Panserraikos-PAOK: The “lions” are counting their strength, let the “two-headed” clean up from now on

The road to the cup… is coming! At 17:00 (Cosmote TV, bwinSPORT FM, www.sportfm.gr) Panserraikos will host PAOK for the “8” of the Betsson Greek Cup, in the first match between them. A game in which the “lions” want to measure their strength, while the “double-header of the north” will try to clean up the case of qualification from today.

THE Panseraikos eliminated Asteras Tripoli in the previous phase. Pablo Garcia’s team won 2-0 in the first game and drew 1-1 in the second, which gave him the magic ticket to the next phase of the competition. In the championship, Panserraikos won 2-0 against Lamia in the previous match, while on Saturday they are hosted by PAS Ioannina.

THE Pablo Garcia announced the squad for the match against the “black and white”, where Gotzamanidis, Hovan, Deligiannidis, Alexic, Anakoglou, the injured Hadjistravos who has suffered a contusion, and the internationals Masaripov and Ouedraogo were excluded.

In detail, the mission: Katsikas, Tsombanidis, Bergström, Avlonitis, Diamantis, Petavrakis, Peleas, Dankerlouis, Thymianis, Moreira, Oikonomou, Staikos, Sofianos, Mourgos, Thomas, Warda, Wooleri, Hefte, Maskanakis, Papavasiliou, Bairovich.

On the other hand, Mr PAOK eliminated Volos in the round of 16. In the first match he won 1-0 and finished his job in the second game, defeating Angel Lopez’s team 2-0. The previous matchday, PAOK won 4-0 against PAS and on Sunday they will be hosted by Volos. This year he makes excellent appearances and clears the small and medium ones with… concise procedures, searching every time the counter stops. He wants to do something similar today, getting a safety score for the Toumba rematch.

In the latest team news, Lefteris Lyratzis is heading to Tripoli to wear the Asteras shirt, however Lucescu decided not to let him go before the match, even if he didn’t include him in the squad. The Romanian coach will not have at his disposal Vieirinia, Kotarski, Lyratzis, while Tsingaras and Nasberg are back.



The mission: Z. Zivkovic, Talikhmanidis, Balomenos, Sastre, Kenziora, Nasberg, Koulierakis, Michaelidis, Baba, Rafa Soares, Tsigaras, Schwab, Ozdoev, Meite, Marcos Antonio, Murg, Constantelias, Tyson, A. Zivkovic, Despodov, Brandon, Tzimas.

Possible lineups:

Panserraikos (Pablo Garcia): Katsikas – Dunkerloui, Avlonitis, Diamantis, Petavrakis – Moreira, Sofianos – Mourgos, Tomas, Warda – Bairovich.

PAOK (Razvan Lucescu): Z. Zivkovic – Sastre, Nasberg, Michaelidis, Rafa Soares – Tsingaras, Schwab – A. Zivkovic, Marcos Antonio, Tyson – Brandon.

Referee: Konstantinos Tsetsilas

Assistants: Konstantinos Staikos, George Christakoglou

Fourth: Konstantinos Resident

VAR: Angelos Evangelou, Iordanis Aptosoglou