ECL-GS-R2: PAOK - Eintracht Frankfurt (05.10.23, 22:00 EEST)

[Dutch Eagle]

Tsingaras and Despodov subbed in for Meïte and Taison.

[italosPAOK4]

we could be winning a re Koulierakh

[Dutch Eagle]

Last sub. Samatta out and Brandon in.

[Brklyngrk]

2-1!! Making up for his mistake

[Blackhawk]

Gooooool Koulierakis

[Tahma]

redeemed himself, well done son

[Dutch Eagle]

Goaallllllll. Koulierakis in a positive way now.

[Tahma]

2 in 2.. solid record 

[Dutch Eagle]

Meïte yellow while being subbed out??

[Blackhawk]

Great win. What a game.

[Athens4]

Fantastic result. When he made the mistake I was annoyed, but I just knew Koulierakis would make up for it.

[Blackhawk]

In the other game Aberdeen - Helsinki 1:1.

We are now 5 points ahead of 3rd place.

[pash]

Glad I put money on this one.

Frankfurt is not scary. We will defeat them in Germany, too. Feels great to be in the driver's seat for once.

The other game is 1-1 and seconds to go

[Blackhawk]

According to TV announcer Meite and their goalie Trapp got red cards.

[Athens4]

Seemed like we were exposed at the back a couple of times. Their balls over the top put us in a spot of trouble.

Meite was solid.

 

[pash]

Their entire game seemed to be to lob the ball at that squirrely guy (who was also their goalscorer). We kept them in the game by letting our foot off the gas. TWENTY GOALS IN THE AWAY LEG, LET'S GOOO

[pash]

22 minutes ago, Blackhawk said:

According to TV announcer Meite and their goalie Trapp got red cards.

I am seeing that on twitter too, but the app I use shows yellow for Meite (and nothing for Trapp). I wonder what happened? I stayed watching as long as I could and didn't see anything strange.

[Dutch Eagle]

https://inpaok.com/791720/germanikes-aliteies-stin-touba-video/

Some pussy-fight. But it does not show the red cards for Meïte and Trapp. 

These kind of cards usualy end up in a 2 or 3 match suspension. So Meïte will miss both matches against Aberdeen, I guess.

[pash]

I don't think we should be concerned at all. Let him get minutes in the league and play another guy there. We'll be just fine!

-edit- ALSO - Trapp is their starter This is a big problem for them - Santos has a note saying he's not eligible until 2024, and Simoni is injured. They will need to call up youth players to fill their roster.

#	Player	Date of birth / Age	Nat.	Market value
1	Kevin Trapp Goalkeeper	Jul 8, 1990 (33)		€8.50m
40	Kauã Santos  Goalkeeper	Apr 11, 2003 (20)		€400k
33	Jens Grahl Goalkeeper	Sep 22, 1988 (35)		€200k
41	Simon Simoni  Goalkeeper	Jul 14, 2004 (19)		€200k

 

-edit again- if transfermarkt is right, Grahl has only played twice in the last seven years? Insane if true

Edited October 6, 2023 by pash

[italosPAOK4]

eutuxws to eswse o Koulierakhs !

[Dutch Eagle]

Pitty Eintracht plays the Fins twice.

But apart from Meïte we will miss Ozdoev too as he probably won't get his visa to enter Scotland. So Tsiggaras, Schwab and Murg for the two positions on our midfield only. And Giaxis to fill the bench just in case.

[pash]

You're right, that does make it worse. But Tsiggaras and Schwab are at least a proven duo at this point. I don't think Ozdoyev is better than either of them, too.

Just means Lucescu needs to leverage Ozdoyev and Meite in the games leading up to that match, just to avoid any chance of injury. Would be just our luck for him to do the opposite and have us down a midfielder.

[pash]

Hmmmm...dare we hope?

 

-edit- and another video I just stumbled upon for anyone who wants to see some on-the-ground sights and sounds:

 

Edited October 8, 2023 by pash

[Dutch Eagle]

According to the report on Uefa.com Meïte received a yellow in 90+3, and in 90+6 he also received a red card together with Trapp and Konstantinidis.

[Dutch Eagle]

Trapp got a one match ban from UEFA. Meïté and PAOK still did not hear about his punishment but probably will be one match too.