PAOK-Malmo: The “Two-Headed Man of the North” is looking for the second step on the way to the big goal of the Champions League

PAOK is looking for the second step on the road to the big goal of qualifying for the main phase (League Phase) of this year’s Champions League!

The “Double Head of the North” will face off tonight (13/8, 20:30, Novasportfs Prime, News Bulletin 247, sport-fm.gr) against the champion of Sweden, Malmein Thessaloniki and at the stadium of Toumba, looking for the victory that will give him the coveted qualification to the next and final qualifying round of the top European inter-club competition!

In last week’s game, the Swedes came out strong at home and took the lead with Jansson’s header in the 28th, before Tyson equalized just before the end of the first half (42′). Malmo took the lead again in the 67th minute, with PAOK equalizing for the final 2-2 with a goal by Baba in the 75th minute, which shaped the result that leaves… wide open the case-qualification ahead of tonight’s crucial rematch.

THE Rasvan Lucescu cannot count on the services of the injured Spanish full-back, Yoni Ottowho will hardly have time to be ready for the premiere of his team in this year’s Stoiximan Super League, against Panserraikos (17/8, 20:00), while the… fugitive, Trost-Ekong.

“Malmo has experience in Europe, they have played many games in full stadiums, but for us it will be very important because our crowd will give us energy. In Sweden it was a tough game, any team could win and we got a very good result. We had an extra week to prepare and present a better face after the first three matches in Europe, where we had good results”the Romanian coach said, among other things, ahead of the match.

The mission of PAOK: Kotarski, Tsiftsis, Talikhmanidis, Vieirinia, Sastre, Kenziora, Koulierakis, Michaelidis, Baba, Thymianis, Tsigaras, Kamara, Schwab, Ozdoev, Murg, Constantelias, Tyson, A.Zivkovic, Despontov, Tissudali, Brandon, Chalov.

As for the Malmeis since yesterday (12/8) in Thessaloniki, having its big star available, Sebastian Nanassiwho was absent from her last game due to an infection that plagued him. Last Saturday (10/8), Malmö played for their country’s league, facing several difficulties but finally leaving with the double (1-0) at home to Halmstad, thanks to a goal from Pena in the 31st minute match.

Possible lineups:

PAOK (Lucescu): Kotarski – Sastre, Kenziora, Koulierakis, Baba – Ozdoev, Kamara – Zivkovic, Murg, Tyson – Brandon

Malmö (Rydstrom): Dahlin – Strieger Larsen, Jansson, Zatterstrom, Busaneho – Nanassi, Peña, Jonsen, Bolin – Thelin, Bothim

Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)

Assistants: Giovanni Baccini, Andrea Ziniarelli

Fourth: Giovanni Airoldi

VAR: Valerio Marini

AVAR: Francesco Meravilla