PAOK did their duty in Volos!

He closed the regular season of the championship in the best way PAOK, which was imposed 1-0 by Volos away from home and kept in direct contact with the first places in the standings.

THE Brandon Thomas he scored the only goal of the match in the 30th minute, with the Thessalonians increasing the pace in the second half but not… paying for it.

As for the losers, they dropped to 6th place and will try in the playoffs to return to the top five.

In the coach’s mind

Formation 4-2-3-1 chose the Kostas Bratsos (who was in the stands due to suspension), which had Kleiman in goal and Alho, Escoval, Pirinen and Si in defense. Tsokanis and Luna were on the axis, with Tsirinos, Pires and Deletics as a trio behind Ozegovic.

With 4-2-3-1 proceeded as usual and Razvan Lucescuwhich had Kotarski and Sastre, Karga, Koulierakis and R. Soares under the goalposts in the defensive line.

Schwab and Douglas found themselves on the axis, with Narey, Constantelia and A. Zivkovic in front of them – with Brandon single-handedly promoted.

The match



The first good moment belonged to the visitors, who saw Augusto’s dangerous turn in the 6th minute go just ahead of Naray. An excellent free-kick combination ten minutes later resulted in a missed shot by Živkovic, while the hyperactive Konstantelias he had a shootout at 18′, 24′ and 25′!

Ultimately, the lead for the “Bicep of the North” came with the completing half an hour of the matchwith Augusto finding Narey with an excellent cross and him turning at the right time to Brandon, who scored from close range.

The Thessalonikians maintained their superiority until the end of the half, with Ozegovic’s long-range header in the 45th minute going wide without troubling Kotarski.

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The hosts came into the second half better and tried to create the conditions for the equaliser.

This almost happened in the 68th minute, when Ozegovic came out four-four with Kotarski, evaded him but delayed, resulting in the shot he attempted to stop at a defender. And the pass he tried to make afterwards was easily cleared by the Thessalonians.

This phase woke up Lucescu’s team, who raised their lines and had good moments with an effort by Augusto (74′), with his missed shot Oliveira in delays to be the last noteworthy phase.

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MVP: In a match that PAOK did not push particularly hard, o Brandon Thomas he was in the right place at the right time once again, deciding the match with the goal he scored. Quietly, the Spaniard has reached nine this year.

The… whistle: He did not have particularly difficult phases to manage Malutawho worked directly with the VAR whenever necessary.

The lineups of the two teams

Volos (K. Bratsos): Kleiman, Alho, Escoval, Pirinen, Luna, Si, Tsokanis (90′ Kartalis), Deletic, Pires (87′ Katse), Tsirinos (81′ Tahatos), Ozegovic

On the counter: Kotnik, Aslanidis, Metaxas, Tselembakis, Triantafillou

PAOK (R. Lucescu): Kotarski, Sastre, Kargas, Koulierakis, R. Soares, Schwab (75′ Dandas), Douglas, Narey (75′ El Kadouri), Constantelias (66′ Tyson), A. Zivkovic, Brandon (66′ Oliveira)

On the counter: Z. Zivkovic, Michaelidis, Kenziora, Bisesvar, Ricardo

Referee: Maluta

Assistants: Koula, Christodoulou

4th: Polychronis

VAR: Jovaras

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