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gonna take a big performance to get a result. Defence is going to need to be flawless and karnezi is going to have to produce a few big saves. very tough to see us getting something out of this one but im not completely pessimistic like Sheriff. One of the issues will be when we do win the ball we need to counter with some purpose and give the Belgians something to think about as well as relieving some pressure from our defence. The issue is short of Fortouni I don't think we really have anyone who can be damaging on the counter. Well no one that will get the start anyway. I wonder if lazaro would be in contention for a call-up given his recent spike in form?

Only saw the first half but yes you can see from watching the game it was a back 3, with Kitsiou and Mysta playing us wingbacks going up and back. Infact the goal we copped was because mysta was initially out of position and then was slow to react to the play just before Schopf was played in to score. That's why the Schopf was in so much space, mysta was out of position, dont really blame him its not his nautral position that stuff is gonna happen, unfortunately for us it resulted in a goal. Even though IMO after seeing it again, we should have had a penalty moments before there goal. I thought it was a foul on mysta...

Disappointing result. Given the form we have been i think we were all expecting us to put up a fight and maybe come away with a draw. Once we started so brightly, we all thought it was possible to even sneak away with a win. Just one of those days, we did not deserve to loss 3-0. I think a 0-1 loss would have been the fair result, as other have said, Schalke was nothing special. A couple of half chances in those first 20mins (Mysta's through ball to Leovac that Leovac couldn't control, another shooting opportunity Leovac had after a mysta pass again) and of course Matos chance. The reason why i feel most let down is that I think this is one of the only games where Ivic may have got it wrong. I completely understand him playing a 3-5-2 and trying to take a 0-0 to Germany, infact I advocated the importance of a clean sheet before the game. But we have played 3-5-2 against weaker teams and on heavy pitches (Cup vs panotoliko and vs pas away) this was a different beast all together. Ok so he starts with a 3-5-2 thats fine. You go one down from a mixture of maybe the keeper should have done a bit better/defence slow to react/unlucky. At the point you need to score, you need to go to Germany with a 1-1 at least. A change in formation should have happened at half time. I think another mistake was not starting pedro henrique a few of us on here had discussed that he could be the key, quick, good dribbler someone who we really could have used... It's all good and well to say this now, who knows maybe switching to a 4-3-3 wouldn't have helped, but had we changed it up and still lost 3-0, I know I would feel better knowing we threw the kitchen sink at them and did all we could to get the tie back in our favour. Rather than a lacklusture 2nd half where the conceding of goals felt inevitable. Bad day we move on, important we bounce back with a good win against Veria because I have seen this show too many times before over the last 3-4 years, where one bad loss sends our season into a downward spiral and its the beginning of the end of our coach. I don't think that will happen this time around but we must win our next 2 league games no questions asked.

klaus needs to come out at halftime. At this point I would change formation back to a 4-3-3 take one of CB's off, put Enrique on and djalma on. Mysta up top he looked lively when we are able to get into our half in the first 20 or so. Need to at least equalize now so I say time for the change

undone by a setpiece, Nothing more glyko could do on the initial flick. Schalke had 2 men at the far post and we only had one player there marking, who stopped tracking as soon as the first header was won. s%$#! goal to cop, we had started well.

mysta has looked very good, involved in everything good we do.

I think the fact that Pouggouras is in the squad suggests that Ivic maybe leaning towards a 3-5-2. It has gotten us results in the past when Ivic has gone with it, not so sure i would go with it but I have faith in Ivic

Great minds hey ;) maybe someone from PAE reads the forums and there is a job offer coming our way

can't wait for this one. God i love when we get out of the group stage. Something about playing in Europe in February that just makes me feel funny on the inside. CRUCIAL that we do not concede in this game. Take a 0-0 to Germany and hit them on the counter. any goal we get at toumba is a bonus, the priority is not to CONCEDE. As we've seen in the past, copping away goals and poor results at home have cost us. We dont want to go to Germany chasing a score if we want to give ourselves the best shot at qualifying. Enrique will be key in this tie.

give Prijovic a start and lets see what he's got

lets see if he has anything to left and can squeeze another couple of years at a decent level out of himself. Zaragoza are sitting midtable, 4 points behind promotion play-offs, and 6 points clear of relegation.

started and scored the third goal in Benfica's 3-0 win overnight. he was subbed off just after scoring (82nd min)

great win, great character shown. Nice to see Enrique and Prijovic involved in the winning goals. Earlier in the season and we would have dropped points. Well done to everyone, Bisewar looks really good over the last few months. thats 12 from 13, lets keep it up

he was huge today

naaaaaiiiii reeeeeee for the love of god hold onto the lead

out of nowhere, poor marking

Enrique looks good, quick, good dribbler, probably just holding the ball a second too long on a couple of plays where he has gotten himself into good positions. Nothing that can't be ironed out though

pirjoooooooooo

not sure if its just rotation, but Canas seems to have slipped down Ivic's pecking order over the last few weeks, with Shakhov getting the nod

haha matos is a little crazy, that last passage of play had a little Pablo garcia about it Blackhawk defs a yellow, after the foul was given Matos kicked the astera player clean in the shin while 'attempting' to the play ball. he was a little frustrated and lashed out

Great play by Bisewar, he has by far looked our best today. FINALLY shakhov finishes given what he missed at panotolikos last week!

according the nova reporter, Ivic has changed the formation to a 4-2-3-1. With Cimirot and Mysta moving to the wings And just as that happens Astera goes 1-0 up, cant say it wasnt coming, they;ve looked dangerous

thanks bannans, Ivic might be outsmarting himself a little here. I agree with pash no wingers isn't a great idea. It worked against a far weaker team in Larissa. Kolouris we know doesn't offer much. Is prijovic that unfit? if he is then start Mysta up top and play Enrique on a wing. We have looked shaky giving the ball away cheaply and asteras is finding plenty of space. Hopefully we settle

any streams guys?

I guess the loan must not be 100% official yet so we've put him on the list just in case it doesn't go through? its the only thing I can think of