Our next opponents Aris, who are also coming into this match on the back of a cup exit, will be giving their all to provide their fans with a response. At the Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium, PAOK must get a victory to boost the team’s psychology as much as claim the points, since the club are in need of a good result which will set the Dikefalos tou Vorra for a strong finish as well as overcome recent disappointments.

Dimitris Pelkas and Andre Vieirinha have not managed to overcome their injury problems and are not available for selection on for Sunday’s (28.06) match. Omar El Kaddouri is also out of contention due to suspension, while Leo Jaba, Jose Crespo, Douglas Augusto, and Josip Misic are all injured.

As always, the final training session featured a heavy emphasis on tactics and set-pieces, while at the end Abel Ferreira announced his 19-man squad, which is as follows:

Paschalakis, Zivkovic, Matos, Rodrigo, Varela, Ingason, Mihaj, Michailidis, Giannoulis, Esiti, Mauricio, Tsiggaras, Biseswar, Lamprou, Limnios, Stoch, Swiderski, Akpom, Tziolis.