Shocking PAOKconquered Frankfurt and continues to drive everyone crazy!
The “two-headed of the North” won 2-1 against Eintracht in the 5th matchday of its groups European Conference League and won the first place in the 7th group, sending the Germans to the playoffs and making the ticket that leads directly to the 16 best teams of the competition.
Specifically, after the end of the first five games, the “black and white” rose to 13 points and +4 from the “eagles” who have nine and the last game against Helsinki in Toumba (14/12, 19:45) will be a match procedural in nature for the Thessalonians.
His team Razvan Lucescu took the lead with Kenjiora and despite the home team’s equalizer with Marmus and the subsequent pressure, they had the quality and mental reserves to find a second goal with the amazing, Andrija Zivkovic.
No one lagged behind to a great extent, both the main ones and the substitutes they laid down their souls and they got a huge victory that opens the door for another European course, similar to the one two years ago, in which PAOK reached the “8” of the competition. Terrible support of the 6,000 friends of the team, who made “Deutsche Bank Park” a… little Toumba and did not stop encouraging the “black and white” not even for a second!
In the minds of the coaches:
No surprises in the PAOK lineup, with Razvan Lucescu to keep the 4-2-3-1 and of course Dominik Kotarski under the posts. In the back four from right to left Vieirinia, Kenziora, Koulierakis and Rafa Soares, with the latter remaining in the starting lineup after the injury that Baba Rahman was unable to overcome.
In the midfield, the duo of Ozdoev and Meite were selected, while in the attacking trio Zivkovic and Tyson were on the sides, with Murg as a staff midfielder, although the Austrian and the Brazilian changed positions during the match. At the top of the attack, Ali Samata was preferred.
On the other hand, Mr Dino Topmeller, for Eintracht Frankfurt preferred Götze behind Marmus, with Chaibi next to him. In detail, Trap sat in goal, with a trio in defense of Patso, Smolcic, Tuta from right to left. In the midfield, Nkunku, Larson, Skiri, Ebibe took the starting jersey, with a trio of Getse, Saibi and Marmus in the attack.
The match:
The match started with Eintracht to have possession and try to control the pace, basing her attacks on the right by ‘hitting’ the left side of PAOK with Rafa Soares-Tyson. On the other hand, the “black and white” initially had in mind to keep their lines closed, not to leave gaps that would create problems in their inhibitory function, while they wanted to absorb the pressure that the “eagles” would exert on the first minutes.
The first moment belonged to the visitors with his header Samata that went wide from Tyson’s corner, while Eintracht threatened with a shot from Larson who went out. The two teams had their moments in the 9′ and 13′ with Marmus and Tyson respectively, however, they failed to look threatening in the two homes.
THE Enkuku from the left he was quite active and had a dangerous turn in the 19th minute that was successfully cleared by Kotarski, while two minutes later (21th minute) Koulierakis found the post with a close range shot but the flag was raised for offside. In the 25th Enkuku continued to trouble the “black and white” defense, but Kotarski had an answer to the shot he attempted, removing the danger.
The “two-headed of the North” tried to create threatening situations and in the 29th minute missed its biggest chance in the first half. THE Murg he received the ball well, stepped into the area and took the shot, with Trapp telling him no and clearing, showing his experience in a very difficult situation that had set up for the home side.
The tempo of the match then dropped noticeably, with the strong duels having their… honor in the midfield area and both teams went to the dressing room to finish the first half at 0-0, which was relatively fair on the basis the competitive image that Eintracht and PAOK had in the first 45 minutes.
In the second half, the “two-headed team of the North” had the first good moment in the 51st minute with a foul by Murg that went into the left side of the net, while in the 55th minute Razvan Lucescu’s team opened the scoring! Živkovic played the corner pass but got the ball back and made the tackle, the Eintracht defense confused and didn’t clear, with Kenjiora to push the ball into the net for 1-0!
The joy of achieving the goal did not last long in the “black and white” camp, as in the 58th minute Eintracht brought the game into balance! Excellent cross by Saibi from the left, o Marbles he got a very powerful header and sent the ball into the net for 1-1, while the home team then pressed hard and came close to a second goal.
In the next moment, Larson sent the ball into the net for 2-1, but the assistant raised the flag for offside and the goal did not count, in a marginal phase in which the Thessalonians were lucky. In the 62nd Imbibe he tried a shot from a great spot but the ball went wide, while the home side’s dominance continued with an effort from Encunu, who failed to threaten Kotarski.
As the minutes passed, PAOK balanced the pace, kept the ball and finally scored 2-1 in the 73rd minute, bringing the explosion to the side where the fans were! Thomas passed to Tyson who teamed up with Constantelia, the 20-year-old saw Thomas take the shot, Trapp didn’t block consistently and Zivkovic who was being covered by Enkunku executed from close range, sending the ball into the net.
The changes brought freshness to the visitors, with Eintracht missing a huge chance in the 85th minute when the ball was placed in Marbles from the height of the small area, however, the forward of the “eagles” failed to score, sending the ball high out. In delays, the unacceptable for his behavior, Jakic was sent off, the “double-header of the North” kept the lead and the final whistle found them in the “16” of the Europa Conference League.
MVP: Another terrific performance from Zivkovic who was involved in both of his team’s goals. The goal that Kenziora scored starts from his feet, while he is the player who executes Trap from close range and gives PAOK the lead again. Excellent too Kotarsky who kept his team upright in the moments when Eintracht were superior and threatening.
The whistle: The 31-year-old Pole is excellent in his refereeing, Damian Sylvestrzak. He was correct in every decision he made and rightly showed the red card in the end to the unacceptable, Jakic.
Eintracht Frankfurt (Dino Topmeller): Trapp, Pacho, Smolcic, Tuta, Nkunku, Larsson, Skiri (54′ Jakic), Ebibe (87′ Ferry), Getse (74′ Buta), Tsaibi, Marmus.
PAOK (Razvan Lucescu): Kotarski, Vieirinia (80′ Ekong), Kenziora, Koulierakis, Rafa Soares, Meite, Ozdoev (80′ Schwab), Zivkovic, Murg (66′ Konstantelias), Tyson (83′ Despontov), Samata (67′ Thomas).
Referee: Damian Silvastrzak (Poland)
Assistants: Bartosz Heinig (Poland), Adam Karasewicz (Poland)
Fourth: Pawel Malek (Poland)
VAR: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
AVAR: Krzysztof Jakubiek (Poland)
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