If we win the tie we will be seeded in the play-offs too and the draw should be easier. As the coefficient of the last seeded in PO is lower than in Q3. And there are a lot of of lower ranked teams that drop a tier down from CL to EL into the unseeded side.
Your wishes were granted @Blackhawk:
Groupings (Main Path)
Group 1
Seeded
Winners of Pairing 1: PFC Levski Sofia (BUL) vs SC Braga
PAOK FC (GRE)
Winners of Pairing 2: FC Midtjylland (DEN) vs Hibernian F.C. (SCO)
Winners of Pairing 3: FC Baník Ostrava (CZE) vs Legia Warszawa (POL)
Unseeded
Winners of Pairing 4: FC Lugano (SUI) vs CFR 1907 Cluj (ROU)
Winners of Pairing 5: Celje (SVN) vs AEK Larnaca FC (CYP)
Wolfsberger AC (AUT)
Fredrikstad FK (NOR)
Draw starts 14:00 EEST.
Opponents for PAOK B:
ΠΟΤ a.k.a. fake Ηρακλής, ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα, Μακεδονικός, Καμπανιακός, Νίκη Βόλου, Αναγέννηση Καρδίτσας, Καβάλα, Νέστος Χρυσούπολης , Asteras Aktor B.
Lamia was initially also amongst the opponents but they withdrew from SL 2.
2025:
R1 Women: Sakkari (not seeded anymore) - Anna Blinkova (Russia) 6-4 and 6-4.
Next opponent: Jelena Rybakina (Kazachstan and seed #11)
R1 Men: Tsitsipas (seeded #24) - Valentin Royer (France): after losing the first and second set Stefanos withdrew with a (persistant) back injury.
Rinus Israël died today at the age of 83. Our former trainer in the 1988/1989 season was capped 47 times for the Dutch National team and was captain of the first Dutch club (Feyenoord!) to win the European Cup (predecessor of the Champions League) scoring a goal in the final and after that winner of the World Cup for teams (old style).
He was a ruthless centre back with the nickname Iron Rinus and alongside Theo "The Tank" Lazeroms they litterally demolished many many CF's. He stated he would not be on the pitch after 90 minutes these days with that thing called VAR.