Back to Xanthi
After spending less than 48 hours in Thessaloniki for recuperation work in the renovated installations of Nea Mesimvria, PAOK players return to Thrace.
Saturday’s training session was actually the only one in-between the two games, allowing Vladan Ivić to focus on tactical work ahead of the league encounter against Xanthi.
The coach of PAOK will have Amr Warda at his disposal for the first time, while Djalma Campos returns to a squad list after recovering from his injury, presenting the Serbian tactician with yet another option.
On the injury front, José Alberto Cañas’s suffered a 1st-degree tear of the medial collateral ligament in his right knee. He is expected back to action in 2-3 weeks. Dimitris Pelkas completed his recovery program and will start training alongside his teammates on Monday.
The 19 players picked by Ivić for Sunday’s game are: Glykos, Brkić, Deligiannidis, Κitsiou, Malezas, Varela, Crespo, Leovac, Kaçe, Pouggouras, Shakhov, Charisis, Cimirot, Biseswar, Campos, Warda, Μystakidis, Prijović, Αthanasiadis.
