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I expect this lineup for tomorrow: ------------------ Glykos ----------------- Matos - Varela - Tzavellas - Leovac ----- Canas --------------- Cimirot ---- Campos ---- Sakhov ---- Rodrigues -------------- Athanasiadis -------------

Superleague has released the game schedule until Round 15. Here is the projected television schedule on my TV Schedule page. http://home.earthlink.net/~paokfc/GreekSoccerTVSchedules.htm The above link will be valid for a day or two. After that my TV schedules page will no longer be available.

The health authorities in Liberec lifted the quarantine. The game will most likely be played as scheduled. UEFA official is in Liberec and will make the final decision. Taking into account that the quarantine has been lifted, and both Slovan and PAOK want the game to be played, I don't see any reason for the game to be postponed. Reading some of the Czech sites, of the 12 afflicted players, only 3 of them have not practiced as of today.

I think our biggest problem is against teams that park the bus. We need a player(s) that will unlock this defensive posture. Hopefully we can get such a player in January, since we did not get him this transfer period.

vs MATCHUP: Veroia - P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki COMPETITION: Superleague - Round 6 DATE: 02-October-2015 TIME: 16:00 GR (13:00 GMT, 08:00 CDT, 23:00 AEST CITY / STADIUM: Veroia – Dimotiko Stadio (Capacity: 7,000) REFEREES: TELEVISION: Nova Sports 2 (Greece), Sport Plus (USA/Canada/Australia) Veroia - PAOK history: 2015-2016: 0:3 (Athanasiadis, Mak, Tziolis) - Attendance: 3,557 2014-2015: 1:3 (Pereyra, Vitor, Noboa) - Attendance: 1,567 2013-2014: 1:2 (Vitor, Stoch) - Attendance: 5,401 2012-2013: 0:0 - Attendance: 2,862 2007-2008: 0:0 (xxx) - Attendance: ? 1998-1999: 1:2 (Badovic 2) - Attendance: 3,000 1997-1998: 1:3 (Cominguez 2, Vryzas) - Attendance: ? 1996-1997: 1:2 (Tasiopoulos, Kapetanopoulos) - Attendance: ? 1987-1988: 2:1 (Alexandris) - Attendance: ? 1986-1987: 0:1 - Attendance: ? 1977-1978: 1:3 (?) - Attendance: ? 1971-1972: 1:0 - Attendance: ? 1970-1971: 1:0 - Attendance: ? 1968-1969: 1:1 (?) - Attendance: ? 1967-1968: 0:0 - Attendance: ? 1966-1967: 0:0 - Attendance: ? GAMES: 16 WINS: 8 TIES: 5 LOSSES: 3

Agreed. Missed opportunity, but it would be quite different story if everyone else won and we found ourselves 6 points behind (instead of the current 2 or 3 points). I have a feeling the big guys will be dropping more points as we go. And from what I have seen so far there is hardly any difference between them. I would even say PAOK is in a slightly better shape than Olympiakos and AEK and on par with Panathinaikos. I think this will be an exciting season.

Still not as catastrophic result as it could have been. We did not lose any ground on our main opposition, and actually gained ground on Olympiakos. The season is still young. No reason to start bitching and complaining, which is the norm by a lot of PAOK fans. I foresee this to be quite an exciting season.

Slovan Liberec players are still under quarantine by the local health officials. Twelve players are currently afflicted with the virus, but team officials are saying they are getting better. Today the health officials tested the players again and will have test results by tomorrow. They will then decide if the quarantine will continue or if they will give them the green light to return to practices. In either case UEFA is awaiting the results to see if they will postpone the game. Both Slovan Liberec management and UEFA would prefer for the game to take place as scheduled.

0:0 final score. Can't drop points in games like this.

Our midfield is non-existent. We can't create anything against the parked bus.

Klaus in for Koulouris. Useless sub. That's not where the problem is.

Don't see this ending well.

vs MATCHUP: FC Slovan Liberec - P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki COMPETITION: Europa League – Group Stage - Round 2 DATE: 29-September-2016 TIME: 20:00 GR (17:00 GMT, 12:00 CDT, 03:00 AEST next day) CITY/STADIUM: Liberec – Stadion u Nisy (9,900) REFEREES: Tamas Bognar - Balazs Buzas, Zsolt Varga - Adam Farkas, Peter Solymosi TELEVISION: OTE Sport TV (Greece), Fox Soccer 2GO (USA), TSN2 (Canada) Standings: PAOK Thessaloniki – 1 ACF Fiorentina - 1 FC Slovan Liberec - 1 Qarabag FK – 1 Our European history against teams from Czech Republic: 2001-2002: PAOK FC – Marila Pribram 6:1 (Giasemis 2, Okkas 2, Konstantinidis, Luciano) - Attendance: 7,376 (UEFA Cup – Round 1 – Leg 1) 2001-2002: Marila Pribram – PAOK FC 2:2 - Attendance: 2,225 (UEFA Cup – Round 1 – Leg 2) 2002-2003: PAOK FC – SK Slavia Prague 1:0 (Georgiadis) - Attendance: 16,113 (UEFA Cup – Round 3 – Leg 1) 2002-2003: SK Slavia Prague – PAOK FC 4:0 - Attendance: 8,563 (UEFA Cup – Round 3 – Leg 2) GAMES: 4 WINS: 2 TIES: 2 LOSSES: 1

Apparently they got sick after playing Qarabag in Azerbaijan in their first game of the group stage of EL. That's what you get when you allow countries that don't belong in Europe to compete in European competitions. The Liberec players were quarantined until Monday by the local health officials. Their case will be reviewed again on Monday and a decision will be made if the quarantine will continue. From what I read on their web site, the team officials will make every effort for the Europa League game to take place. The health officials forced the team to stop practices and cancelled their league game against Karvina.

Karaiskaki Stadium

Not bad since the stadium only holds 9,900

Go to the highlights link above and forward to the 2:17 minute mark.

vs MATCHUP: P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki – AO Xanthi COMPETITION: Superleague – Round 5 DATE: 25-September-2016 TIME: 16:00 GR (13:00 GMT, 08:00 CDT, 23:00 AEST CITY/STADIUM: Thessaloniki - Toumba Stadium (Capacity: 28,703) REFEREES: Aristidis Vatsios (Ditiki Attiki) - Dimos Anastopoulos (Arkadia), Dimitris Vergetis (Arkadia) TELEVISION: Nova Sports 2 (Greece) PAOK – Xanthi history : 2015-2016: 0:0 - Attendance: 13,309 2014-2015: 2:1 (Papadopoulos 2) - Attendance: 6,234 2013-2014: 3:0 (Vitor, Lucas-p, Athanasiadis) - Attendance: 17,139 2012-2013: 0:1 - Attendance: 9,996 2011-2012: 1:0 (Vieirinha) - Attendance: 13,791 2010-2011: 2:1 (Athanasiadis, Salpiggidis) - Attendance: 13,873 2009-2010: 1:0 (Ivic) - Attendance: 11,014 2008-2009: 1:0 (Bakayoko) - Attendance: 12,441 2007-2008: 0:1 - Attendance: 10,204 2006-2007: 1:0 (Iliadis) - Attendance: 4,600 2005-2006: 1:0 (Salpiggidis) - Attendance: ? 2004-2005: 1:1 (Feutchine) - Attendance: no fans 2003-2004: 1:1 (Markos) - Attendance: 4,707 2002-2003: 1:0 (xxx) - Attendance: ? 2001-2002: 1:0 (xxx) - Attendance:? 2000-2001: 3:0 (xxx) - Attendance: ? 1999-2000: 5:0 (Frousos 2, Sambri 2, Frantzeskos) - Attendance: no fans 1998-1999: 0:0 (xxx) - Attendance: 4,124 1997-1998: 1:1 (Toursounidis) - Attendance: 8.948 1996-1997: 4:1 (Zouboulis 2, Frantzeskos 2) - Attendance: 13,144 1995-1996: 3:3 (Giovic, Giokoudis, Kapetanopoulos) - Attendance: 1,707 1994-1995: 2:0 (Zouboulis, Bociek) - Attendance: 11,608 1993-1994: 2:1 (Havos, Anastasiadis) - Attendance: 2,356 1992-1993: 4:1 (Kalogeropoulos 2, Alexiou, Chionas) - Attendance: 2,040 1991-1992: 2:1 (Alexiou, Malioufas) - Attendance: 1,437 1990-1991: 2:0 (Skartados, Basbanas) - Attendance: 2,490 1989-1990: 0:1 - Attendance: 3,046 GAMES: 27 WINS: 18 TIES: 6 LOSSES: 3

Should have never been a penalty.

2:1 final score. Should have never become another cliffhanger. Specially when they were playing a man down.

We are missing chances left and right. Hope we don't pay for it in the end.

Mystakidis in for Rodrigues, who just a minute ago hit the cross bar.

Ivic needs to make some changes. Aretopoulos is clearly trying to put Tripoli back in the game.

Unbelieveable penalty for Tripoli and 2:1. We need to become serious as a team. Always manage to make the games a derby.

That should have been a straight red card, and not just a second yellow on Bertos. The ref did not even call a foul initially. Asteras playing with 10.