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At the same time, PAOK, who fielded an emergency line-up, were trying to find their footing and failed to combine successfully and become creative upfront.<\/p>\n<p>During half-time, <strong>Igor Tudor<\/strong> shuffled his pack and introduced <strong>Ergys Kace<\/strong> and <strong>Eyal Golasa<\/strong> in the place of <strong>Stefanos Athanasiadis<\/strong> (complained of hamstring pains) and <strong>Alexandros Tziolis<\/strong>, in order to pressure more in the midfield \u2013and it proved a successful move.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Panionios going close just after the interval with a shot by Ansarifard blocked by Vellidis, PAOK gained the reins of the encounter, closed all spaces and wasted several chances for a winner \u2013 a header by <strong>Dimitris Pelkas<\/strong> and shots by <strong>R\u00f3bert Mak<\/strong> and <strong>Giannis Skondras<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In the dying minutes of the encounter, the \u201cDouble-Headed Eagle\u201d kept possession of the ball to safeguard their qualification. 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