield, so we might still be waiting to see if the no. 1 pick signs with us.

I have a bad feeling about this game. Not sure how we can score 2 goals and not concede any in order to qualify. We will need a lot of luck on our side.

Looks like we are back in the good old days when Olympiakos controlled everything. Today they needed a penalty and a red card in order to defeat Panaitolikos.

Bad result and game. Also lost valuable player for the cup game.

Considering the circumstances the tie will be a good result.