ECL-GS-R1: Lincoln Red Imps - PAOK (16-09-21, 19:45 EEST)

[Blackhawk]

      VS  

MATCHUP:              Lincoln Red Imps FC – PAOK Thessaloniki FC
COMPETITION:     Europa Conference League – Group Stage – Round 1
DATE:                    16-September-2021
TIME:                     19:45 EEST (16:45 UTC, 11:45 CDT, 02:45 AEST next day)
CITY/STADIUM:   Gibraltar – Victoria Stadium (5,000)
REFEREES:              Rob Harvey - Wayne McDonnell, Darragh Keegan (Ireland)
TELEVISION:        COSMOTE Sport 3HD (Greece), Cytavision Sports (Cyprus), BT Sport App (UK),  Stan Sport (Australia), Paramount+, TUDN App (USA)

PAOK’s History against teams from Gibraltar in European Competitions

This is PAOK’s first ever game with a team from Gibraltar.

GAMES:  0   WINS:  0   TIES:  0   LOSSES:  0

[Dutch Eagle]

The squad that travels to Gibraltar:

Πασχαλάκης , Ζίβκοβιτς , Μπαλωμένος, Τέιλορ , Λύρατζης , Βαρέλα , Κρέσπο , Μιχάι , Μιχαηλίδης , Βιεϊρίνια , Σίντκλεϊ , Εσίτι , Τσιγγάρας , Κούρτιτς , Σβαμπ , Μπίσεσβαρ , Κωνσταντέλιας , Μουργκ , Μιτρίτσα , Σφιντέρσκι , Άκπομ , Κούτσιας .

No Andrija yet. Douglas Augusto also not fit.

[Blackhawk]

Score one early and then add couple more and then relax, but we know that will never happen. It will be a nail bitter until the end.

[Athens4]

Oh, we will certainly make them look good.

[pash]

Agreed. They should feel they have something to prove, but in actuality they are probably sitting pretty and overconfident.

[BostonThanatos]

Here's an article that lists what our opponents players' REAL jobs are.....We're playing a team made up of Cops, Carpenters, Teacher and a bunch of other blue collar jobs.  I'd bet not a single one of these guys is a millionaire.  Let's see what our "pro's" will do against them

[Blackhawk]

The same applied to the Bohemians players and we barely qualified. If we don't take them seriously we will pay for it.

[Blackhawk]

TV coverage via COSMOTE Sport in Greece, Stan Sport in Australia, Paramount+ and TUDN apps in the US.

[BostonThanatos]

There are reports that our players took 3 separate Uber's from the border to their hotels.  The Uber Drivers were Lincoln's Right Winger, Center back and Assistant coach. ????

 

[Blackhawk]

Semi-rotation by Lucescu. 

Starting lineup:

[pash]

Did not expect Akpom to start. VERY happy to see Mihaj playing though. Perhaps our defense will actually stop the ball from going in.

[Blackhawk]

I don't mind this lineup, but why does Esiti get a start and not Tsiggaras?

[Blackhawk]

Watching the pregame on TUDN and I see some PAOK fans in the stands. The stadium looks like a Greek 'B' division field only with artificial turf. There is also an airport next to the stadium.

 

[Dutch Eagle]

Like the PAOK chants on the stands.

[Ellada2004]

PAOK fans at the game

[Blackhawk]

That has to be a goal Akpom!

[Dutch Eagle]

Akpom should have scored that. Brillant pass Biseswar btw.

[Ellada2004]

Akpom big chance to put PAOK ahead

[Dutch Eagle]

København just scored the 0-1 in Bratislava.

[Ellada2004]

2 minutes ago, Dutch Eagle said:

Akpom should have scored that. Brillant pass Biseswar btw.

Nice pass should have hit that better

[Dutch Eagle]

And Slovan equalizes within a few minutes.

[Ellada2004]

This stadium looks so tiny something you would see here in Canada lol!

[Dutch Eagle]

Damn 1-0 LRI.

But offside. Pffffff

[Dutch Eagle]

Just wanted to say I predict a 0-3 win as that ball went in........ Still possible.

[Ellada2004]

Oh my God they are coming on