PAOK - Fiorentina ( EL - Group Stage - Matchday 1 / 15 Sep 2016, 22:05 GR )

[Blackhawk]

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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

 

[Bananas]

You make the best game topic introduction posts, Blackhawk. :)

[italosPAOK4]

pame gia th nikh sthn gemath Toumba giati PAOK EISAI kai mporeis ta panta ! 

[Bananas]

3 hours ago, Amorgos said:

Wow abysmal record vs the Itali

Well, they're good teams manga.  You know what, how about you concentrate on Amorgiggles TV instead of looking at our record vs Italian teams.

[pash]

It's a shocker that any sponsors sign up at all.

[Dutch Eagle]

Just 60 tifosi from Fiorentina will come to Toumba. They will be "dropped" in gate 1 in order to have gate 8 for our own supporters. 

[Blackhawk]

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

[pash]

It's not that important but I should note that the streaming options for ESPN are both in Spanish. Deportes will be playing it right after it ends.

In fact, it looks like all EL games from that day are in Spanish. Probably explains why this is available on fox soccer in English.

[BostonThanatos]

For shits and giggles I did a 3 game parlay for Thursday.  PAOK to Draw, PAO to Lose and Oly to Win.  $25 to win $536.62

[BostonThanatos]

I also put another bet, identical, but with PAOK winning.....so I don't have to root against them if they're up, lol.

[pash]

What's the risk/win on that one?

[BostonThanatos]

25 to win $477

[Dutch Eagle]

Ivic choice for tomorrows game:

Γλύκος , Μπρκιτς , Λέοβατς , Κίτσιου , Μάτος , Τζαβέλλας , Βαρέλα , Κρέσπο , Κάνιας , Σάχοφ , Τσίμιροτ , Μπίσεσβαρ , Πέλκας , Τιάμ , Μυστακίδης , Κάμπος , Ροντρίγκες , Αθανασιάδης , Περέιρα .

[pash]

Bizarre that Thiam made this squad. From what I saw in that friendly, he's nowhere near ready to even be on the bench.

[Blackhawk]

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

[BostonThanatos]

You think he'll go with Sakhov instead of Biseswar?

[pash]

Looks like at least a few sites are saying that as well

[Blackhawk]

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.

[PAOKSYD]

Match against tripoli has morr relevance for us imo. 

While for prestige and moral i would love a win. Progression is not based imo on winning this one. 

Fiorentina is a much better side and a draw would be a great result let alone a victory. 

Lets see 

[PAOKSYD]

Ive just gone online most of the gates are sold out online 7,8,3,1 some tickets left in 4,5,6 so should be a bumper crowd hopefully it will sell out by kick off. 

[kozi]

Paok will win this game no problem. This Fiorentina side is very beatable especially at home.

[pash]

2-2 between our opponents in the 94th minute. A draw over there would be ideal for us.

[Dutch Eagle]

Good for us as a win there means bonuspoints. Just checked in 87' as Slovan was still leading with a goal from good old Milan Baros. But in the end we will know if this really benefited our sake.

[Blackhawk]

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.

[Blackhawk]

PAOK lineup:

------------------- Glykos ------------------
Matos -- Varela -- Tzavellas -- Leovac
---------- Canas ------- Cimirot ---------- 
-- Campos  --- Pelkas --- Rodrigues 
 ------------------- Klaus ------------------- 

Quite surprised that Pelkas gets a start.