The \u201cDouble-Headed Eagle\u201d faced Panionios in the quarter-finals and the tie was decided by an inspired Giorgos Koudas\u2019 long range shot.<\/p>\n
The press were severe on the team, despite their victory. Here is one clipping for example:<\/p>\n
\u201cPAOK eliminated Panionios and that is important. Their performance however left much to be desired and the attending fans were disappointed by yet another bad performance of the team<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThere was the extenuating factor of Sarafis\u2019s absence \u2013 whenever he has been absent, the team suffered for it. But that is just an excuse, as there was a general collapse, errors came from all sides, on the pitch and on the bench. PAOK were lazy and incoherent and their players lacked their usual liveliness<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2026Fortunately for them, Koudas had a moment of brilliance, creating and netting the only goal of the encounter after 61 minutes blasting a shot from long range<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cChristodoulou made a series of fine saves to keep a clean sheet. Panionios were also mediocre in attack, Dedes being the only one to stand out. Christodoulou, Makris, Fountoukidis and Kontogiorgos were the best of PAOK, while Dedes and Papasikas had a solid display for Panionios<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n P\u0391\u039f\u039a: Christodoulou, \u039cakris, Papachristoudis, Fountoukidis, Theofanidis, Mouratidis, Paridis, Terzanidis, Koudas, Kontogiorgos (75′ Giakoumis), \u0391fentoulidis (60′ Laridis)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Without hitting top speed \u2013it was mid-June after all-, PAOK prevailed 1-0 over Panionios thanks to a brilliant shot by Giorgos Koudas and made it to the Greek Sup semi-finals","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":197590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,4289],"tags":[1557,2376,4236,4309,4361,4434,4435,4508,4509,4575,5229,5230,5231,5232],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n