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Holebas decided he had enough of the games that a certain player agent was playing with respect to the national team. Basically he demanded his players have to start even if it's not their natural position.

Leveque is out until mid-October.

BTW read today that Stoch is facing a 4-game ban for using that megaphone (see video above) to call for "Death to Sparta".

Pelkas should not play the #10 position, and I don't understand why the PAOK coaches play him there. He is more effective as a winger. As far as being considered NT material is concerned, if you consider players such as Bakasetas, Mandalos and Fourtinis, than he is one too.

Mantzios will take over Larisa after the PAOK game. From what I have seen so far this season Larisa is the weakest team together with Apollon in Superleague. Dropping points in this game will be a failure.

VS MATCHUP: AE Larisa - P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki COMPETITION: Superleague – Round 6 DATE: 30-September-2017 TIME: 20:30 GR (17:30 GMT, 12:30 CDT, 04:30 AEDT next day) CITY/STADIUM: Larisa – AEL Arena (Capacity: 16,118) REFEREES: Alexandros Katsikogiannis (Epirus) - Iordanis Dimitriadis (Kastoria), Konstantinos Pontikis (Preveza) TELEVISION: Novasports 1 (Greece, Cyprus, Albania), Sport Plus (USA, Canada, Australia) Larisa – PAOK history: Superleague 2016-2017: 0:2 (Mystakidis, Matos) - Attendance: 2,559 2011-2016: Larisa played in lower divisions 2010-2011: 1:2 (Contreras, Athanasiadis) - Attendance: 12,829 2009-2010: 2:1 (Contreras) - Attendance: 6,848 2008-2009: 0:2 (Bakayoko, Conceicao) - Attendance: 4,669 (Playoffs) 2008-2009: 0:0 - Attendance: 4,611 2007-2008: 4:3 (Athanasiadis 2, Balafas) - Attendance: ? 2006-2007: 1:2 (Mieciel 2) - Attendance: 7,358 2005-2006: 2:1 (Mieciel) - Attendance: 8,906 Alpha Ethniki (Professional) 1996-2005: Larisa played in lower divisions 1995-1996: 2:1 (Gioukoudis-p) - Attendance: 1,618 1994-1995: 0:2 (Anastasiadis, Kapetanopoulos) - Attendance: ? 1993-1994: 1:1 (Karasavvidis) - Attendance: ? 1992-1993: 2:1 (Djurdjevic) - Attendance: ? 1991-1992: 0:0 - Attendance: ? 1990-1991: 1:1 (Lagonidis) - Attendance: ? 1989-1990: 0:1 (Skartados) - Attendance: ? 1988-1989: 2:1 (Giagkos) - Attendance: ? 1987-1988: 1:1 (Borbokis) - Attendance: ? 1986-1987: 2:1 (Vasilakos) - Attendance: ? 1985-1986: 2:1 (Skartados) - Attendance: ? 1984-1985: 1:2 (Dimopoulos 2) - Attendance: ? 1983-1984: 1:1 (Dimopoulos) - Attendance: ? 1982-1983: 1:0 - Attendance: ? 1981-1982: 1:0 - Attendance: ? 1980-1981: 0:0 - Attendance: ? 1979-1980: 0:3 (Koudas, Orfanos) - Attendance: ? Alpha Ethniki (Amateur/Semi-Professional) 1978-1979: 1:1 (Guerino) - Attendance: ? 1975-1978: Larisa played in lower divisions 1974-1975: 0:2 (Kermanidis, Guerino) - Attendance: ? 1973-1974: 1:1 (Aslanidis) - Attendance: ? 1964-1973: Larisa played in lower divisions GAMES: 28 WINS: 9 TIES: 9 LOSSES: 10

I like the fact that AEK is bragging that they are 5 points ahead in the title race and are claiming that the title is theirs. All that with 25 more rounds of football to be played and two teams within 2 points breathing down their necks.

Mak in for Vierinha

We really need a second goal.

Shakhov in for Mauricio

Limnios in for Pelkas

And that's why you don't take out Prijovic out.

That needed to go in.

Please not Koulouris. Did not start the second half well.

I have a feeling he will go with Leovac over Deligiannidis. Also, I think Vierinha will get a start over Mak.

Henrique scored his first goal for Qarabag

UEFA Nations League format confirmed UEFA has confirmed the final competition rules and regulations for the UEFA Nations League, less than a year before the first match is due to be played on 6 September 2018. The new logo for the tournament was also unveiled following Wednesday's UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Nyon. All you need to know about the UEFA Nations League 2018/19 UEFA Nations League: how it works The UEFA Nations League is a new competition that aims to ensure the continued success of national team football by replacing most friendlies with competitive matches and by allowing all nations to play against equally ranked teams. All 55 UEFA associations enter. The teams are split into four leagues, A–B–C–D, according to their position in the UEFA National Team Coefficient Rankings following the end of the European Qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup (as per 11 October 2017; play-off results will not be included). League A will consist of the 12 top-ranked teams. The next 12 teams will be in League B, the next 15 in League C and the remaining 16 in League D. Leagues A and B will each comprise four groups of three teams. League C will contain one group of three teams and three groups of four sides; League D will be formed by four groups of four teams. All draw procedures to be confirmed. Matches to be played home and away between September and November 2018 (teams will play four or six games depending on the size of their group). The four group winners of League A will qualify for the UEFA Nations League Finals, to be held in June 2019, with two semi-finals, a third-place match and the final. One host country will be appointed by the UEFA Executive Committee in December 2018 from among the finalist teams. The group winners in Leagues B, C and D will gain promotion and those who finish bottom of the groups in Leagues A, B and C will be relegated. National teams will thus either be competing to become UEFA Nations League winners, or be fighting for promotion and to avoid relegation. The League Phase Draw for the UEFA Nations League will take place at the SwissTech Convention Centre in Lausanne on 24 January 2018, when the new UEFA Nations League trophy will also be unveiled. Qualifying for UEFA EURO 2020 Qualifying for UEFA EURO 2020 remains largely the same (with 24 finalists in all), although the European Qualifiers will now begin in the March after a major tournament instead of immediately in September (i.e. March 2019 in this case). No team will gain auomatic qualification as hosts (there are 13 host nations in all). Qualifying group stage (20 teams qualify) The teams will be split into ten groups of five or six, and the top two from each group will qualify for the final tournament, determining the first 20 places. Play-offs (4 teams qualify) The last four EURO places will be won through the European Qualifiers play-offs, which will be contested by the 16 UEFA Nations League group winners (i.e. the four group winners in each of the four divisions). Each league will have a path of its own and each path will feature two single-leg semi-finals and one single-leg final. The winner of each path will win a ticket to UEFA EURO 2020. If a UEFA Nations League group winner has already qualified via the European Qualifiers, then their spot will go to the next best-ranked team in their league. If a league does not have four teams to compete, the remaining slots are allocated to teams from another league, according to the overall UEFA Nations League rankings. http://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/news/newsid=2501767.html#/

Time flies when you're having fun.

I could make some of the chants. Your basic football chants like Who is the best - Slavia Only red and white Who's going to win the title - Slavia and of course some derogatory Sparta Prague chants (Slavia vs Sparta = PAOK vs Aris or Panathinaikos vs Olympiakos type matchup) Besides Stoch, Tomas Necid also plays for Slavia. The last football game I saw before I left Czechoslovakia in 1976 was between Banik Ostrava and Slavia Prague. Good guys won 2:0. Remember this as if it was yesterday.

Patralis and Warda giving wins for their respective teams in today's cup action.

MVP of the game Limnios without a doubt. Deligiannidis played well as well. Koulouris disappointing. Not sure if gets more chances like that.

Win is what we need ed and we got it. All we have to do now is defeat Pontos in the next game and have practice session against Aiginiakos.

That's the game. 2:1 PAOK

Limnios is everywhere. Nice defensive play to prevent a break.