{"id":659182,"date":"2021-11-05T21:16:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T19:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/uncategorized-en\/20211105-the-hard-way\/"},"modified":"2021-11-06T12:03:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T10:03:06","slug":"20211105-the-hard-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20211105-the-hard-way\/","title":{"rendered":"The hard way\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The combination of these two facts creates a justified irritation and frustration among the <strong>PAOK<\/strong> camp which must be channeled into something positive on the pitch in order for the team to produce the necessary reaction in <strong>Sunday&#8217;s<\/strong> (07.11) derby against <strong>Panathinaikos<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A few hours after the defeat by <strong>Copenhagen<\/strong> and with the players still questioning themselves about how they actually losrt the game, <strong>Razvan Lucescu<\/strong> and his players were back in <strong>Nea Mesimvria<\/strong> in order to start their preparations for the trip to &laquo;<strong>Leoforos&raquo; <\/strong>in<strong> Athens<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Those who featured in the starting XI against <strong>Copenhagen<\/strong> followed a special wind-down training program. 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