Thursday’s session was held under constant rain and consisted of warm-up with jogging, obstacle courses and ball drills. Afterwards, the players were treated to a possession game and, in the end, they played a training match on half pitch with two goalkeepers.

Fernando Varela and Achilleas Pouggouras were missing from the session, as their respective flights were delayed. Léo Matos also wasn’t in Nea Mesimvria because of a leave of absence.

Omar El Kaddouri followed a special high-intensity program on his way to reintegrating the group after his injury. Panagiotis Glykos, also on the final stage of his recovery program, trained on his own on the pitch.

On Friday 29 December, the pace increases for PAOK players. There are two training sessions scheduled (10:30 and 17:30) in PAOK FC Sports Centre in Nea Mesimvria.