{"id":468449,"date":"2018-09-20T22:28:05","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T19:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/uncategorized-en\/20180920-epese-maxomenos\/"},"modified":"2018-09-21T08:23:01","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T05:23:01","slug":"20180920-epese-maxomenos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20180920-epese-maxomenos\/","title":{"rendered":"PAOK went down fighting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>R\u0103zvan Lucescu<\/strong> chose to start <strong>Pontus Wernbloom<\/strong> and <strong>Alin To\u0219ca<\/strong>, who made his debut for the \u201cDouble-Headed Eagle\u201d and he also fielded <strong>Dimitris Pelkas<\/strong> as a false nine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maurizio Sarri<\/strong> presented the best possible XI of the players he had at his disposal and his team took the reins of the encounter right from kick off.<\/p>\n<p>It took them just seven minutes to score the opener. Willian came one-on-one with <strong>Alexandros Paschalakis<\/strong> and beat him to make it 0-1 for the English side.<\/p>\n<p>PAOK tried to react through a <strong>Fernando Varela<\/strong> header that went wide. The rest of the first half was one-way traffic, as the London outfit brought out on the pitch their undeniable quality and wasted many opportunities \u2013mainly through Morata- for a larger scoreline.<\/p>\n<p>In the last minute before the interval though, Spanish referee Mallenco waved \u201cplay\u201d to PAOK players\u2019 legitimate appeals for a spot kick, when <strong>Maur\u00edcio<\/strong> was brought down by Barkley.<\/p>\n<p>The complexion of the tie didn\u2019t change when the two sides returned from their half-time rest. The Blues enjoyed possession and created dangerous situations, but Paschalakis put on some excellent saves to keep them at bay.<\/p>\n<p>Lucescu brought in <strong>Amr Warda<\/strong>, <strong>Aleksandar Prijovi\u0107<\/strong> and <strong>Diego Biseswar<\/strong> for the last stretch of the encounter, boosting his attack. However Kepa was alert and denied Prijovi\u0107 and Biseswar to safeguard Chelsea\u2019s 1-0 victory.<\/p>\n<p>PAOK started their UEFA Europa League campaign with a loss to overwhelming favourites Chelsea, but they will profit from the experience of facing such a quality rival.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, BATE Borisov won 2-0 in Vidi\u2019s home ground and will play host to PAOK in a fortnight, in a encounter that could prove crucial for qualification. <\/p>\n<p>Line-ups:<\/p>\n<p><strong>P\u0391\u039f\u039a<\/strong>: <strong>Paschalakis<\/strong>, <strong>Vieirinha<\/strong>, <strong>Varela<\/strong>, <strong>Khacheridi<\/strong>, <strong>To\u0219ca<\/strong>, <strong>Wernbloom<\/strong>, <strong>Maur\u00edcio<\/strong>, <strong>Shakhov<\/strong> (69&#8242; <strong>Prijovi\u0107<\/strong>), <strong> Jab\u00e1 <\/strong> (82&#8242; <strong>Biseswar<\/strong>), <strong>Pelkas<\/strong> (62&#8242; <strong>Warda<\/strong>), <strong>El Kaddouri<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chelsea<\/strong>: Kepa, Zappacosta, R\u00fcdiger, Christensen, Marcos Alonso (66\u2019 Azpilicueta), Jorginho (65\u2019 F\u00e0bregas), Kant\u00e9, Barkley, Pedro, Willian, Morata (80\u2019 Giroud).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PAOK faced an excellent team boasting world-class players. 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