PAOKARA for the quarterfinals of the Conference League! Razvan Lucescu’s team crushed Dinamo Zagreb 5-1 in Toumba, overturned the defeat of the first match and secured a place in the top eight of the tournament!
An epic first half for the Thessalonians, who went into the break with a three-goal lead, while they were unfazed by the reduction of the score by the Croatians at the start of the second.
Finally, the improbable Koulierakis and Zivkovic shaped the final score, written in golden letters in the history of the “Northern Doubleheader”. Tyson and Vierinia left the match with injury problems.
Her Friday (15/03) at 15:00 the draw for quarter-finals and semi-finals.
In the coach’s mind
Loyal to 4-2-3-1 The Razvan Lucescu, with Kotarski in goal and Vieirinia, Kenziora, Koulierakis and Baba in defense. Schwab-Meite were on the pole, with A. Živković, Constantelia and Tyson three behind Brandon.
With 4-2-3-1 he also walked Sergey Yakirovich, with Nevistić in goal and Ristovski, Berne, Teofil-Katrin and Perkovic in defense. Suchic-Misic were in midfield, with Spikic, Baturina and Hoxha behind Petkovic.
The match
The hosts entered much better and controlled the tempo from the start, with the first big chance coming in the 15th minute. THE Koulierakis caught the header undisturbed after the foul but sent the ball over Nevistichwhich he expelled with difficulty.
Four minutes later, it was his turn Zivkovic to threaten, with the Serb weaving in nicely from the right but shooting high wide.
Constantelias (22′) and Koulierakis (23′) had further good moments, before it finally came the goal at 27′.
After a corner, the Greek stopper caught the header at the first post and sent it to the second, where the unmarked Baba opened the scoring with the head!
Somewhere there, Toumba caught fire and in just six minutes came the second goal. THE Koulierakis tried the shot from long range and after a challenge on Sucic, the ball ended up in the Dynamo net for the 2-0!
The Croatians woke up and got their lines up, with Kotarski stopping two Petkovic shots in the 37th and 38th minutes.
However, in the 42nd minute, Tyson he found him with an excellent ball Brandon to the right of the area and the Spaniard he scored with a great headergiving his team a qualifying lead!
The second half started in the worst possible way for the Greek team, as continuous defensive mistakes allowed to Hoxha to score from a side position and put Dinamo back in the match in the 48th minute.
This development spoiled the minds of the PAOK players, with him Spikich to be defeated in fours with him Kotarsky four minutes later.
THE Baturina he shot incorrectly in the 60th minute, while in the 64th minute the goalkeeper of the home team again said “no” to Suchic’s shot.
The “Two-Headed Man of the North” gradually raised his performance and in his first good moment in the second half he managed to get a qualifying score again.
It was in the 72nd minute, with Koulierakis to send the ball into the net with the… chest after a corner kick and a header at the front post!
The Croatians were forced to take a chance and thought they had reduced the lead in the 81st minute, but Kulenovic had scored with his hand, with the goal is cancelled.
Two minutes later, Mr Murg missed a huge chance to end the match by firing high after Ozdoev’s lay-in, with Kotarski stopping Misic’s shot in the 85th minute to keep it 4-1.
In the very next phase, PAOK counter-attacked after a Croatian corner, with Samata taking out Despodov and he winning a penalty from Misic.
THE Zivkovic he was not mistaken by the white bullet and wrote the 5-1 in 88′, signing the epic of the Thessaloniki team!
MVP: Many stood out in PAOK’s huge night, but we will focus on Konstantinos Koulierakis. The Greek stopper played an amazing match, having the assist at 1-0, the shot that brought the own goal to 2-0 and he himself made it 4-1, contributing the most to his team’s great upset.
The… whistle: He did not make the important mistake Osmerswho promptly disallowed Kulenovic’s goal for handball and also quickly awarded the penalty to Despodov.
The teams’ lineups
PAOK (R. Lucescu): Kotarski, Vieirinia (78′ Yoni), Kenziora, Koulierakis, Baba, Schwab (82′ Ozdoev), Meite, A. Zivkovic, Constantelias (78′ Murg), Tyson (67′ Despodov), Brandon (78′ Samata)
On the counter: Z. Zivkovits, Talichmanidis, Tsingaras, Panagiotou, Markos Antonio, Tzimas
Dinamo Zagreb (S. Jakirovic): Nevistic, Ristovski, Berne, Teofil-Katrin, Perkovic (80′ Ogiwara), Misic, Sucic (80′ Kulenovic), Spikic (74′ Kaneko), Baturina, Hoxha (80′ Vidovic), Petkovic
On the counter: Zagorac, Clarin, Sutalo, Zivkovic, Halilovic, Vrbancic, Tsvetko
Referee: Osmers
Assistants: Kempter, Saal
4th: Shredder
VAR: Storks, Brad
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