Olympiacos and PAOK face each other tonight at 20:30 in the warehouse “C. Karaiskakis” in the context of the 6th matchday of the Stoiximan Super League playoffs. The two teams have the same goals, but with completely different psychologies. And this because the “red and white” are in the semi-finals Conference Leaguewhile on the other hand the Thessalonians were excluded from Club Brugge.
The two teams had also met the previous weekend, but the match was postponed due to their European commitments. And it remains to be seen when the Toumba match will take place, since it was set for May Day, but again it will be further back due to Piraeus’ semi-finals with Aston Villa. So with less matches both of them, with Olympiakos at -6 from the top and PAOK at -2, want to stay in the battle for the title!
THE Olympic therefore, before the postponement, he had prevailed with the emphatic 5-1 of Lamia and counts in the playoffs so far two wins and two losses. On Thursday night, the Piraeus team achieved something historic, after reaching the semi-finals of the Conference as we mentioned above and now they have Aston Villa as their opponent. Undoubtedly, there is a huge amount of fatigue in the squad due to the extra time and Madrid will likely make a lot of changes in the starting line-up, giving a number of players a breather.
THE Jose Luis Mendiliber he left Carmo, Rodinei, Fortouni out of the mission for reasons of rest, while Alexandropoulos, Biancon, Cabral are also out. The rotation will be big and the lineup may have up to 8 changes!
The mission in detail: Chiquinho, El Kaabi, Ese, Horta, Ibora, Jovetic, Masouras, Navarro, Ortega, Paschalakis, Pontense, Kini, Richards, Botis, Tzolakis, Vezo, Zelson Martins, El Arabi, Carvalho, Abi, Retsos, Doi.
On the other hand, Mr PAOK the matchday before the postponement had drawn 2-2 with AEK in New Philadelphia, coming back from the 2-0 loss to get a huge point that essentially keeps him on top. The “two-headed team from the north” has one loss, two wins and a draw so far in the playoffs and is now focusing exclusively on the championship. On Thursday, he did not have a good night after he was also defeated in the second leg by Club Brugge and was eliminated from the continuation of the Conference League. Thessalonians must roll up their sleeves, regroup and now look at the title.
THE Razvan Lucescu he will not have at his disposal Yannis Constantelias, who is suffering from a virus and will not be counted on by the Romanian technician. Among other things, the “black and white” will travel to Athens without Rafa Soares, who was left out due to tactics.
PAOK’s mission in detail: Kotarski, Zivkovic, Talikhmanidis, Vieirinia, Sastre, Otto, Kenziora, Koulierakis, Michaelidis, Baba, Tsigaras, Schwab, Markos Antonio, Meite, Ozdoev, Murg, Tyson, A. Zivkovic, Despodov, Brandon, Samata, Tzimas.
Referee: Nogueira (Martins, Brass, 4th Tsagarakis, VAR: Da Silva Oliveira, Constantinou)
Possible lineups:
Olympiakos (Jose Luis Mediliber): Tzolakis – Kini, Retsos, Abi, Richards – Ese, Carvalho – Pontense, Jovetic, Zelson Martins – El Arabi.
PAOK (Razvan Lucescu): Kotarski – Sastre, Kenziora, Koulierakis, Baba – Ozdoev, Meite – Zivkovic, Murg, Tyson – Brandon.
Source: Sport Fm
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