Eight days after the defeat by Galatasaray in Istanbul, the PAOK confronts her Steaua Bucharest on 22:00 (Cosmote Sport 4 & News Bulletin 247) in the context of the 2nd game of the league phase of the Europa League.
The Thessalonians are looking for their first European victory in this phase of the institution, in order to move away from the last positions of the standings and also to get a psychological boost after the defeat by Aris.
The Romanians are coming off a 5-2-0 record in all competitions, entering the Europa League with a commanding 4-1 home win against RFS.
It is recalled that on the bench of Steaua is the former football player of Dicephalos of the North, Ilias Charalambouswho yesterday declared himself excited about his return to Thessaloniki – with the club’s owner, Gitzi Bekali, following the mission.
In racing, o Razvan Lucescu he does not count Koley, Tomas and Tsiftsi, while on the other hand the Romanians have come to Greece without the central defender Engezana.
The possible lineups
PAOK (R. Lucescu): Kotarski, Yoni, Kenziora, Michaelidis, Baba, Kamara, Ozdoev, Zivkovic, Constantelias, Despodov, Chalov
Steaua V. (H. Charalambous): Tarnovanu, Popescu, Daua, Kirikes, Radunovic, Lixandrou, Enjuma, Balousa, Olaru, Tanase, Birligea
Referee: Stegemann (Germany)
Assistants: Achmiller, Guins (Germany)
4th: Petersen (Germany)
VAR: Miller, Rafalski (Germany)
Source: Sport Fm
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