PAOK secured their place in the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League, where they will face Malmo, and still dream of being able to compete in the group stage of the golden competition for the first time in their history. In the rematch of the 2nd qualifying round, the Greek champions “paired” their victories by beating Borats Banja Luka 1-0 away from home and advanced to the next stage with a total score of 4-2.
Beam and goal
In the first important moment of the match, Dikephalos had a crossbar. Schwab took a corner from the right, Koulierakis evaded his opponents, made the projection and the ball hit the crossbar. The international defender scored two goals in the Toumba match.
The score opened in the 25th minute. Excellent cooperation of the PAOK players with Tyson finding Ozdoev, he turned directly to Murg who was on the edge of the area and beat the opposing goalkeeper with a spot kick for 0-1!
In the 27th minute, the Greek team came close to one more goal. Ozdoev shot powerfully with Sisovsky making an impressive save.
PAOK was looking for the second goal and in the 36th minute missed another opportunity with Murg.
The setting of the match was the same in the second half with the guests pressing. In the 49th minute, Sisovski saved Tyson’s shot, while in the 68th minute there was a temporary stoppage because a firecracker fell inside the field of play.
In 87′ Konstantelias entered the area, shot, without making it difficult for the opposing goalkeeper.
The Dutch Sander van de Eyck showed a yellow card to Lukic, Herrera, Kulasin, Meijers, Karolina, Schwab.
Borats: Sisovski, Kvrzic (68′ Cavic), Meijers, Karolina, Herrera, Grachovac, Skorup (57′ Branies), Kulasin, Savic (57′ Hrelia), Vukovic, Lukic (79′ Marchetic).
PAOK: Kotarski, Otto, Trost-Ekong, Koulierakis, Baba, Ozdoev, Schwab (81′ Vieyrinia), Despodov (62′ Zivkovic), Murg (71′ Kamara), Tyson (62′ Constantelias), Thomas (71′ Samata).
**Since PAOK passed the Borats hurdle and qualified for the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League, check the League Stage of any competition, even if it has two eliminations.
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