SL1-R6: PAOK - NFC Volos (27.09.23, 20:30 EEST)

[Blackhawk]

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MATCHUP:            P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki – NFC Volos
COMPETITION:     Superleague 1 – Round 6
DATE:                     27_September-2023
TIME:                      20:30 EEST  (17:30 UTC, 12:30 CDT, 03:30 AEST next day)
CITY/STADIUM:    Thessaloniki - Toumba Stadium (Capacity: 28,703)
REFEREES:  
TELEVISION:          Novasports Prime (Greece, Cyprus), Net TV Plus (worldwide except Greece & Cyprus), Sport Plus (USA, Canada, Australia)

PAOK - NFC Volos history:

2022-2023:  4:2 (Narey 2, Ingason, Dantas) - Attendance: 7,540  (PLAY-OFFS)
2022-2023:  3:0 (Oliveira (p) Zivkovic, Augusto) - Attendance: 9,880
2021-2022:  4:4 (Zivkovic 2, Akpom, own goal, ) - Attendance: 7,607
2020-2021:  3:1 (Schwab, Ingason, Krmencik) - Attendance: no fans
2019-2020:  1:0 (Vieirinha-p) - Attendance: 11,995

GAMES:  5    WINS:  4   TIES:  1    LOSSES:  0

[pash]

Meite is doubtful for this game, but it seems Kedziora trained normally today. I would still like to see Lyratzis or Sastre get some minutes, though!

[Dutch Eagle]

Squad for tomorrow:

Ζίβκοβιτς, Κοτάρσκι, Βιεϊρίνια, Σάστρε, Εκόνγκ, Νάσμπεργκ, Κουλιεράκης, Μπάμπα, Ράφα Σοάρες, Τσιγγάρας, Σβαμπ  Οζντόεφ, Μουργκ, Κωνσταντέλιας, Τάισον, Α. Ζίβκοβιτς, Ντεσπόντοφ, Μπράντον, Τζίμας, Σαμάτα .

So no Meïte and Kedziora. Also Michailidis not included.

Tsiggaras and Troost-Ekong are back

[pash]

Hopefully well-rested, too. I can't imagine that Vieirinha won't play as RB but perhaps Lucescu is so dead-set against the youngsters that he'll play Nasberg or Soares there...

[Dutch Eagle]

[pash]

Pretty solid lineup!

[Dutch Eagle]

Oké. Last Sunday something with sign language. Now we had all kinds of dogs with the players at the line-up......

[Dutch Eagle]

Header Schwab on the post 

[Dutch Eagle]

And now Sastre hits the post.

[Dutch Eagle]

Volos parked the bus. Possession 71%.

[Dutch Eagle]

Gooooaaallll Koulierakis. Nice header. 

[Dutch Eagle]

VAR check lasting 4 minutes. And now the ref goes to the telly himself.

[Dutch Eagle]

It counts

[Dutch Eagle]

And Murg 2-0 !!!!!

[Dutch Eagle]

But what an rush and assist of Taison.

[Dutch Eagle]

HT 2-0. The bus is demolished. 

[Dutch Eagle]

3-0. First goal Samatta. 

[Dutch Eagle]

Andrija should have scored that!

[Dutch Eagle]

3 subs now. Andrija, Schwab and Taison out. Ozdoyev, Konstatelias and Despodov coming in. 

Tsingaras our captain now. 

[Dutch Eagle]

Sub 4: Näsberg for Koulierakis. 

[Dutch Eagle]

Last sub: Samatta out and Stefanos Tzimas in. 

[Dutch Eagle]

Tzimas misses a sitter but offside anyway. The provider of the assist was.

[italosPAOK4]

bravo sthn omada mas gia thn aneth nikh sunexizoume

[Dutch Eagle]

FT 3-0. Easy win. Well played.

We need those games in these weeks with 2 games a week. And no yellows and no injuries. 

[pash]

Only managed to watch the first six minutes before my stream shat the bed and I was dragged in to three hours of meetings. Terrible day.

Here are the highlights:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mxp1MnD8Lg

• Nice scrappy goal by Samatta (and fantastic to see him finally score)
• That Taison-Murg run was a thing of beauty. Focusing on each one separately (rewatching) is a must. Great reaction by Taison after he gets the pass off haha
• Can't believe Zivkogoal's attempt (around 5 minutes in to this video) wasn't a goal. Fantastic defending