Operation: qualification
On those occasions when things don’t go the way you expect them to, you have two choices. You either dwell on what happened, or you take action to try and shape what will happen. PAOK has learned some important lessons from two consecutive bad results and everyone at the club is looking ahead to a new challenge.
And that challenge is the semi-finals of the Greek Cup against Olympiacos. The match represents an opportunity for the team to show its character and take the first step towards progressing to the final. On Tuesday (03.03) Abel Ferreira and his players worked on the tactical approach to the first leg clash which is expected to offer an entirely different proposition compared with the recent Super League derby match.
Dimitris Pelkas trained normally and is available for the match. Fernando Varela underwent an MRI scan on his injured right thigh, and it was confirmed that the muscle strain means he will be sidelined for up to three weeks.
Ferreira named the following 19-man squad:
Paschalakis, Papadopoulos, Matos, Rodrigo, Ingason, Mihaj, Giannoulis, Michailidis, Vieirinha , Esiti, Douglas, Mauricio, Misic, El Kaddouri, Pelkas , Biseswar, Lamprou, Limnios, Akpom, Swiderski.
