Blackhawk

That would have been a beauty by Vieirinha.

Starting lineups:

Squad for tomorrow's game:

Marcos Antonio is apparently coming to Thessaloniki tomorrow. The deal is 1-year loan and we pay his 1 mil Euro salary. The buyout option is set at 6 mil Euro for 85%.

And the slide continues. Sakkari is on her way out of the top 10, and I don't see her returning back.

VS MATCHUP: O.F.I. - P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki COMPETITION: Superleague 1 – Round 4 DATE: 03-September-2023 TIME: 20:00 EEST (17:00 UTC, 12:00 CDT, 03:00 AEST next day) CITY / STADIUM: Iraklio – Th. Vardinogiannis Stadium (Capacity: 8,150) REFEREES: TELEVISION: COSMOTE Sport (Greece), Prime Tel (Cyprus), Sport Plus (USA, Canada, Australia) O.F.I. vs. P.A.O.K. history: Superleague 2022-2023: 1:1 (Narey) - Attendance: 3,788 2021-2022: 1:3 (Swiderski, Kurtic, Augusto) - Attendance: 3,014 2020-2021: 0:3 (Tzolis, Varela, Krmencik) - Attendance: nf 2019-2020: 2:2 (Biseswar, Michailidis) - Attendance: nf (PLAYOFFS) 2019-2020: 0:1 (Misic) - Attendance: 5,807 2018-2019: 1:3 (Biseswar, Matos, Jaba) - Attendance: 5,186 2017-2018: Did not play in Superleague 2016-2017: Did not play in Superleague 2015-2016: Did not play in Superleague 2014-2015: 3:1 (Papadopoulos) - Attendance: 3,026 2013-2014: 1:1 (Necid) - Attendance: 5,193 2012-2013: 1:1 (Fotakis) - Attendance: 2,487 2011-2012: 0:2 (Giannou 2) - Attendance: 3,646 2010-2011: Did not play in Superleague 2009-2010: Did not play in Superleague 2008-2009: 0:2 (Antonio, Conceicao) - Attendance: 3,857 (2,500 PAOK fans) 2007-2008: 2:0 - Attendance: 2,540 2006-2007: 1:0 - Attendance: 3,032 2005-2006: 2:1 (Giasemis) - Attendance: 4,137 Alpha Ethniki (Professional) 2004-2005: 2:2 (Salpiggidis-p, Maladenis) - Attendance: ? 2003-2004: 0:3 (Salpiggidis, Giannitsanakis, Hagan) - Attendance: 2,725 2002-2003: 2:3 (Kafes, Okkas, Salpiggidis) - Attendance: 2,999 2001-2002: 4:1 (Georgiadis-p) - Attendance: 2,508 2000-2001: 0:0 - Attendance: 2,134 1999-2000: 2:0 - Attendance: ? (200 PAOK fans) 1998-1999: 3:2 (Vryzas, Konstantinidis) - Attendance: 2,507 1997-1998: 2:1 (Toursounidis-p) - Attendance: ? 1996-1997: 3:1 (Dimkovski) - Attendance: ? (NOTE: PAOK forgot their jerseys in Thessaloniki and played the game with jerseys borrowed from OFI) 1995-1996: 2:1 (Giakoudis-p) - Attendance: 2,477 1994-1995: 2:1 (Karasavidis) - Attendance: ? 1993-1994: 1:0 - Attendance: ? 1992-1993: 4:0 - Attendance: 3,982 1991-1992: 1:1 (Anastasiadis) - Attendance: ? 1990-1991: 0:0 - Attendance: ? 1989-1990: 0:0 - Attendance: ? 1988-1989: 3:1 (Skartados) - Attendance: ? 1987-1988: 2:2 (Mavromatis-p, Mavreas) - Attendance: 5,902 1986-1987: 1:1 (Psarras) - Attendance: 10,918 1985-1986: 2:0 - Attendance: ? 1984-1985: 3:1 (Dimopoulos) - Attendance: ? 1983-1984: 4:0 - Attendance: 5,024 1982-1983: 2:1 (Vasilakos) - Attendance: 4,914 1981-1982: 0:1 (Dimopoulos) - Attendance: ? 1980-1981: 0:2 (Vasilakos 2) - Attendance: 4,448 1979-1980: 2:1 (Sarafis-p) - Attendance: 4,839 Alpha Ethniki (Amateur/Semi-Professional) 1978-1979: 1:1 (own goal) - Attendance: ? 1977-1978: 2:1 (Kermanidis) - Attendance: ? 1976-1977: 2:1 (Sarafis) - Attendance: 5,850 (played in Rethymnos) 1970-1971: 2:2 (Matzourakis-p, Sarafis) - Attendance: ? 1969-1970: 3:1 (Giakoumis) - Attendance: ? 1968-1969: 1:1 (Mitrakas) - Attendance: 7,302 GAMES: 46 WINS: 11 TIES: 14 LOSSES: 21 PAOK playing with borrowed jerseys from OFI in 1996-1997: https://youtu.be/KrcTqj8m0JI

NAME: Soualiho MEITE POSITION: Midfielder JERSEY NUMBER: 8 BIRTHDAY: 17-March-1994 BIRTH PLACE: Paris, France HEIGHT 1.87 m PAOK DEBUT: NT DEBUT: PREVIOUS TEAMS: Cremonese (loan), Benfica Lisbon, AC Milan (loan), AC Torino, Girodins Bordeaux (loan), AS Monaco, Zulte Waregem (loan), OSC Lille, AJ Auxerre, Vincennes, Gobelins CONTRACT ENDS: 30-Jun-2024 (on loan from Benfica Lisbon) SALARY: € 1,200,000 per season (buy out option € 4,000,000 for 70% of rights)

I believe we also owe 10% resale to Fortuna for Narey.

As always we make things hard for ourselves. It should have never come to an own goal by an outsider to win a game. We should have ended the game in first half and focus on Thursday's game.

Own goal but completely created by Konstantelias and Baba.

2:1

That's what happens when you don't finish a game against weak teams.

Very good that we scored before half time. I have started thinking that the missed penalty will come and haunt us. I started drinking early after the penalty miss.

Tzimas

I like seeing Tzimas getting a start.

I watched the second half and Pablo got lucky. The score could easily have been 5:1 for AEK. They had 83% possession and missed a penalty. On top of that the ref was 80:20 in favor of AEK. I'll take the tie though. Always good when the big one from Athens drop points.

Squad for the game:

Yes it's at home. I would put money on that one too, but I would not be surprised if one of other options work in our favor too.

We have a fairly decent chances of being seeded in the top group in the Group Stage draw. Basically we need all the favorites in Europa League to advance and then one of the following things to happen in Europa Conference League: Osasuna to eliminate Club Brugge. First game Osasuna - Brugge 1:2 Brann Bergen to eliminate Alkmaar. First game Alkmaar - Brann Bergen 1:1 NK Rijeka to eliminate OSC Lille. First game Lille - Rijeka 2:1 APOEL to eliminate AA Gent. First game Gent - APOEL 2:0 Legia to eliminate FC Midtjylland. First game Midtjylland - Legia 3:3 Best chance to achieve this is probably the Legia advancement. Needless to say is that we need to take care of our own business first and eliminate Hearts next week.

And with that, the Greek participation with 2 days left is over. Overall we did ok. As expected Tentoglou took care of business. Drisbioti also did very well. There were some disappointments though. I expected better things from Frantzeskakis, Karalis, Tzengo and the triple jumpers.

We can still ask SL to postpone the game at least 48 hours before kick-off.

VS MATCHUP: PAOK Thessaloniki FC – Heart of Midlothian FC COMPETITION: Europa Conference League – Playoff Round – Leg 2 DATE: 31-August-2023 TIME: 20:30 EEST (17:30 UTC, 12:30 CDT, 03:30 AEST next day) CITY/STADIUM: Thessaloniki – Toumba Stadium Stadium (28,708) REFEREES: TELEVISION: Novasports Prime (Greece, Cyprus) PAOK’s History against teams from Scotland in European Competitions 2023-2024: Heart of Midlothian FC – PAOK 1:2 (Schwab-p, Zivkovic A.) - Att: ? – Europa Conference League (Playoff Round – Leg 1) 1998-1999: PAOK – Glasgow Rangers 0:0 - Att: 30,388 – UEFA Cup (QR1, Leg 2) 1998-1999: Glasgow Rangers – PAOK 2:0 - Att: 35,000 – UEFA Cup (QR4, Leg 1) GAMES: 3 WINS: 1 TIES: 1 LOSSES: 1

Good win. Should have no problem advancing.

Zivko 2:1

Thank god.