He sweated against the excellent Volos, but PAOK took the lead for the eighth round!

In the coach’s mind

Razvan Lucescu lined up PAOK with 4-2-3-1. Zivkovic in goal, with Sastre, Keziora, Nasberg, Vieirania in defence. Schwab, Ozdoev in midfield, Despodov on the right, Constantelias on the left and Murg behind the promoted Samata.

With the same arrangement, Angel Lopez brought down Volos. Kostic under goal, with Tahato, Kalogeropoulos, Sieli, Kitso in defense. Tsokanis, Glavcic in midfield, with Cornet on the right, Engin on the left and Deletic behind the promoted Garcia.

The match

The game was quite balanced in the first minutes, with Bullet to find a goal in the 8th minute, with his close shot Engin. However the goal did not count for offside correctly as the player was quite exposed and an additional VAR check was carried out. His players Angel Lopez in the first quarter they were closed quite well, as a result they did not allow the PAOK to reach the area easily.

The home side then began to gain ground and became more threatening, having the first good chance in the 14th minute. Specifically, after a nice movement of the ball, o Vierinia made the cross, o Despodov took the header, but the ball went out of bounds. In the 25th minute, the Volos players protested his hand Nasbergbut the referee signaled “you’re playing”, with VAR agreeing with him.

The minutes were ticking, PAOK was pushing for a goal, but they had found against them the well-prepared team of Angel Lopez. In the 45th minute, the “two-headed” won a penalty, when Constantelias he played a nice ball for him Despodov, with Voulgaros nibbling the ball in front of Kitsos and it is overturned by the Volos defender, with Evangelos showing the white bullet. Two minutes later the Swab aptly executed him Kostic for 1-0with the hosts going into the locker room with a lead.

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