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For those in Greece, the game is televised live on ANT1 TV. Also for those outside Greece you can watch the game on ANT1 TV live stream with a VPN at https://www.antenna.gr/Live

Starting line up:

And also let's not forget that in today's PAOK - FCSB, their head coach is Ilias Charalambous who used to be our left back in years back.

Colley, Brandon sitting this one out due to injuries.

The draw for the Greek cup was made today and the final will not include two "big teams" as one of the finalist will be one of the "small teams". As for PAOK we will meet AEK or Aris in the quartefinal, and if we progress most likely Panathinaikos or Olympiakos in the semifinal. ROUND of 16 APS Zakynthos - Asteras Tripolis OFI FC - Volos NFC Atromitos Athens - Panathinaikos Athens Aigaleo - PAOK Thessaloniki Kifisia - Panahaiki Patra Athens Kallithea - Olympiakos Piraeus AEK Athens - Aris Thessaloniki Panserraikos Serres - Panionios Athens Games will be played October 29-31, 2024 and December 2-5, 2024 QUARTERFINAL winner Panserraikos/Panionios - winner Zakynthos/Asteras Tripolis winner Atromitos/Panathinaikos - winner Athens Kallithea/Olympiakos winner AEK/Aris - winner Aigaleo/PAOK winner OFI/Volos - winner Kifisia/Panahaiki Games will be played December 17-18, 2024 and January 7-9, 2025 SEMIFINAL winner Atromitos/Panathinaikos - winner Kallithea/Olympiakos vs winner AEK/Aris - winner Aigaleo/PAOK winner Panserraikos/Panionios - winner Zakynthos/Asteras Tripolis vs winner OFI/Volos - winner Kifisia/Panahaiki Games will be played Feruary 4-6 and February 25-27 Final will take place at OAKA on May 17, 2025

We are trying to have this game start at a later time (20:30 EEST). I think even better would be to play this game on Monday.

German refs for this game. If we want to have chances of progressing to next stage this is a game that we must win.

NAME: Jiří PAVLENKA POSITION: Goalkeeper JERSEY NUMBER: 1 BIRTHDAY: 14-April-1992 BIRTH PLACE: Hlucin, Czechoslovakia HEIGHT 1.96 m PAOK DEBUT: NT DEBUT: 15-Nov-2016 (Czech Republic - Denmark) PREVIOUS TEAMS: Werder Bremen, Slavia Prague, Banik Ostrava, FC Hlucin, TJ Sokol Hat CONTRACT ENDS: 30-June-2025 (+1) SALARY: € 450,000 per season

1:1 tie against Niki Volos. We tied the game with a penalty kick by Kanis. Next game: Round 3 04-Oct-2024, 16:00 EEST Neapoli, Makedonikos Stadium PAOK Thessaloniki 'B' - Makedonikos Neapolis TV: Monobala.gr

Jiri Pavlenka signed to a 1+1 deal at 450K per year. The one year option depends on the number of games played. Heard on radio that he has to play in half of the games for the option to go into effect. This probably means that Kotarski is being sold in January.

VS MATCHUP: Levadeiakos - P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki COMPETITION: Superleague 1 – Round 7 DATE: 06-October-2024 TIME: 20:30 EEST (17:30 UTC, 12:30 CDT, 04:30 AEDT next day) CITY/STADIUM: Levadeia – Dimotiko Stadio (Capacity: 6,500) REFEREES: TELEVISION: Novasports Prime (Greece & Cyprus), Net TV Plus (except Greece & Cyprus), Sport Plus (USA, Canada, Australia) Levadeiakos vs. PAOK History: Superleague 2023-2024: Levadeiakos played in Superleague 2 2022-2023: 1:1 (Narey) - Attendance: 2,043 2019-2022: Levadeiakos played in Superleague 2 2018-2019: 1:2 (Prijovic, Biseswar) - Attendance: 1,871 2017-2018: 0:0 - Attendance: 1,161 2016-2017: 0:1 (Pelkas) - Attendance: 1,074 2015-2016: 0:0 - Attendance: 676 2014-2015: 1:2 (Tzevallas, Pereyra) - Attendance: 1,377 2013-2014: 3:2 (Oliseh, Vukic) - Attendance: 1,554 2012-2013: 0:1 (Robert) - Attendance: 1,021 2011-2012: 4:3 (Athanasiadis 2, Ivic) - Attendance: 696 2009-2010: 0:2 (Ivic, Lino) - Attendance: 3,209 2008-2009: 0:3 (Conceicao, Sorlin, Ivic-p) - Attendance: 2,504 2007-2008: 2:0 - Attendance: 1,552 Alpha Ethniki (Professional) 2005-2006: 2:2 (Salpiggidis, Maladenis) - Attendance: 2,000 1994-1995: 0:1 (Gioukoudis) - Attendance: ? 1993-1994: 1:0 - Attendance: ? 1990-1991: 2:2 (I. Hassan, Lagonidis) - Attendance: ? 1989-1990: 1:1 (Skartados-p) - Attendance: 3,314 1988-1989: 2:1 (Small) - Attendance: ? 1987-1988: 4:2 (Alexandridis, Karasavvidis) - Attendance: 6,000 GAMES: 19 WINS: 7 TIES: 6 LOSSES: 6

0:1 final Typical PAOK - Aris game. Not able to beat them at home. We had the chances to do it.

No luck today. Baba hitting the post.

Baba and Michailidis should have prevented that goal.

And there it is 0:1

Two big chances for us, one for them. As long as we don't score, they will try to sneak in the game winner on counters. Their defense is kind of weak today. We should have taken advantage of that.

Starting lineup: ---------------- Kotarski ------------- Jonny - Kedziora - Michailidis - Baba ---- Bakayoko ------- Schwab ------ Zivkovic --- Konstantelias --- Taison ------------- Tissoudali -------------

Colley out with injury, but Lovren is in the squad. Brandon, Tsiftsis also out.

The draw for the Round of 16 for the Greek Cup will take place on October 2, 2024 at 15:00. This time PAOK will be part of the draw. We will also learn the quarterfinal and semifinal matchups. Aigeas Plomari - Kavala/Asteras Tripoli AEK Aigaleo APS Zakynthos Aris Athens Kallithea Atromitos Kifisia OFI Olympiakos Panahaiki Panathinaikos Panionios Panserraikos PAOK Volos NFC

I expect a mini rotation in this game. Murg in for Konstantelias, Sastre in for Jonny and if Zivkovic is not ready Despodov to start.

Phase League standings after matchday 1: 1. Ajax Amsterdam 1 1 0 0 4 : 0 3 2. Lazio Roma 1 1 0 0 3 : 0 3 3. FCSB 1 1 0 0 4 : 1 3 4. Tottenham Hotspur 1 1 0 0 3 : 0 3 5. Galatasaray Istanbul 1 1 0 0 3 : 1 3 6. SK Slavia Prague 1 1 0 0 2 : 0 3 7. Glasgow Rangers 1 1 0 0 2 : 0 3 8. Olympique Lyon 1 1 0 0 2 : 0 3 9. AZ Alkmaar 1 1 0 0 3 : 2 3 10. Bodo Glimpt 1 1 0 0 3 : 2 3 11. Anderlecht Brussels 1 1 0 0 2 : 1 3 12. Fenerbahce Istanbul 1 1 0 0 2 : 1 3 13. SC Braga 1 1 0 0 2 : 1 3 14. FC Midtjylland 1 0 1 0 1 : 1 1 15. Hoffenheim 1 0 1 0 1 : 1 1 16. Manchester United FC 1 0 1 0 1 : 1 1 17. FC Twente Enschede 1 0 1 0 1 : 1 1 18. OGC Nice 1 0 1 0 1 : 1 1 19. Real Sociedad 1 0 1 0 1 : 1 1 20. Eintracht Frankfurt 1 0 1 0 3 : 3 1 21. Viktoria Plzen 1 0 1 0 3 : 3 1 22. AS Roma 1 0 1 0 1 : 1 1 23. Athletic Bilbao 1 0 1 0 1 : 1 1 24. IF Elfsborg 1 0 0 1 2 : 3 0 25. FC Porto 1 0 0 1 2 : 3 0 26. Ferencvaros Budapest 1 0 0 1 1 : 2 0 27. Union St. Gilloise 1 0 0 1 1 : 2 0 28. Maccabi Tel Aviv 1 0 0 1 1 : 2 0 29. Ludogorets Razgad 1 0 0 1 0 : 2 0 30. PAOK Thessaloniki 1 0 0 1 1 : 3 0 31. Malmo FF 1 0 0 1 0 : 2 0 32. Olympiakos Piraeus 1 0 0 1 0 : 2 0 33. Qarabag FK 1 0 0 1 0 : 3 0 34. Dynamo Kiev 1 0 0 1 0 : 3 0 35. RFS 1 0 0 1 1 : 4 0 36. Besiktas Istanbul 1 0 0 1 0 : 4 0

Apparently we are trying to sign the free agent Jiri Pavlenka (32 year Czech old goalkeeper) before the transfer deadline of September 30. He is supposed to be our 2nd keeper due to the fact that Tsiftsis might be out for moinths if he undergoes abdominal surgery.

VS MATCHUP: PAOK Thessaloniki – FCSB COMPETITION: Europa League – League Phase – MD2 DATE: 03-October-2024 TIME: 22:00 EEST (19:00 GMT, 14:00 CDT, 05:00 AEST next day) CITY/STADIUM: Thessaloniki – Toumba Stadium Stadium (28,708) REFEREES: Sascha Stegemann - Marco Achmuller, Christof Gunsch (Germany) TELEVISION: COSMOTE Sport, ANT1 TV (Greece), ANT1 TV (worldwide with VPN), Optus Sport (Australia), DAZN (Canada), Paramount+ (USA) PAOK’s History against teams from Romania in European Competitions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2005-2006: Rapid Bukurest – PAOK 1:0 - Att: 12,100 – UEFA Cup (Group Stage – Round 3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1970-1971: PAOK – Dinamo Bukurest 1:0 – (81. Koudas) - Att: 12,171 – Fairs Cup (Round 1 – Leg 2) 1970-1971: Dinamo Bukurest – PAOK 5:0 – Att: ? – Fairs Cup (Round 1 – Leg 1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GAMES: 3 WINS: 1 TIES: 0 LOSSES: 2

O top of that it looks like Zivkovic was injured in the end.

3:1 final. In the end we did not have the energy to do anything, but with little bit of luck could have escaped with a tie.