CL-QR3: PAOK - Benfica (15-Sep-20, 21:00 EEST)

[Blackhawk]

WTF is wrong with Pelkas? Yellow card in 1st minute.

[kolokotronis99tripoli]

We cannot afford yellow cards this early. This game is giving me vibes of us finishing with 10 men. We cant let that happen.

[kolokotronis99tripoli]

akpom and pelkas with a chance to get on that ball come on

[Blackhawk]

Specially with this ref and his history in PAOK - Benfica games.

[kolokotronis99tripoli]

Header on target but an easy save. Good ball in for us tho

 

[kolokotronis99tripoli]

couple of bad decisions on defense for us but at least we are defending as a team and covering each other

 

[kolokotronis99tripoli]

Nice strong save

[kolokotronis99tripoli]

yellow for varela and a free kick for Benfica. They are really starting to take control of this game. 

[kolokotronis99tripoli]

And they hit the post 

[kolokotronis99tripoli]

another glancing header for them

[Blackhawk]

30:70 possession for Benfica

[kolokotronis99tripoli]

Varela is trying to get sent off

[kolokotronis99tripoli]

Another save for us. We did our homework and have been closing them down from outside the box, but that was a screamer

[kolokotronis99tripoli]

Michailidis with a yellow

[Antaeus7]

PAOK cannot afford to get a player sent off or they will be finished. 

[pash]

This is terrible

[kolokotronis99tripoli]

First 20 minutes were decent for us after that it has been all Benfica. That being said its 0-0 at the half. Crespo is balling out of his mind. Tziolis Giannoulis are getting just about nothing done on that left side, but Giannoulis is at least defending well. We need a spark for sure. 

[kolokotronis99tripoli]

It feels like we are playing with 7 in the back and our midfiled is just tziolis and pelkas dropping back lol. 

[paokarag4]

Silly yellows too, Pelkas and Mixalidis ones were dumb fouls that they did not need to make. 

We need to get more dangerous on the counter in the 2nd half, we can't keep defending wave after wave of Benfica attacks. We need to give them something to think about defensively, Zivkovic to come on in the first 10-15. 

[pash]

I do agree that Crespo is doing much better than I thought he would in that position. Tzolis has touched the ball, what, maybe four times? Need a change of some sort, just not sure what...

[Blackhawk]

We need better ball possession. Our left side with Giannoulis and Michailidis is our weak spot defensively. Add to that the yellow to Michailidis and I see trouble in 2nd half. 

[Yiankos]

Zivkovic is not the answer to this game .. The guy is unfit, this isn't the game to play him.

[Dutch Eagle]

2 minutes ago, pash said:

I do agree that Crespo is doing much better than I thought he would in that position. Tzolis has touched the ball, what, maybe four times? Need a change of some sort, just not sure what...

Thats more than Akpom, I would say.

I would sub Verala out and Mihai in. Verala is playing with fire.

[Yiankos]

Guys we have only three subs and four players with yellow cards .. We cannot take them all off the game

[kolokotronis99tripoli]

I forgot Katsouranis played for Benfica. I think he's our only answer rn. We need his midfield dominance?