EL-GS-R3: PAOK - PSV Eindhoven (05-Nov-20, 19:55 EET)

[PAOKSYD]

Timi Kai Doxa Ston Pablo ton Garcia!! 

[BostonThanatos]

The away match won't be so easy.

[Blackhawk]

Lyratzis in for Giannoulis. Hopefully he is not injured seriously. I would definitively stop him from playing in the upcoming NT games. 

[PAOKSYD]

I do not believe Ferrieras 3-5-2 would of won this match today! Would of been another draw. 

All of a sudden we look like PAOK pre-ferriera and a pleasure/dream to watch! 

Bring on Olympiacos the dogs

[Dutch Eagle]

First appereance in an official match for Lyratzis this year 

[Blackhawk]

I 

6 minutes ago, BostonThanatos said:

The away match won't be so easy.

I'll take a tie in that game any day.

[BostonThanatos]

I'd prefer the 3 points, but a draw would be huge.  

[Blackhawk]

Tsingaras in for El Kaddouri

[BostonThanatos]

Tsiggaras in for El Kadouri

[Dutch Eagle]

And first minutes for Tsiggaras this year

[Blackhawk]

Murg in for the MVP Zivkovic

[Antaeus7]

Unbelievable performance from PAOK, I didn't think they would score 4 goals on PSV. 

[pash]

Harsh offside call there

[pash]

18 minutes ago, PAOKSYD said:

I do not believe Ferrieras 3-5-2 would of won this match today! Would of been another draw. 

All of a sudden we look like PAOK pre-ferriera and a pleasure/dream to watch! 

Bring on Olympiacos the dogs

Ages ago, I remember ranting to someone that if we just played a normal system with players in their normal positions, they'd get results. This was probably during the Tudor days, or perhaps Stanojevic. Garcia doesn't have to do anything amazing to get the team looking better, which is a testament to the quality of those players.

[Dutch Eagle]

Here a very very very happy man. Did not expext this. But I like it.

[Blackhawk]

Final score 4:1

Great 2nd half. Taking out the slow Biseswar and Colak was the move that changed the game for us.

Zivkovic MVP of the game followed by Tzolis.

[Blackhawk]

In the other game

Omonia - Granada  0:2

Standings:

1. Granada     7
2. PAOK         5
3. PSV           3
4. Omonia     1

Next round:

PSV - PAOK
Granada - Omonia

[Antaeus7]

PAOK will need another positive result vs. PSV because Granada will beat Omonoia again. 

[PAOKSYD]

Garcia calls Swiderski the polono!! Hahaha

Also, he stated Colak needs alot of work! 

 

[kolokotronis99tripoli]

We gotta shoot for first in the group now that we have the chance so we can avoid a rough round of 32 match up.

[pash]

There's no reason we can't win vs Granada. One win plus a few draws should be enough. Three wins in a row also quite doable, honestly.

[Blackhawk]

For Granada the last game against us will most likely be meaningless. Same will apply for Omonia in the game against us earlier. The most important game for us is the next one against PSV. If we don't lose in that one things will be much easier.

[pash]

Some extended highlights for my children:

 

[Bananas]

2 hours ago, pash said:

Ages ago, I remember ranting to someone that if we just played a normal system with players in their normal positions, they'd get results. This was probably during the Tudor days, or perhaps Stanojevic. Garcia doesn't have to do anything amazing to get the team looking better, which is a testament to the quality of those players.

+42

Some coaches just over engineer their teams unnecessarily.  What they see, I don't know.  Keep it simple.  Adjust to your opponent if they are clearly superior, likewise if they are clearly inferior.  Exploit obvious weaknesses.  Be flexible when required.  It's not that hard.

Ferreira seemed to get it right in Europe with the 3-4-3 we did well but he'd use the same system in the GSL for no valid reason.  Maybe he thought the players can't cope with two systems.  Really ?

I don't know if Garcia got lucky today, time will tell.  One thing is for sure, he won't accept crap performances or attitudes from players.  He will hit you - literally - and having players fear the manager isn't necessarily a bad thing.

[Bananas]

@Dutch Eagle how are the Dutch media reporting the game ?  Are they making out like PSV were unlucky or just had a "bad" day ?  Any praise for PAOK - or is it just a case of they made mistakes ?