Cup-R6-L1: PAOK - NFC Volos (07.12.2023, 19:00 EET)

[Blackhawk]

  VS   

MATCHUP:             PAOK Thessaloniki  - NFC Volos
COMPETITION:     Greek Cup – Round 6 – Leg 1
DATE:                     07-December-2023
TIME:                     19:00 EET  (17:00 UTC, 11:00 CST, 04:00 AEDT next day)
CITY/STADIUM:    Thessaloniki – Toumba Stadium (28,703)
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TELEVISION:        COSMOTE Sport 1HD (Greece), Antenna Satellite/Pacific (USA, Canada/Australia)

PAOK – NFC Volos Greek Cup History:

This is the first ever meeting between PAOK and NFC Volos in the Greek Cup competition.

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

[pash]

Volos surprisingly bad this season so can't imagine that this will be much of a challenge. Big rotation, perhaps?

[Blackhawk]

Zivkovic will start in goal for sure. That's why he played for the 'B' team last weekend.

[pash]

Very important to keep players ready to play. In prior years this has been a big issue with Lucescu - we've fortunately seen a change this season, but to me Zivkovic's absence has been notable...

Would love to see Lyratzis get a start here as well. And actual serious minutes for Tzimas.

[Blackhawk]

Squad for the game:

Ζίβκοβιτς, Ταλιχμανίδης, Βιεϊρίνια, Σάστρε, Κεντζιόρα, Μιχαηλίδης, Νάσμπεργκ, Ράφα Σοάρες, Τσιγγάρας, Σβαμπ, Οζντόεφ, Μεϊτέ, Μάρκος Αντόνιο, Κωνσταντέλιας, Τάισον, Μουργκ, Ντεσπόντοφ, Μπράντον, Σαμάτα, Τζίμας

Kotarski, Koulierakis, Baba, A. Zivkovic and Lyratzis will sit this one out.

[pash]

Hopefully the other Zivkovic's 'knock' isn't serious. Should have sat this one out either way, but hopefully he's good to go.

I bet you Schwab and Tsiggaras will start this one. As the world's greatest gambler, I like my odds

[Dutch Eagle]

[pash]

Not sure how I feel about this lineup, especially after I bet on us winning with four goals ?

[Dutch Eagle]

And 0-1 down

[Dutch Eagle]

Nope. Still 0-0. Goal cancelled. 

[Blackhawk]

I smell an upset today. 

[Dutch Eagle]

Despodov just wide. 

[Blackhawk]

Penalty

[Blackhawk]

Schwab 1:0

[pash]

Penalty for Despodov

[Dutch Eagle]

Penalty for us. And Schwab scores

[pash]

Meite coming on for Despodov, Ozdoyev coming off for Taison.

[Dutch Eagle]

And 1-1 .....

[Blackhawk]

Still 1:0 but if don't pick things up I see the tying goal coming.

[Dutch Eagle]

But this one also cancelled.

[Dutch Eagle]

Yellow Meïté.

[Dutch Eagle]

Brandon replacing Samatta.

[Dutch Eagle]

2 hours ago, pash said:

Not sure how I feel about this lineup, especially after I bet on us winning with four goals ?

Still 6 minutes to go plus the added time. Three goals possible?

[Dutch Eagle]

Yellow Vieirinha

[Dutch Eagle]

FT 1-0. A game that will not be rembembered. Complete waste of time.