Blackhawk

Final score 1:4. Good result although it did not look good the first 3 minutes of the game.

Red card Ferrari

0:1 Schwab

Kotarski saves it

Looks like local police put a stop to the 5,000 organized fans attending the game.

Well deserved.

VS MATCHUP: Galatasaray Istanbul SK - PAOK Thessaloniki COMPETITION: Europa League – League Phase – MD1 DATE: 25-September-2024 TIME: 22:00 EEST (19:00 GMT, 14:00 CDT, 05:00 AEST next day) CITY/STADIUM: Istanbul – RAMS Park (52,600) REFEREES: Alejandro Hernández - José Naranjo, Diego Sánchez Rojo (Spain) TELEVISION: COSMOTE Sport (Greece), tabii (Cyprus), TNT Sports 5 (UK), Stan Sport (Australia), DAZN (Canada), Paramount+ (USA) PAOK’s History against teams from Turkey in European Competitions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2020-2021: PAOK – Besiktas Istanbul BK 3:1 (7. Tzolis, 24. Tzolis, 30. Pelkas) – Att: No Fans – Champions League (Qualifying Round 2) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010-2011: Fenerbahce Istanbul SK - PAOK 1:1 (aet) (102. Muslimovic) – Att: 38,863 - Europe League (Playoff Round-Leg 2) 2010-2011: PAOK – Fenerbahce Istanbul SK 1:0 (19. Vieirinha) – Att: 23,353 – Europe League (Playoff Round-Leg 1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GAMES: 3 WINS: 2 TIES: 1 LOSSES: 0

Looks like Brandon and Tsiftsis will miss this game due to injuries. Volos is giving us approximately 5,000 tickets for the game. Hopefully this does not result in a fan punishment in the next game which is against Aris at Toumba.

Thomas is still out with his injury. MRI was negative, but he is still hurting. Tsiftsis is also out with undisclosed injury, which will probably sideline him for a while.

Sorry it should be 22-September. My mistake. That still does not change the fact that Greece is the only 3rd World country on the European continent.

Round 1 22-Sep-2024, 17:00 EEST Neapoli, Makedonikos Stadium PAOK Thessaloniki 'B' - PO Triglia Iraklis Fourni Venetis TV: Skai Hybrid https://www.skai.gr/tv/sports

Well our fans better behave, or there won't be tickets for ManU game.

Looks like UEFA will allow 2,000 PAOK fans to attend the game against Galatasaray.

VS MATCHUP: NFC Volos - P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki COMPETITION: Superleague 1 –Round 5 DATE: 21-September-2024 TIME: 17:00 EET (14:00 UTC, 09:00 CDT, 00:00 AEST next day) CITY/STADIUM: Volos – Panthessaliko Stadio (Capacity: 22,700) REFEREES: TELEVISION: COSMOTE Sport (Greece), Sport Plus (Europe except Greece & Cyprus), Antenna Satellite/Pacific (USA, Canada/Australia) NFC Volos – PAOK history: 2023-2024: 1:5 (Despodov 2, Murg, Taison, Tzimas) - Attendance: no fans 2022-2023: 0:2 (Zivkovic, Brandon) - Attendance: 410 (PLAYOFFS) 2022-2023: 0:1 (Brandon) - Attendance: 4,288 2021-2022: 0:4 (Kurtic, Ingason, Sastre, Akpom) - Attendance: 377 2020-2021: 0:0 - Attendance: no fans 2019-2020: 0:2 (Limnios, Pelkas-p) - Attendance: 4,566 GAMES: 6 WINS: 5 TIES: 1 LOSSES: 0

NAME: Dejan LOVREN POSITION: Centre Back JERSEY NUMBER: 6 BIRTHDAY: 05-July-1989 BIRTH PLACE: Zenica, Yugoslavia HEIGHT 1.88 m PAOK DEBUT: NT DEBUT: 08-Nov-2009 (Croatia – Qatar) PREVIOUS TEAMS: Olympique Lyon, Zenit St. Petersburg, FC Liverpool, FC Southampton, Olympique Lyon, Inter Zapresic, Dinamo Zagreb CONTRACT ENDS: 30-June-2026 SALARY: € 800,000 per season (+bonuses)

Kotarski saved the tie for us.

Unbelievable. Samatta in for Chalov.

We played well in 1st half. Only thing missing was the goal. Hopefully the same will continue in 2nd half.

Lovren is not even a PAOK player yet.

This is important game. Our first derby this season, and with a win we increase our gap with Panathinaikos by 8 points. Need to win this one even if it is just 1:0.

It was apparently Despodov that turned down the offer. Besides him we also turned down offers for Brandon (800K), Baba, and Konstantelias.

Lovren is signed for two years. He will be paid 800K + bonuses the first year and 700K + bonuses the second year. He just turned 35 in July, so he might still have something to give. Maybe he will turn out to be another Taison. In any case he is quite an experienced defender, and will help out Kedziora who will need a break once in a while.

With Solet out, it looks like that we are trying to sign the 35 year old Croatian CB Dejan Lovren (ex-Liverpool, Southampton, Olympique Lyon, Zenit St. Petersburg, Dinamo Zagreb) on the last day of the transfer period. He has also played 78 times for the Croatian national team.

Solet is not coming to PAOK. Solet's agent was in Thessaloniki trying to get a deal done, but the player decided that he does not want to come to Greece. Apparently he turned down Olympiakos as well at the beginning of the transfer period. In the meantime, Kottas from the 'B' team has been training with the senior squad. Always a chance he might develop into another Koulierakis. Also, today Savvidis is meeting at Halkidiki with Lucescu, Karypidis, Goncharova and Kyrgiakos to discuss the current status of PAE PAOK.