His European trip PAOK stopped in the quarterfinals of the Conference League. THE Club Brugge beat Toumba 2-0 and with a total score of 3-0, qualified for the semi-finals of the institution, where they will face Fiorentina.
Great protagonist for the Belgians o Yutglawho scored both of his team’s goals in the first half.
Beautiful images from the stands of the packed Toumba, with the friends of PAOK don’t stop singing even if the match didn’t turn out the way they would have liked.
In the coach’s mind
Loyal to 4-2-3-1 The Razvan Lucescu, with Kotarski under the posts and Yoni, Kenziora, Koulierakis and Baba in defense. Schwab and Meite were selected at half-back, with Despontoff, Murg and Tyson behind Brandon.
THE Nikki Hagen on the other hand he chose 3-5-2, with Jakers in goal and Sabe, Ordoniés and Balada in the stoppers. Skoras, Meijer, Vetlesen, Vanaken and Onyendika played in the centre, with the attacking duo consisting of Nusa and Jutgla.
The match
The Belgians entered stronger and threatened in the 12th minute with a shot Wetlesen through the area he passed out, while three minutes later Kotarski managed to clear after Kenziora’s bad turn.
Another good moment followed in the 18th minute, with Yutgla not having time to do a good projection after Skora’s ball.
Finally, in the 33rd minute, Bruges took the lead in the scorewith Sabe speeding out from the right and turning at the right moment to Yutglawho had no difficulty scoring against the PAOK goalkeeper.
The same player shot wide five minutes later, while in the 41st minute he caught a header from contact and forced Kotarski into a huge save.
At 45′, o incredible Jutgla sent the ball into the net after the Croatian intervened in Skora’s shot, with the goal initially disallowed but counting after a VAR review.
2-0 was the score at half-time, with Brugge taking a big step forward.
Lucescu has no choice but to take a chance by throwing him Samata and the Zivkovic in the match after the break.
Despodov threatened in the 51st minute, shooting badly from contact, with Dad not being able to make good contact with the ball from inside the area three minutes later.
The Belgians responded in the 58th minute, with Nusa to shoot wide from the left.
In the 60’s Despodov he thought he won penalty kick for a reversal by Balada, but after using VAR he was found to be in an offside position, with the end of the penalties being… cancelled.
The tempo gradually dropped, with Despontov’s header in the 68th minute not worrying Jakers and the new arrival Zinkernagel to have the last notable moment of the match – a missed shot in the 84th minute.
MVP: Clearly the most valuable of the match Feran Jutglawho hurt PAOK twice in the first half and gave his team an easy qualification.
The… whistle: Easy night for him Scoffwho avoided fouls but needed the help of VAR to count Brugge’s second goal and signal Despontov’s offside in the penalty phase.
The teams’ lineups
PAOK (R. Lucescu): Kotarski, Yoni, Kenziora, Koulierakis, Baba, Schwab, Meite (56′ Ozdoev), Despodov (71′ Konstantinas), Murg (46′ A. Zivkovic), Tyson, Brandon (46′ Samata)
On the counter: Z. Zivkovits, Talichmanidis, Michaelidis, Tsingaras, Vieirinia, Tzimas
Club Brugge (N. Hagen): Jakers, Sabe, Ordoniez, Balanda, Skoras (87′ Talbi), Meijer, Vetlesen (84′ Zinkernagel), Vanaken, Onyendika, Nusa (76′ Ondoi), Jutgla
On the counter: Bursik, Boyata, Spillers, Homa, Seis
Referee: Massa (Italy)
Assistants: Meli, Alassio (Italy)
4th: Di Bello (Italy)
VAR: Di Paolo, Pireto (Italy)
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