Greek Cup - Group Stage - R1: PAOK - Larisa ( 26 Oct 16, 17:15 EEST )

[Blackhawk]

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MATCHUP:           PAOK Thessaloniki  - AE Larisa
COMPETITION:   Greek Cup – Group Stage – Round 1
DATE:                   26-October-2016
TIME:                   17:15 GR  (15:15 GMT, 09:15 CDT, 01:15 AEDT next day)
CITY/STADIUM:   Thessaloniki – Toumba Stadium (28,703)
REFEREES:          Ananias Fotiadis (Serres) - Nikolaos Koutoulis (Serres), Spyridon Vasilopoulos (Evros)
TELEVISION:       OTE Sport (Greece), Laola1.TV (Worldwide)
TAPE DELAY: 15:15 CDT Antenna Satellite (USA, Canada), 07:15 AEDT Antenna Pacific (Australia)

PAOK – AE Larisa Greek Cup History:

1984-1985:  1:4 (56. Skartados-p) - Attendance: 24,994 (Final – played at OAKA)
1990-1991:  3:0 (Karageorgiou, Lagonidis, Borbokis) - Attendance: ?  (Quarterfinal – Leg 1)
2003-2004:  1:1 (10. Giasemis) - Attendance: no fans (Ambelokipi Stadium (Round 1 – Leg 1)

GAMES:  3
WINS:      1
TIES:       1
LOSSES: 1

[Blackhawk]

We are looking at a major rotation in tomorrow's game.

Ten players did not make the squad. Four of them are injured: Leovac, Tzavellas, Pelkas and Shakhov.

The other 6 that will sit this one out are: Klaus, Rodrigues, Varela, Glykos, Matos and Campos

The squad announced for the game is:

Brkic, Siabanis, Giannoulis, Poggouras, Korovesis, Kitsiou, Dimitriadis, Canas, Biseswar, Charisis, Cimirot, Deligiannidis, Koulouris, Pereyra, Thiam, Malezas, Crespo, Mystakidis

[Blackhawk]

Here is my lineup for the game. Hopefully this rotation will not be a disaster.

--------------------- Brkic ---------------------
Kitsiou - Poggouras - Malezas - Crespo
Canas ---------- Cimirot --------- Charisis
Mystakidis ------ Pereyra --------- Thiam

 

 

[Dutch Eagle]

6 for rotation is too much against Larisa. You can do that against the likes of Kilkisiakos but not a club from the SL. 

But as two teams advance in this group Ivic can do some experiments. 

[pash]

You'd think that he'd save the experiments for the easy teams. But fatigue is probably going to be a real concern. Blackhawk's lineup is probably right. Thiam will likely be real happy out there on the wing.

[Blackhawk]

Yes it can backfire on Ivic, but his thinking probably is that we still have two games against Football League teams that we should win and still finish first in the group. He is probably looking at the schedule ahead and what he is looking at is Larisa (home), AEK (home), Qarabag (home), Panionios (away) in the next 12 days. The last 3 games are pretty much must win and he will need the starters rested for those games.  

[italosPAOK4]

Ivic bale na paiksoun osoi einai ksekourastoi kai den exoun parei paixnidia. h nikh 8a prepei na epiteux8ei kai etsi.

[pash]

inPAOK is predicting this one:

 

--------------------- Brkic ---------------------
Kitsiou - Crespo- Malezas - Giannoulis
Cimirot ---------- Biseswar --------- Charisis
Mystakidis ------ Koulouris --------- Pereyra 

 

I kind of like it more, myself. Would like to get a better look at Giannoulis.

[PAOKSWEDEN]

Here's the Laola link for the game, which starts in an hour and a half:

http://www.laola1.tv/en-int/livestream/paok-thessaloniki-ae-larissa-live-free-len

[pash]

What would I do without you, my sweet swedish meatball?

[Bananas]

Is PAOK streaming their home games via laola again ?

[Blackhawk]

Lineup:

[Blackhawk]

36 minutes ago, Bananas said:

Is PAOK streaming their home games via laola again ?

Laola is streaming all the Greek Cup games, including PAOK ones.

 

[Bananas]

Only Canas and Biseswar would be in our strongest 11 in that line up, so it's a chance for some other players to get a run.  Charisis, Kitsiou, Mystakidis and Pereyra really need some game time.

[Bananas]

Hells Bells by AC/DC.  Ha ha.

[Bananas]

Mystakidis's passing has been lax.  Three times he's given the ball away with no serious pressure on him.

[Blackhawk]

I really like the broadcasts without the announcers.

[pash]

Nice hustle by Mistakidis to try to save that attempt

[Blackhawk]

Complete domination so far, but only one hit post to show for it. 

[pash]

wtf is that guy doing sitting on the sideline like that

[Bananas]

Being a nuisance and doing it well.

[Bananas]

Love that red truck in the background.  Looks like it was built in 1954.

[pash]

You can literally fit a running track around the stadium and he is clearly concerned that his massive lens won't be able to view the goal from any farther than 6 meters...

[Blackhawk]

Don't know if we are that good or if Larisa is so bad. Should have been at least 3:0 by now.

[pash]

Is Larisa playing reserves for this match as well?