He “unlocked” Volos in the second half and PAOK is not shaking it from the top

Beat Volos with three goals in the second half and PAOK remains at the top!

With spirits high after his big double in France against Lille and previous derby wins against Olympiakos and AEK, the ‘Two-Headed of the North’ was chatty in the first half of their home clash with Volos, but was clearly more effective in the second when he found three goals with Giakoumaki and Ozdoev (x2) to get the win with 3-0!

So Lucescu’s side, who saw Lovren, Sastre and Taylor leave the game with injuries, celebrated their sixth win of the season to stay top of the table, while Volos suffered their fourth defeat, seeing their two-match winning streak come to an end.

Now, PAOK turns its attention to its home match against AEL Novibet (29/10) for the Cup, while for the next matchday it will be tested at the home of Panserraikos. On the other hand, Volos will play Olympiakos in the “Georgios Karaiskakis” for the Cup midweek, before hosting Panathinaikos for the championship.

In the minds of the coaches:

With his classic 4-2-3-1, he lined up PAOK Lucescunot having Kamara, Kenziora and leaving Constantia, Zivkovic and Baba on the bench, making 7 changes compared to the midweek game against Lille. Tsiftsis started again under the posts, with Sastre, Michaelidis, Lovren and Taylor four in front of him. Ozdoev and Meite were the duo on the axis, with Despontov and Tyson at wing and Ivanushets at ten, moving behind Giakoumakis.

On the other hand, Mr Ferrado he chose 5-3-2, without having Karga, Koba, Martines, Asechnoun and Tsokani in his squad. Siabanis started as a goalkeeper, Hermanson, Mygas, Triantafillou a trio of stoppers and Soria, Fortuna on the wings. Bouzoukis, Dzoka started on the axis, with Huanpi in front of them and with Lambru, Hamulic duo of strikers.

The match:

The match started with PAOK having possession of the ball and the initiative of the movements, while Volos entered carefully and defensively in their own half of the field. In the 6th Despodov found space from the right, but his cross was too strong, while later in the phase, Sastre made the drifting turn, with Siambani to block with double his effort. The first big chance of the match came in the 9th minute, when Despontov executed a corner at the far post and after a header-pass by Lovren, Giakoumakis sent the ball just wide.

In the 11th Ozdoev he tried, without success, to threaten with a long shot, while PAOK tried to find ways to “unlock” the multi-faceted and properly organized defense of the visitors, who did not threaten. At 23′ and after a heel of his Ivanusecho Tyson he threatened Siabani with a shot, but it was ruled offside, while the 29th minute, in which Giakoumakis sent the ball onto the post with his header, was also ruled out.

The game was going at a slow pace and with the defense of Volos having the answers to the attempts of the home team, who had… chatty possession and presented a problem in creation. In the 34th Hamulic ran the counterattack, but did not make a correct turn for Lambru, while in the 37th minute, a header by Lovren after a corner, went high out.

In the 40′ o Despodov he made the swerving turn, but the infallible one Hermanson he was again in the right spot to clear, while the home team failed to capitalize on even the consecutive static phases they had around the Ciabani goal in the final minutes of the first half, which ended goalless and will be forgotten very quickly.

The second half began with the guests strongly protesting for a penalty in Sastre’s hold on Lambros, while in the development of the phase and after a foul committed at the limits of the large area of ​​Volos, the Despodov also performed Giakoumakis with a beautiful shot on the move, he opened the scoring for PAOK!

Lucescu’s team continued to have the first say, with a shot by Sastre against Triantafyllos and resulting in a corner, in the 54th minute, while in the 59th minute he came on as a substitute Konstanteliasalong with Voliakos who replaced Lovren, who left in discomfort.

In the 64th minute, Voliakos made a wrong pass, o Lambrou stole and made the turn, but o Hamulic he was not able to control, being in a very advantageous position and… face to face with the goal, while in the 68th minute Sastre also felt discomfort, giving his place to Kenny. In the 71st minute, Lambrou executed a beautiful free kick with a cross, but there was no chance for Volos, while in the 73rd minute, it was 2-0, when after a nice swerving turn of his TaylorGiakoumakis drew the defenders on him and the unmarked Ozdoev hit the spot!

In fact, with the anxiety having disappeared, PAOK found a third goal in the 80′, with Giakoumaki to protect the ball nicely with his body and with the oncoming player Ozdoev to beat Siabani for the second time, “writing” the score 3-0. Procedural character in the last minutes, with the “Two-Headed of the North” getting the three points thanks to which he remains alone at the top of the league!

MVP: THE Ozdoev he returned to the PAOK lineup and was dominant in the center area, and not only that! Steady throughout the match, he scored both goals with which he “locked” the three points for his team.

The whistle: THE Vergetis heard the strong complaints of the guests about the phase that preceded PAOK’s first goal, when he did not give a penalty for pulling Sastre on Lambros. Papapetrou’s VAR didn’t even invite him to review the phase, even though it appeared that the home defender pulled the Volos striker over. Protests from Volos also for the foul from which Giakoumakis’ goal came in the 49th minute.

Team compositions:

PAOK (Lucescu): Tsiftsis – Sastre (69′ Kenny), Lovren (59′ Voliakos), Michaelidis, Taylor (78′ Baba) – Meite, Ozdoev – Despodov (69′ Zivkovic), Ivanousets (59′ Constantelias), Tyson – Iakoumakis

Volos (Ferrando, 5-3-2): Siabanis – Soria, Hermanson, Mygas, Triantafillou (75′ Pintsi), Fortuna – Bouzoukis (60′ Grosdis), Tzoka (86′ Tharthana) – Huanpi (86′ Pruntzos), – Lambrou, Hamulic (75′ Makni)

Referee: Vergetis

Assistants: Fotopoulos, Staikos

4th: Hood

VAR: Papapetrou

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