Cup-SF-L1: AEK - PAOK (07-04-21, 20:00 EEST)

[Blackhawk]

    VS 

MATCHUP:             A.E.K. Athens - P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki
COMPETITION:      Greek Cup – Semifinal – Leg 1
DATE:                     07-April-2021
TIME:                     20:00 EEST  (17:00 GMT, 12:00 CDT, 03:00 AEST next day) 
CITY/STADIUM:   OAKA Stadium - Athens (Capacity: 68,000)
REFEREES:          
TELEVISION:        COSMOTE Sport 1 (Greece), Antenna Satellite (USA, Canada), Antenna Pacific (Australia)

P.A.O.K. vs A.E.K. Greek Cup history:    

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2018-2019:  FINAL:    PAOK - AEK  1:0 (Akpom) - Attendance: 1,000 (OAKA Stadium)
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2017-2018:  FINAL:    PAOK - AEK  2:0 (Vieirinha, Pelkas) - Attendance: 35,545 (OAKA Stadium)
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2016-2017:  FINAL:    PAOK - AEK  2:1 (Biseswar, Henrique) - Attendance: 19,236 (Panthessaliko Stadium)
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2011-2012:  Round 5:   PAOK - AEK  2:0 (Lino-p, Athanasiadis) - Attendance: 15,095 (Toumba Stadium)
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2010-2011:  SF-L2 :       PAOK – AEK  0:1 - Attendance: 23,105 (Toumba Stadium)
2010-2011:  SF-L1 :       AEK - PAOK   0:0 - Attendance: 16,928 (OAKA Stadium)
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2002-2003:  SF-L2 :       PAOK – AEK  1:1 (Okkas) - Attendance: 8,363  (Toumba Stadium)
2002-2003:  SF-L1 :       AEK - PAOK   0:1 (Giasemis) - Attendance: 10,082 (Nikos Goumas Stadium)
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2001-2002:  QF-L2 :       PAOK – AEK  0:4 - Attendance: 15,109  (Toumba Stadium)
2001-2002:  QF-L1 :       AEK - PAOK   2:1 (Frousos) - Attendance: 6,310 (Nikos Goumas Stadium)
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1991-1992:  SF-L2 :       PAOK – AEK  3:0 aet (Alexiou 2, Djurdjevic) - Attendance: 21,388 (Toumba Stadium)
1991-1992:  SF-L1 :       AEK - PAOK   2:0  - Attendance: 15,153 (Nea Filadelfia Stadium)
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1982-1983:  FINAL:        PAOK - AEK  0:2 - Attendance: 72,899 (OAKA Stadium)
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1981-1982:  Round 3-L1 : PAOK – AEK  6:1 (C. Dimopoulos 3, Koudas, Siggas, Guerino) - Attendance: 19,550 (Toumba Stadium)
1981-1982:  Round 3-L2 : AEK - PAOK  2:2 (C. Dimopoulos 2) - Attendance: 7,117 (Nea Filadelfia Stadium)
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1980-1981:  SF-L1 :         PAOK – AEK  1:0 (Kostikos) - Attendance: 26,674 (Toumba Stadium)
1980-1981:  SF-L2 :         AEK - PAOK   0:2 (Damanakis, Georgopoulos) - Attendance: 12,736 (played at Chalkida)
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1979-1980:  Round 3:    PAOK – AEK  1:0 (?) - Attendance: 28,151 (Toumba Stadium)
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1977-1978:  FINAL:        PAOK - AEK  0:2 - Attendance: 23,483 (Karaiskaki Stadium)
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1976-1977:  Round 3:    PAOK – AEK  2:1 (?) - Attendance: 44,045 (Toumba Stadium)
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1973-1974:  Round 3:    PAOK – AEK  3:1 (Paridis, Aslanidis,Sarafis) - Attendance: 23,597 (Toumba Stadium)
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1970-1971:  SF:              PAOK – AEK  3:2 (Aslanidis 2, Paridis) - Attendance: 28,815 (Toumba Stadium)
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1964-1965:  Round 2:      AEK - PAOK  4:0 - Attendance: 11,066 (Nea Filadelfia Stadium)
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1963-1964:  Round 2:      PAOK – AEK  0:3 aet  Attendance: 9,061 (Toumba Stadium)
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1938-1939:  FINAL: :      PAOK – AEK  1:2 (Ioannidis) - Attendance: ? (Leoforos Alexandras Stadium)
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1931-1932:  SF:              AEK - PAOK  2:1 (Papagiordanidis) - Attendance: ? (Leoforos Alexandras Stadium)
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GAMES:  26    WINS:  13    TIES:  3    LOSSES:  10

[paokarag4]

This is it for us, our season comes down to the Cup. AEK were embarrassed 5-1, so no doubt they will come out breathing fire. We need to get either a score draw or a lead to defend heading back to Toumba.

I honestly expect this to be an arm wrestle, both coaches can't afford another heavy loss so I think both will set up defensively not push too many numbers forward.

On the other hand you could say AEK is more of a shambles than us atm, so if we're not going to beat them comfortably in Athens now, when will we ever? 

Paschalakis had a shocker against PAO, I'd say he'll be dropped for this game. 

[Athens4]

7 hours ago, paokarag4 said:

This is it for us, our season comes down to the Cup. AEK were embarrassed 5-1, so no doubt they will come out breathing fire.

I am not sure about that. They had a shocking dress down by the Original Ultras at the end of the game, which I think will have made some of their players uneasy.

[Blackhawk]

This will be a very close game. It will be to our benefit to score in the game. I'll take 1:1 tie.

[Dutch Eagle]

Everybody is available tomorrow. Therefore before kick-off 5 players must be cut from this bunch:

Ζίβκοβιτς , Πασχαλάκης , Ταλιχμανίδης , Βιεϊρίνια , Ροντρίγκο , Βαρέλα , Ίνγκασον , Κρέσπο , Μιχαηλίδης , Λύρατζης , Μπάμπα , Τσιγγάρας , Ελ Καντουρί , Σβαμπ , Ντόουγκλας , Καγκάβα , Ουάρντα , Κωνσταντέλιας , Μουργκ , Λάμπρου , Α.Ζίβκοβιτς , Τζόλης , Σφιντέρσκι , Κρμέντσικ , Κούτσιας .

[Blackhawk]

The big question is who will start in goal.

My lineup would be 

-------------- Zivkovic ---------------
Vieirinha - Ingason - Crespo - Rahman
Augusto ----- El Kaddouri ---- Schwab
Zivkovic ----- Krmencik ------- Tzolis

[Dutch Eagle]

Zivko if I was the coach. Paschalakis's performance was pretty bad.

Your lineup makes sense.

[bluevertigo]

Confidence and minimal sufficent consistency? Or just another empty, disconnected and sloppy performance? So many doubts...

[Blackhawk]

Starting lineup:

[Blackhawk]

Really surprised that he starts Paschalakis.

[PaokCT]

He must have compromising pictures of Pablo.. or Zivkovic is dating his daughter

[PaokCT]

15 minutes in and AEK is dominating. We can’t break it out of our own half 

[Athens4]

Link?

[Blackhawk]

PAOK very poor overall. Not only do we have a poor defense, we have bad offense as well. AEK dangerous on counter attacks. There is no imagination by our players. The only player that stands out is El Kaddouri. Hopefully there are no scouts from other teams watching Tzolis. His price drops down with every game he plays.

I would put in Warda in order to put some life into the team, but it looks like Vieirinha will be subbed at half time due to injury.

[PaokCT]

This game literally looks like a friendly. There is just no creative attack.

[Athens4]

Glad my plea for a link fell on deaf ears. Seems like there is not much happening.

[PaokCT]

Just now, Athens4 said:

Glad my plea for a link fell on deaf ears. Seems like there is not much happening.

It’s actually a good thing that you’re not watching the game. We can’t string any passes together. 

[pash]

Most of us watch on that Mao Mao group. If you can't get in there, then just go to https://bianconerotv2.blogspot.com/ and follow the links to the listing of games.

[pash]

GOAL MURGG AHHH WE WIN

[PaokCT]

What a goal! 

[Blackhawk]

Unbelievable!!!

[Blackhawk]

We win a game without creating a single scoring chance. We played little bit better in second half, but not by much. 

We now have an upper hand as far as qualifying to the final, but it's definitively not over yet, but this result is much better than the 0:0 tie would have been. 

[pash]

Well considering how many teams have managed draws or wins vs us while playing terribly, I won't begrudge our guys the victory here.

[Dutch Eagle]

Was it that bad guys? Was unable to watch as I was driving my eldest son to The Hague. I will surf on the web to watch the goal.

[Blackhawk]

With a win like that it's nice to go back and enjoy this epic video: