PAOK with the foot on the gas! His team Razvan Lucescu may not have hit a high standard of performance in Tripoli, but managed to exploit the big issues in his defense Star and the… gifts of his players to prevail with emphasis 4-1rising to 32 degrees.
Somehow, the “black and white” got her their fourth straight league win and they scored four goals for the first time in the capital of Arcadia, while they will now wait for the results of the other contenders for the title to know where they will be in the finale of the 14th game.
At the same time, the Arcades saw the two-game winning streak they had built come to an end and remain at 6th place (albeit temporarily) with 17 points, while they lost him with a new injury Bartolo.
With the Kifissia away from home closes in 2023 o PAOKtravels to Crete for the match with OFI The Asteras Tripoli.
In the coach’s mind
With 4-2-3-1 Milan Rastavac lined up Asteras Tripoli, changing the ends of his defense and giving Zouglis a starting jersey, too. Papadopoulos in goal, with Carmona, Kastanio, Djukanovic, Alvares in the defensive four. Alagbe, Munafo in midfield and Kaltsas, Bartolo, Zouglis in the triple behind the only promoted Miritelos.
Same provision for PAOK by Razvan Lucescu, who made some changes to the original scheme. Kotarski in goal and Vieirinia, Keziora, Koulierakis, Baba in defense. Schwab, Ozdoev in the axis, with Despodov, Murg, Constantelia in the central attacking triplet. Samata was at the top of the attack.
The match
Furious in the game o Asteras Tripoli, touched the lead but paid for his miss. Because until the 6th minute a breath was found from 1-0! First in the 5′ when after his steal Jungleplayed vertically for him Blueberryhe gave to Bartolo who broke for him Munafowho made the shot from outside the area but o Kotarsky drove hard. A minute later, o You’re wearing socks caught a powerful shot from inside the area, Kotarski cleared and Alagbe he took the rebound and shot on the crossbar in front of an empty net!
As time wore on, the visitors began to take control and in the 21st minute they had their first chance to open the scoring, with the promoted Koulierakis to take the header, but Papadopoulos kicked for a corner. The Arcades missed another big chance in the 25th minute to make it 1-0, with Zouglis coming up against Kotarski but he made a poor cross and Murg cleared before the ball crossed the line. THE Milan Rastavac saw him in the 27th minute Bartolo to leave with a pull on the hamstring and get into position o Gosh.
THE PAOK punished him Star for his lost phases and in the 34th minute he opened the scoring. After his shot Constantiathe ball went against and o Murg he took advantage and scored from close range for 1-0. All the Arcade players stopped, thinking he was exposed (Djukanovic was covering), with the home team conceding a cheap goal. In the 44th minute his team Razvan Lucescu appealed for a penalty after Ozdoev fell inside the area after a duel with Munafo, but the referee signaled “play on”, with the phase being checked via VAR and indeed showing no foul. Somehow, Mr PAOK went to the locker room with a lead (0-1) against Starhaving taken a first step to leave Tripoli victorious.
The second half went by at the same pace, with PAOK to have control of the match and the Star to play mainly on the counter-attacks. In the 59th minute and after his mistake Carmona on the axis, o Samata became the owner of the ball and took out a sweet cross to Despodovwho put me in motion, and while o Alvares has lost the phase, executed Papadopoulos for 2-0.
Asteras did not hesitate and had an immediate reaction, reducing in the 63rd minute for 2-1, when after a corner AlvaresThe Kotarsky he made a tragic mistake and lost the ball through his hands, with the advanced Djukanovic to score for his team. In the 67th minute, the Arkades had a great opportunity to equalize the match, when after a shot Sock and bad clearance of the PAOK players, the ball was laid to Alvares who caught a projectile in the movement with his right (bad foot) that went just wide.
Where the Arkades looked like they were going up and chasing the equalizer, they were hurt by another tragic mistake! Because in the 69th minute o Alvares took a tragic U-turn, o Samata went to bite, Papadopoulos sent off temporarily, but Murg took advantage and essentially made it 3-1 in an empty net. THE Rastafarian he made some changes and put fresh legs into the match, however he didn’t get the proper help.
On the contrary, Lucescu took things from his changes, since he was a newcomer Jim took advantage of another defensive weakness of the home team, made a turn parallel to the goal and Despodov wrote the final 4-1 in the 1st minute of stoppage time, giving dimensions of triumph to his dominance PAOK!
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MVP: THE Murg is a key player for PAOK this season. The Austrian did not allow the absences of Zivkovic and Tyson to show and with two goals he cleaned up the match and the three points. At a pivotal point for both, since the first comes in an unsuspected phase for 1-0, while he makes it 3-1 at the moment when the hosts are pressing. Despodov also came close with two more goals, upsetting the opposing defense.
The whistle: THE Maluta he didn’t have particularly difficult phases to manage, although at times he whistled quite often and interrupted the pace of the match.
Asteras Tripoli (Milan Rastavac): Papadopoulos, Carmona, Kastanio, Djukanovic, Alvares, Alagbe, Munafo (77′ Valiente), Kaltsas (91′ Diara), Zouglis (77′ Sito), Munafo (27′ Gos), Miritelo (77′ Mantzis).
PAOK (Razvan Lucescu): Kotarski, Vieirinia (73′ Sastre), Keziora, Koulierakis, Baba, Schwab, Ozdoev (73′ Meite), Despodov, Murg, Constantelias (81′ Thomas), Samata (89′ Tzimas)
Source: Sport Fm
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