All roads lead to Bruges tonight for him PAOKwhich is hosted on 22:00 (Cosmote Sport 2 & News Bulletin 247) from the local Club in the first match for its quarter-final stage Conference League.
The Thessalonikians are looking for the result that will allow them to maintain or even better increase their chances of qualifying for the top four of a European competition, something they have never achieved in their history.
The Belgians are on the up, coming off a 3-1 home win against Anderlecht which dropped them to -5 off the top of the Belgian league table. And this despite the fact that they have the service license Nikki Hagen on the bench, following the recent removal of Ronny Deila.
Of course, Dikephalos of the North is also in good condition, which a few days ago came back from 2-0 against AEK and got the point of the tie, remaining alone first in the Stoiximan Super League.
To get this far in this year’s Conference League, Brugge knocked out Aarhus, Akureyri and Osasuna in the qualifiers, then topped a group with Bodo/Glimt, Besiktas and Lugano. He thus secured the ticket for the “16”, where he eliminated Molde with one win (3-0) and one loss (2-1).
From the 2nd qualifying round, the “black and white” also entered the institution, overcoming the obstacles of Beitar Jerusalem, Hajduk Split and Hearts in order to reach the groups – where they made fun of Eintracht Frankfurt, Helsinki and Aberdeen.
What followed? But of course the epic qualification against her Dinamo Zagrebwith the defeat, 2-0,, in Croatia overturning after the imposing 5-1 of Toumba.
It is worth mentioning that the two teams have met once more, in the Europa League season 2010/11drawing 1-1 in Belgium and Greece – with PAOK qualifying from the group along with Villarreal.
It is reminded that the team that qualifies will face its winner Victoria Plzen-Fiorentina in the next phase.
In competition, Hagen is without starting goalkeeper Mignolet and winger Skov-Olsen, while Razvan Lucescu is without Murg, who was ruled out at the last minute due to a virus.
The possible lineups
Club Brugge: Jakers – Sabe, Ordoniez, Mechele, Meijer – Onientika, Vanaken, Fetlesen – Skoras, Rodrigues, Nousa
PAOK: Kotarski – Yoni, Kenziora, Koulierakis, Baba – Meite, Ozdoev – A. Zivkovic, Constantelias, Tyson – Brandon
Referee: Zimbert (Germany)
Assistants: Seidel, Foltin (Germany)
4th: Jamblonski (Germany)
VAR: Fritz (Germany)
Source: Sport Fm
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