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Shakhov coming in.

Big save by Glykos after a big mistake by Pelkas.

Looks like no changes in the lineup to start the 2nd half.

Pelkas does look improved, but still not at the level to play in a game like this. Specially when you have better players in his position. Agree about Mystakidis. Put him in along with Beseswar.

Halftime 0:0 I think starting Pelkas was a mistake by Ivic. I'd like to see him replaced by Biseswar in the second half. Also I don't believe Klaus has touched the ball at all in this half. Fiorentina is quite dangerous offensively, so we have to be very careful. We did have couple defensive lapses, but so far Fiorentina did not take advantage of them. it will take a lot of improvement to win this game.

Much improved the last 10 minutes or so.

Fiorentina the far superior team in the first 15 minutes.

Tzavellas has been shaky so far.

On the bench for PAOK: Brkic, Crespo, Biseswar, Mystakidis, Shakhov, Kitsiou, Thiam Leaft out and not even on the bench is Pereyra.

PAOK lineup: ------------------- Glykos ------------------Matos -- Varela -- Tzavellas -- Leovac---------- Canas ------- Cimirot ---------- -- Campos --- Pelkas --- Rodrigues ------------------- Klaus ------------------- Quite surprised that Pelkas gets a start.

Gate 8 is closed to PAOK fans, as it will be used by around 80 Fiorentina fans. Hopefully the rest of the gates are sold out. radio reports say there is a lot of traffic around Toumba.

vs MATCHUP: Asteras Tripolis - P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki COMPETITION: Superleague - Round 4 DATE: 19-September-2016 TIME: 19:30 GR (16:30 GMT, 11:30 CDT, 02:00 AEST next day) CITY / STADIUM: Tripoli – Th. Kolokotronis Stadium (Capacity: 7,616) REFEREES: Alexandros Aretopoulos (Trikala) - Dimitris Verris (Lesbos), Efthimios Kourentas (Trikala) TELEVISION: Novasports 1 (Greece), Sport Plus (USA, Canada, Australia) Asteras Tripolis vs P.A.O.K. History 2015-2016: 2:1 (Pelkas) - Attendance: 2,101 2014-2015: 1:0 - Attendance: 2,462 PLAYOFFS 2014-2015: 3:0 - Attendance: 2,449 2013-2014: 1:0 - Attendance: 1,845 (PLAYOFFS) 2013-2014: 2:1 (Athanasiadis) - Attendance: 2,351 2012-2013: 1:2 (Athanasiadis, Katsouranis) - Attendance: 2,634 (play-offs) 2012-2013: 1:0 - Attendance: 2,218 2011-2012: 1:0 - Attendance: 1,892 2010-2011: 0:0 - Attendance: 2,367 2009-2010: 1:1 (Fotakis) - Attendance: 2,500 2008-2009: 0:2 (Anastasakos, Conceisao) - Attendance: 2,092 2007-2008: 2:0 - Attendance: 3,685 GAMES: 12 WINS: 2 TIES: 2 LOSSES: 8

Considering the fact that he is not 100% fit to play a full game I think he will keep him on the bench and use him as a sub, keeping him fresh for Monday's game against Tripoli. That is a must win game.

Missing from the squad is Charisis, Korovesis, Malezas and Koulouris among others. My lineup for the game. ------------------- Glykos ------------------ Matos -- Varela -- Tzavellas -- Leovac ---------- Canas ------- Cimirot ---------- -- Campos --- Shakhov --- Rodrigues ------------------- Klaus ------------------- My prediction: 1:1

That's good news. Toumba should be full for this one.

Well allegedly he was close to moving to Germany this past transfer season. Either that, or those were just rumors spread by Paul Koutsioliakos in order to secure a better contract and sent Chatziisaia packing. He's been good lately, but I still consider him a liability with his behavior on the pitch.

PAE PAOK and Tzavellas renewed their contract until 2020. He will be paid € 2,000,000. Being a buddy with owner's son sure has its privileges.

In any normal country, the league would kick out Kougias from its ranks.

Thanks for the nice words, which are appreciated. Yeah it looks like the Laola option from last season has been put on hold by PAE PAOK. Not sure what kind of streaming or broadcast options they are looking at. Broadcast wise they only viable option in North America and Australia would be the Sport Plus/Antenna setup, but PAE PAOK does not want to be part of that. What gets me mad is that they did not have something in place before the season started. Why does everything have to be done half-ass backwards. Hope they get this issue resolved soon. Next home Superleague game is only 2 weeks away.

Both games re-scheduled for Wednesday.

Sorry guys for trying to inform people. If you don't like it, I'll gladly devote my time to other things.

1:0 Biseswar

vs MATCHUP: P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki – ACF Fiorentina (Italy) COMPETITION: Europa League – Group Stage – Round 1 DATE: 15-September-2016 TIME: 22:05 GR (19:05 GMT, 14:05 CDT, 05:05 AEST next day) CITY/STADIUM: Thessaloniki – Toumba Stadium (28,703) REFEREES: Slavko Vincic - Bojan Ui, Tomaz Klancnik - Roberto Ponis, Nejc Kajtazovic (All Slovenia) TELEVISION: OTE Sport 4 (Greece), ESPN3, WatchESPN, Fox Soccer 2GO (USA), TSN5 (Canada), beIN Sport Connect (Australia), Cytavision Sports 2 (Cyprus) Standings: PAOK thessaloniki – 0 ACF Fiorentina - 0 FC Slovan Liberec - 0 Qarabag FK - 0 Our European history against Italian teams: 1973-1974: AC Milan – PAOK FC 3:0 - Attendance: 25,963 (Cup Winners Cup – Quarterfinal – Leg 1) 1973-1974: PAOK FC – AC Milan 2:2 (Sarafis 2) - Attendance: 43,882 (Cup Winners Cup – Quarterfinal – Leg 2) 1985-1986: Hellas Verona – PAOK FC 3:1 (Skartados) - Attendance: 27,008 (Champions Cup – Round 1 – Leg 1) 1973-1974: PAOK FC – Hellas Verona 1:2 (Vasilakos) - Attendance: 40,000(Champions Cup – Round 1 – Leg 2) 1988-1989: SSC Napoli – PAOK FC 1:0 - Attendance: 62,662 (UEFA Cup – Round 1 – Leg 1) 1988-1989: PAOK FC – SSC Napoli 1:1 (Skartados) - Attendance: 39,848 (UEFA Cup – Round 1 – Leg 2) 2000-2001: Udinese Calcio – PAOK FC 1:0 - Attendance: 14,258 (UEFA Cup – Round2 – Leg 1) 2000-2001: PAOK FC – Udinese Calcio 3:0 (aet) (Camps 2, Froussos) - Attendance: 24,324 (UEFA Cup – Round 1 – Leg 2) 2011-2012: Udinese Calcio – PAOK FC 0:0 - Attendance: 11,641 (Europa League – Round of 32 – Leg 1) 2011-2012: PAOK FC – Udinese Calcio 0:2 - Attendance: 22,400 (Europa League – Round of 32 – Leg 2) 2014-2015: PAOK FC – ACF Fiorentina 0:1 - Attendance: 22,612 (Europa League – Group Stage – Round 3) 2014-2015: ACF Fiorentina - PAOK FC 1:1(martens) - Attendance: ? (Europa League – Group Stage – Round 4) GAMES: 10 WINS: 1 TIES: 4 LOSSES: 7

They are jumping from joy: