Still four-and-a-half hours…
PAOK were efficient, their errors in Nea Smyrni didn’t prove costly and they are continuing their effort to win the play-offs. As Vladan Ivić accurately said, there are still four-and-a-half hours left for the marathon to be over.
Fatigue is obvious and normal, as PAOK must negotiate three encounters in a span of six days. Those who started the encounter against Panionios did decompression work split into two groups, with jogging on the pitch and drills in the gym.
The rest trained for an hour and their session consisted of passing drills, transition games and finishing practice after combinations.
There are three problems for PAOK head coach after the Nea Smyrni mtach. Dimitris Pelkas and Giannis Charisis were shown their fourth caution and will miss one of the three remaining games. Charisis will be sidelined for the home encounter against Panionios and Pelkas won’t travel to Athens for the AEK game. Giannis Mystakidis sustained a left calf injury. He will have an MRI for an accurate assessment of his condition.
Wednesday’s training session will start at 18:00 in Toumba Stadium.
