EL-QR3-L1: Olimpik Donetsk - PAOK (27 Jul 2017, 19:30 EEST)

[Blackhawk]

   VS 

MATCHUP:          FK Olimpik Donetsk - P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki
COMPETITION:   Europa League - Qualifying Round 3 - Leg 1
DATE:                    27-July-2017
TIME:                    19:30 EEST  (16:30 GMT, 11:30 CDT, 02:30 AEST next day)
CITY/STADIUM:   Kiev – Valery Lobanovski Tadium (Capacity: 16,873)
REFEREES:           Alan Bieri - Johannes Vogel, Sertac Kurnazca (Switzerland)
TELEVISION:       COSMOTE Sport TV (Greece)

Our European history against teams from Ukraine:

2005-2006:  PAOK FC – Metallurgh Donetsk 1:1 (Salpiggidis) - Attendance: 7,963 (UEFA Cup – Round 1 – Leg 1)
2005-2006:  Metallurgh Donetsk - PAOK FC  2:2 ( Salpiggidis, Konstantinidis) - Attendance: ? (UEFA Cup – Round 1 – Leg 2)

2005-2006:  Shakhtar Donetsk - PAOK FC  1:0 - Attendance: ? (UEFA Cup – Group Stage - Round 1)

2011-2012:  PAOK FC – Karpaty Lviv 2:0 (Athanasiadis, Lino) - Attendance: 21,424 (Europa League – Qualifying Round 4 – Leg 1)
2011-2012:  Karpaty Lviv - PAOK FC  1:1 (Balafas) - Attendance: 15,000  (Europa League – Qualifying Round 4 – Leg 2)

2013-2014:  PAOK FC – Metalist Kharkiv 0:2 - Attendance: no fans (Champions League – Qualifying Round 3 – Leg 1)
2013-2014:  Metalist Kharkiv - PAOK FC  1:1 (Necid) - Attendance: 39,286  (Champions League – Qualifying Round 3 – Leg 2)

GAMES:    7
WINS:        1
TIES:         4
LOSSES:   2

[BostonThanatos]

Rey not eligible to play in this round.

[pash]

Was Pelkas also not called up for this? Didn't see him on a list earlier

[Dutch Eagle]

He is in:

Αθανασιάδης, Μπίσεσβαρ, Μπρκιτς, Κάνιας, Τσίμιροτ, Κρέσπο, Μάτος, Δεληγιαννίδης, Κάτσε, Ενρίκε, Κουλούρης, Λέοβατς, Λεβέκ, Βαρέλα, Μακ, Μαλεζάς, Κάμπος, Μελίσσας, Πέλκας, Πούγγουρας, Πρίγιοβιτς, Σάκχοφ, Ουάρντα, Σιαμπάνης.

 

 

[italosPAOK4]

pame me to diplo prokrish na teleiwnoume me autous na doume meta

[Blackhawk]

On 7/22/2017 at 9:26 AM, BostonThanatos said:

Rey not eligible to play in this round.

The team has the option to make one change 24 hours prior to the game. They are waiting for Rey to get an Italian passport, so he would not cover one of the foreign players spots. In any case by Wednesday he will be added to the UEFA list.

[BostonThanatos]

How does an Italian passport make him not a foreigner?  

[pash]

I, for one, am amazed at how fast he's getting this citizenship...

Either way, there are no must-have players for this tie. It will be good to get him integrated into the team, but we should smash these guys.

[pash]

1 minute ago, BostonThanatos said:

How does an Italian passport make him not a foreigner?  

EU players don't count against the cap

[pash]

Kace and Koulouris dropped for this game:

Ρέι, Μελίσσας, Σιαμπάνης, Λέοβατς, Λεβέκ, Πούγγουρας, Μάτος, Βαρέλα, Κρέσπο, Μαλεζάς, Σάκχοφ, Κάνιας, Τσίμιροτ, Πέλκας, Μπίσεσβαρ, Κάμπος, Ενρίκε, Μακ, Αθανασιάδης, Πρίγιοβιτς, Ουάρντα

 

They wouldn't be pushing Rey in there so fast if they didn't want to use him. Here's my lineup:

                     --Rey--

--Matos--Varela--Crespo--Leovac--

  --Canas--Biseswar--Cimirot--

    --Campos--Prijovic--Mak--

 

Looking forward to seeing Prijovic in his first EL match with us. Hopefully we'll see the first of many, many goals from him.

[Yiankos]

Γιατί είσαι στην Ευρώπη το καλύτερο σιρόπι!

[Blackhawk]

Apparently Stanojevic is thinking of using the following starting lineup:

------------------------- Rey -----------------------
Matos - Varela - Crespo - Leveque
------- Canas ------------- Shakhov ------
Campos -------- Pelkas ---------- Mak
-------------------- Prijovic -------------------

[pash]

Shakhov's presence at the press conference pretty much guaranteed he'd be used over Cimirot. I'm quite fine with that. Leveque also seems pretty good, looking forward to seeing what he's got.

And our boy Pelkas! Good for him.

[Blackhawk]

Good for Pelkas. Hopefully he grabs his chance and performs. Looks like Biseswar might become a bench player. 

[Yiankos]

Όλοι θα παίξουν παιδιά. Τραυματισμοί, τιμωρίες, ντεφορμάρισμα κλπ. Δεν υπάρχει περίπτωση να βγάλει όλη τη χρονιά ένας παίκτης. Στο τέλος και ο Μαλεζάς θα έχει πάλι 25-30 παιχνίδια και ο Τσίμιροτ θα παίξει και όλοι τους. Καλή αρχή να κάνουμε στην Ευρώπη που την γουστάρουμε πολύ. Κρίμα για την πρωτάρα Ολιμπίκ που βρέθηκε στον δρόμο μας.

[pash]

Yeah, what a way to get welcomed to international competitions

[Bananas]

Kace not even in the squad.  With the potential signing of another midfielder I can see him getting very limited game time.

As for Pelkas being preferred over Biseswar, I don't think it's that simple.  Biseswar doesn't have the physique to play every game.  If anything, it's great having the option of Biseswar off the bench, or Pelkas for that matter.

[Tzatziki]

Good luck today boys! BTW off topic did you guys sign a keeper this summer?

[Dutch Eagle]

We did, Tzatz! Rodrigo Rey from Godoy Cruz in Argentina.

And thanx!

[teke817]

alright fellas - first game of a brand new season. Let's hope we start it off "Με το δεξί .."

[Yiankos]

Αυτό το διπλό παιχνίδι είναι σαν δύο φιλικά προετοιμασίας για εμάς. Κανονικά η Ουέφα θα έπρεπε να μας βάζει απευθείας στους ομίλους λόγω ιστορίας στη διοργάνωση, αλλά δεν πειράζει... Θα παίξουμε τα φιλικά μας και θα πάρουμε τις προκρίσεις στο χαλαρό.

[teke817]

@Yiankos  τότε ας δείξουμε καλύτερο πρόσωπο από τα φιλικα ... μην ξεχνας, δεν ήταν και τόσο χαλαρά για εμάς

[BostonThanatos]

Looks like the lineup is:

                        --Rey--

--Matos--Varela--Crespo--Leovac--

       --Canas--Sakhov--Cimirot--

        --Campos--Prijovic--Mak--

Not crazy of the more defensive minded approach, would have much rather had Pelkas or Biseswar in the Sakhov spot.

[pash]

Absolutely. Shakhov is no attacking midfielder, this kind of lineup didn't work more often than not last season.

[pash]

Ahhh Crespo you shoulda gotten that in!