{"id":758324,"date":"2023-09-23T19:48:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T16:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/uncategorized-en\/20230923-fans-man-of-the-match-o-despodov\/"},"modified":"2023-09-24T13:22:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T10:22:00","slug":"20230923-fans-man-of-the-match-o-despodov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20230923-fans-man-of-the-match-o-despodov\/","title":{"rendered":"Despodov wins Fans\u2019 Man of the Match award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PAOK <\/strong>were outstanding in the second half against <strong>Helsinki<\/strong> at the <strong>Bolt Arena<\/strong>, overturning a 1-0 first-half deficit to win 3-2 to start their <strong>UEFA Europa Conference League<\/strong> group stage on the right foot.<\/p>\n<p>Among the top players was <strong>Kiril Despodov,<\/strong> who made a dream debut for the <strong>Double-headed Eagle<\/strong> in <strong>Europe.<\/strong> He provided the assist in the 55th minute for <strong>Koulierakis<\/strong> to make it 1-1, and then in the 81st minute he scored the breakthrough goal to pave the way for victory. The <strong>Bulgarian<\/strong> winger, in addition to the goal and the assist, had four attempts on goal and in general he was excellent throughout the match.<\/p>\n<p>In the <strong>Fans&#8217; Man of the Match<\/strong> poll, he collected <strong>61.39%<\/strong> of the votes to win the individual award, leaving <strong>Konstantinos Koulierakis<\/strong> in second place. 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