He celebrates his first in 7th group and his knockout qualification Conference League PAOK in packed Toumba!
The “two-headed man of the north” welcomes tonight (19:45, Cosmote Sport 4, sportfm.gr, bwinSPORT FM) Helsinki for the 6th matchday of the groups. His team Razvan Lucescu has produced a sensational haul in the group as he already has four wins and a draw and is looking to end the first part of his ‘journey’ with one more win to make the first Greek team which completes group with five wins.
The Romanian technician will not have at his disposal Andrija Zivkovic, who did not make the program of the last training session, while Sastre, Nasberg, who are not on the European list of the northern doubleheader, were also left out of the mission. On the contrary, Baba Rahmanhas returned to the squad and is normally considered for the match against the Finnish champions.
In its progress so far in the Conference League groups, PAOK started with a 3-2 victory at tonight’s opponent’s home, followed by a 2-1 victory over Eintracht in Thessaloniki, an epic upset in Scotland against Aberdeen, a draw in Somersault against the Scots, but also the… conquest of Frankfurt.
In this way, PAOK took the first place and mathematically counting 13 points against 9 of Eintrachtwhile Aberdeen with 3 and Helsinki with 2 points have already been eliminated.
The mission in detail: Kotarski , Zivkovic , Talikhmanidis , Vieirinia , Lyratzis , Kenziora , Ekong , Michaelidis , Koulierakis , Baba , Rafa Soares , Tsigaras , Schwab , Ozdoev , Meite , Marcos Antonio , Murdock , Constantelias , Tyson , Desp f , Brandon , Samata , Jimas.
On the other hand, Helsinkitraveled unmotivated to Thessaloniki and with Pettersson, Rogic, Iliev, Moren, Raitala, Stiopin and Riski staying in Finland.
Possible lineups:
PAOK (Razvan Lucescu): Kotarski – Kenziora, Michaelidis, Koulierakis, R. Soares – Schwab, Tsingaras – Tyson, Despodov, Murg – Samata
Helsinki (Toni Korkeakunas): Maenpe- Tenjo, Peltola, Halme- Benican, Ollila, Kanellopoulos, Lingman- Keskinen, Radulovic, Bande
Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)
Assistants: Varamishvili, Pipia (Georgia)
VAR: Cesar Soto, Iglesias (Spain)
Fourth Referee: Apsiauri (Georgia)
Source: Sport Fm
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