The Greek international goalkeeper followed a program of increased intensity, however he is not yet 100% ready and it was deemed preferable to keep him out of this tie. Facundo Pereyra complained of a sore groin muscle during the encounter at Trikala and sidelined from the match out of precaution.

Friday’s training session consisted of tactical drills, ball passing exercises and transition games. The 21 players selected by Vladan Ivić for the match are:

Brkić, Vellidis, Leovac, Μatos, Kitsiou, Pouggouras, Malezas, Varela, Crespo, Charisis, Cañas, Cimirot, Shakhov, Biseswar, Pelkas , Μystakidis, Αthanasiadis, Κoulouris, Campos, Τhiam, Rodrigues.

On Saturday, PAOK players are summoned for training at 14:00 in Toumba Stadium and afterwards they will travel to Athens.