THE Ghoul welcomes him PAOK at “Athanassios Diakos” (17:00, Cosmote Sport 1, News Bulletin 247 and live update from sport-fm.gr) in the context of the 7th matchday of the playoffs Stoiximan Super Leaguein a game with points of interest only for the Thessalonians.
And that’s because they want to to remain in contention for the championship, since they are in third place with 67 points: at -5 from the leader, AEK and at -4 from Panathinaikos and with a win they want to reduce the difference, waiting for the summit derby at OPAP Arena at 20:30. On the other hand, the team of Leonidas Vokolos is not chasing anything in this process of games, as it is 32 points away from Olympiakos and the fourth place that ensures, under conditions, a European ticket.
The victory in today’s game is in the camp of the “double-header of the North”. it’s a one-way street. Not only for the above scoring reasons, but also on a spiritual level, since everyone in PAOK wants to put an end to the streak of three defeats, the two from Club Brugge that brought the European exclusion to the Conference League and one from Olympic in the league last Sunday with 3-1 (21/04).
The image of the “black and white” against the team of Jose Luis Mendiliber she was not goodafter they paid for their inability to look threatening in the creative part, which is also reflected in the last attempt at Tzolakis’ home.
THE Razvan Lucescu saw Yiannis Konstantelias return to duty, as he had been sidelined with Piraeus due to a virus, while Andrija Zivkovic completed his cards and will serve his suspension in today’s match. Also, the Nasbergs, Tsingaras and Tzimas stayed in Thessaloniki.
In detail, the mission of PAOK: Kotarski, Z. Zivkovic, Talikhmanidis, Vieirinia, Sastre, Otto, Kenziora, Koulierakis, Michaelidis, Baba, Rafa Soares, Schwab, Meite, Ozdoev, Markos Antonio, Constantelias, Murg, Tyson, Despontov, Brandon and Samata.
On the other hand, Lamia is the outsider of the match, he is not chasing any goal in the playoffs, counting only defeats in these six games and wants to present a good image against PAOK. Leonidas Vokolos spoke about his future on the bench of the club in the previous days, stressing that Lamia is his priority, while adding that he has not spoken with any other team.
Possible lineups for the match:
Lamia (Leonidas Vokolos): Koselev – Vasilantonopoulos, Tzanetopoulos, Cornezo, Amaral – Zandari, Slivka – Nunies, Tsilouli, Ley – Maltsi.
PAOK (Razvan Lucescu): Kotarski – Sastre, Kenziora, Koulierakis, Baba – Ozdoev, Meite – Despodov, Constantelias, Tyson – Thomas.
Referee: Katsikogiannis
Assistants: Fotopoulos, Staikos
4th: Tsimenteridis
VAR: Zabalas, Meidanas
Source: Sport Fm
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