CL-QR2-L1: PAOK - Borac Banja Luka (24.07.24, 20:30 EEST)

[Blackhawk]

  VS   

MATCHUP:              PAOK Thessaloniki – NK Borac Banja Luka
COMPETITION:     Champions League – Qualifying Round 2 – Leg 1
DATE:                     24-July-2024
TIME:                     20:30 EEST  (17:30 UTC, 12:30 CDT, 03:30 AEST next day)
CITY/STADIUM:   Thessaloniki – Toumba Stadium (28,703)
REFEREES:              David Šmajc - David Gabrovec, Tomaž Cerne (Slovenia)
TELEVISION:        

PAOK’s History against teams from Bosnia-Herzegovina

This is the first PAOK matchup against a team from Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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

[pash]

Seems Nova has gotten the rights to show this game. Is it too much to hope that Paramount+ will have this in the US (as they have the actual CL, while also having last year's conference league qualifiers)? So far, nothing showing up on their site.

[Soprano76]

Anything less than 3-0 is a disappointment tbh. 

[pash]

It's becoming real! Here's the list:

Λίστα Α

Μπάμπα, Τάισον, Καμαρά, Όττο, Ντεσπόντοφ, Εκόνγκ, Κεντζιόρα, Κωνσταντέλιας, Κοτάρσκι, Κουλιεράκης, Μιχαηλίδης, Μουργκ, Οζντόεφ, Σαμάτα, Σάστρε , Σβαμπ, Ράφα Σοάρες, Ταλιχμανίδης, Μπράντον, Θυμιάνης, Τσιφτσής, Τσιγγάρας, Βιεϊρίνια, Α.Ζίβκοβιτς .

Λίστα Β

Φίλων, Γκούμας, Κωττάς, Μοναστηρλής , Ρούμιαντσεβ, Σμυρλής, Τασιούρας.

 

Here's my first prediction of a lineup for the year:

                 --Kotarski--

--Sastre--Ekong--Koulierakis--Baba--

         --Schwab--Ozdoyev--

     --Despodov--Murg--Taison--

           --Brandon Thomas--

 

I'm basing this more or less on who looked fit in training. Konstantelias lost a lot of time at the beginning, which is why I gave Murg the nod there. Similarly, Kamara does not look ready. Otto also lost time, and even when he played he didn't look as good as Sastre.

Hopefully we put this to bed in the first match.

[Athens4]

Παίξτε μπάλα ρε κοπρόσκυλα!!! Θέλουμε να πάμε στο Μπερναμπεου!!

[italosPAOK4]

nikh me skor prokrish

[pash]

^hell yeah

 

Anyway, here's the list that was called up for this game:

Κοτάρσκι, Τσιφτσής, Βιεϊρίνια, Σάστρε, Όττο, Κεντζιόρα, Εκόνγκ, Θυμιάνης, Κουλιεράκης, Μιχαηλίδης, Ράφα Σοάρες, Μπάμπα, Τσιγγάρας, Καμαρά, Σβαμπ, Οζντόεφ, Μουργκ, Κωνσταντέλιας, Τάισον, Α.Ζίβκοβιτς, Ντεσπόντοφ, Μπράντον, Σαμάτα

 

No shocks there. But aren't we supposed to have a third goalkeeper for these? Or am I making that up.

[PaokCT]

Vierinha is the 3rd GK

[Dutch Eagle]

Hahahaha.

It's a homegame. Talichmanidis or Monastirlis (as they are on the list) can replace the others if necesarry. 

[PaokCT]

3-1 to the good guys is my prediction

[Dutch Eagle]

Lineup:

Kotarski, Sastre, Troost-Ekong, Koulierakis, Baba, Ozdoyev, Schwab, Despodov, Murg, Taison, Brandon

Prediction: 4-0

[Blackhawk]

[Soprano76]

Link for stream? I’m traveling so don’t have my usual streaming option. 

[Dutch Eagle]

15 minutes ago, Soprano76 said:

Link for stream? I’m traveling so don’t have my usual streaming option. 

Perhaps this one:

https://live.roselife.site/11/0/soccer/11

[Dutch Eagle]

Why is Kotarski wearing a red jersey and the Bosnians too? 

[PaokCT]

7 min in. A lot of wasted , horizontal possession

[PaokCT]

Huge opportunity for Borac headed over. So far they’ve been lookin like the team more likely to score 

[Dutch Eagle]

Goallllll Koulierakis header 1-0

[PaokCT]

Goal! Koulierakis

[Blackhawk]

Koulierakis header

[Blackhawk]

WTF

[Dutch Eagle]

Just at the celebrations I noticed we have no shirtsponsor. 

[Dutch Eagle]

Penalty I think.

[PaokCT]

I’ve never seen a PK like this called in my entire life. 
 

1-1

[Dutch Eagle]

And 1-1 as the penalty was given and converted.