Greek Cup - QF - Leg 1: AO Xanthi - PAOK ( 09 Feb 17, 19:30 EET )

[Blackhawk]

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MATCHUP:            AO Xanthi - P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki
COMPETITION:     Greek Cup – Quartefinal – Leg 1
DATE:                    09-February-2017
TIME:                     19:30 GR  (17:30 GMT, 11:30 CST, 04:30 AEDT
CITY / STADIUM:  Xanthi – Xanthi Arena (Capacity: 7,244)
REFEREES:
TELEVISION:        Cosmote Sport TV (Greece), Antenna Satellite (USA, Canada), Antenna Pacific (Australia), Laola1.TV (Worldwide)

PAOK - Xanthi Greek Cup History:

2000-2001:  2:1 (Udese, Georgiadis) - Attendance: ? (Xanthi Stadium) – Quartefinal - Leg 2
2000-2001:  2:0 (Konstantinidis, Georgiadis) - Attendance: ? (Toumba Stadium) – Quartefinal - Leg 1
1997-1998:  0:1 - Attendance: ? (Xanthi Stadium) – Quartefinal – Leg 2
1997-1998:  2:0 (Frantzeskos, Velis) - Attendance: ? (Toumba Stadium) – Quartefinal - Leg 1
1990-1991:  2:0 (Skartados 2) - Attendance: ? (Toumba Stadium) – Round 3 - Leg 2
1990-1991:  1:2 (Hasan I) - Attendance: ? (Xanthi Stadium) – Round 3 - Leg 1
 

GAMES:   6
WINS:       4
TIES:        0
LOSSES:  2

 

[pash]

Let's snag a win here and rest a little easier in the second half. I watched their away match vs OFI and wasn't particularly impressed with them. Hopefully we'll be able to thoroughly demolish them here, thus triggering a shame spiral that will drop them a few places in the league too...amirite?

[Bananas]

13 hours ago, pash said:

Hopefully we'll be able to thoroughly demolish them here, thus triggering a shame spiral that will drop them a few places in the league too...amirite?

Nasty!  I'm interested to see how we match up against them.  We've been playing really well recently, and it shows with 11 wins in the last 12 games.  But this will be a good test of where the team is at.

[pash]

Here's the team:

Γλύκος , Σιαμπάνης, Λέοβατς, Δεληγιαννίδης , Μάτος , Κίτσιου ,Μαλεζάς, Βαρέλα, Κρέσπο , Κάνιας , Σάκχοφ , Τσίμιροτ, Κάτσε, Μπίσεσβαρ, Μυστακίδης, Ματθαίου, Ενρίκε, Πρίγιοβιτς, Κουλούρης

Klaus will also be traveling with them, as it seems they're appealing his suspension and so there's a chance he'd be able to play.

 

Notable that Brkic isn't there.

[italosPAOK4]

nikh na ka8arisoume thn prokrish apo to prwto mats !

[Blackhawk]

1 hour ago, pash said:

Notable that Brkic isn't there.

I believe there is a rule where the team has to have 2 under 20 in the squad for the cup games. That's why Mathaiou is also in the squad.

[Athens4]

Παίξτε μπάλα ρε κοπρόσκυλα!

[pash]

Unsurprisingly, no Klaus here. Not a big loss if you ask me.

[paokarag4]

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

[Bananas]

I don't think Prijovic has got 90 minutes in him.  But yeah he can still start and can always take him off in the second half.

[pash]

The lineup:

                 --Glykos--

--Matos--Varela--Malezas--Leovac--

          --Canas--Shakhov--

   --Mistakidis--Biseswar--Henrique--

               --Koulouris--

[pash]

Nice breakaway (possibly offsides?) by Koulouris, wastefully ran it right into the goalie however

 

-edit- definitely not offside, very nicely done

[Blackhawk]

The fan distribution at he stadium. Guess who are the PAOK fans.

[Blackhawk]

Henrique almost after a Mysta pass.

[pash]

Henrique shoots just wide, good positioning. We're starting to settle down and play a bit better.

[pash]

Just now, Blackhawk said:

The fan distribution at he stadium. Guess who are the PAOK fans.

Are we also on the right? This is seriously like 3/4 of the stadium's crowd. Insane that Xanthi STILL isn't pulling in fans, considering how well they've been doing.

[italosPAOK4]

exoume xasei 2 kales eukairies mexri twra

[Blackhawk]

1:0 Mystakidis

[pash]

ANOTHER MISTAKIDIS WONDER GOAL!

[pash]

And set up by - who else - Diego "I Always Look Confused" Biseswar

[Bajewy]

mystakidis has to be checked for P.E.D.s this year!!

[Blackhawk]

Mysta dedicates the goal to Panagioti Katsouris.

[pash]

permanent erectile dysfunction? :( :( :(

[pash]

Canas coming off the field. Surely this is just a delaying tactic for him?

-edit- Ivic seems to be throwing orders around, looks like we might see a sub after all.

[Bajewy]

heh.

apparently i "like" permanent erectile dysfunction.