Blackhawk

Mazi mai ton Athinaiko.

I really like the black one. I think I will get one.

Aris - AEL 0:0 DAC - Atromitos 1:2 Should help in the European coefficient points total, although Aris win over a team from the country we need to overtake would have been good.

Apparently only 75 season tickets are left (gates 1,2,3). Also all the season tickets for gate 4 have to be distributed by the fan clubs.

The first Atromitos goal was a beauty. Charisis at fault on the tying goal. Aris could have gotten a penalty, but the ref said no. Also the ball probably went out of play before the hand ball.

Esiti has been paired with El Kaddouri in the first two practices. This basically means that the two will start together in the first game against Ajax.

Concerning Coentrao everybody is spinning this to suit their agenda. Porto came out saying Coentrao did not pass a physical, while the player claims he never underwent a physical. Porto fans claim he was cut because of their protests. Now there are stories originating from Greek rumor mill that Coentrao has a child with disabilities and that's the reason he left Thessaloniki without signing in the first place. Good luck finding out what's the truth.

NAME: Anderson ESITI POSITION: Defensive Midfield JERSEY NUMBER: 24 BIRTHDAY: 24-May-1994 BIRTH PLACE: Warri, Nigeria HEIGHT: 1.89 m PAOK DEBUT: NT DEBUT: 13-Jun-2015 (Nigeria – Chad 2:0) PREVIOUS TEAMS: KAA Gent, Estoril Praia, Leixoes SC CONTRACT ENDS: 30-Jun-2023 SALARY: € 700,000 per season

Even though he was not announced officially by PAOK, little Savvidis is posting a picture of Esiti signing his new contract.

Mihaj makes less money (150K) and is also 6 years younger.

PAOK invested over 4 mil in Ferreaira. There is no way any mutiny will be tolerated by Ivan.

Good deal with Chatziisaia. He would have never played for PAOK.

Gaitanidis 3:1

Cheap goal.

And not only that. We will enter the EL Playoff round in the Champions route, which means we will face harder opponents than the other Greek teams if they make it that far and are seeded.

El Kaddouri down. It better be just a cramp. Kace in.

Good thing we practiced counter attacks in this game. That's what we will need to do against Ajax.

Earlier today OFI lost to Ajax 6:2

Tomorrow's game against Anderlecht will be televised live on PAOK TV worldwide, except in Belgium.

VS MATCHUP: PAOK Thessaloniki – FC Ajax Amsterdam COMPETITION: Champions League – Qualifying Round 3- Leg 1 DATE: 06-August-2019 TIME: 20:00 EEST (17:00 GMT, 12:00 CDT, 03:00 AEST next day) CITY/STADIUM: Thessaloniki - Toumba Stadium (28,703) REFEREES: Slavko Vinčić - Tomaž Klančnik, Andraž Kovacic (Slovenia) TELEVISION: Open TV (Greece), B/R Live (USA), Ziggo Sport (Holland), ArenaSport 2 (Serbia), Match TV Football (Russia), Viaplay (Denmark), QQ Sport (China) PAOK’s History against Ajax Amsterdam in European Competitions 2015-2016: PAOK – Ajax Amsterdam 1:2 (4. Athanasiadis) – Att: 24,930 – Champions League (QR3, Leg 2) 2015-2016: Ajax Amsterdam – PAOK 1:1 (27. Campos) - Att: 47,744 - Champions League (QR3, Leg 1) 2010-2011: PAOK – Ajax Amsterdam 3:3 (16. Vieirinha, 56. Salpiggidis, 90. Ivic) – Att: 24,109 – Champions League (QR3, Leg 2) 2010-2011: Ajax Amsterdam – PAOK 1:1 (72. Ivic) - Att: 24,151 - Champions League (QR3, Leg 1) GAMES: 4 WINS: 0 TIES: 3 LOSSES: 1 PAOK – Ajax 1:1 (2010) Friendly games agains Ajax Amsterdam 2017: Ajax Amsterdam – PAOK 4:2 (38. Varela, 51. Prijovic)) – Att: no fans – (Ajax Training Grounds-Amsterdam) 1988: PAOK – Ajax Amsterdam 4:2 (13. Fernando, 15. Skartados, 64. Alexandridis, 90. Malioufas) – Att: ? – (Toumba Stadium) 1973: PAOK – Ajax Amsterdam 1:1 (36. Sarafis) – Att: 45,000 – (Kaftanzoglio Stadium) PAOK – Ajax 4:2 (1988)

First game at Toumba on August 6 at 20:00 EEST. Return game at Johann Cruyff Arena on August 13, at 2030 EEST.

Apparently Coentrao is talking to some Chinese team. In the meantime PAOK told Coentrao that he can have his extra time, but it's quite possible that the position might be filled by that time. Apparently Esiti is very close to sign with us. It appears he was our 2nd choice for defensive mid after Bradaric.

I heard we got 300K for him from the Turkish team.

Worst possible draw. Looking at it realistically I think we will competitive against Ajax, but once again will fall short. Ajax is so much more talented than us. On the bright side, if we do miraculously manage to eliminate them it will be so much sweeter. In any case we will continue in the Playoff Round of Europa League, where we should be able to qualify to the group stage.

First game at Toumba. We'll need a miracle to go through.