PAOK recorded an important 1-0 victory over QPR in \u201cLoftus Road\u201d, twelve days before their season kicks off officially.<\/p>\n
Apart from the result, the performance of Angelos Anastasiadis\u2019<\/strong> troops can be labeled as very encouraging. This time round, PAOK head coach didn\u2019t make massive substitutions early and opted for determined line-up and tactics.<\/p>\n PAOK pressured high up the pitch and claimed control of the encounter right from the start. They succeeded in that even after the substitutions, evidencing that the players have adapted nicely to their coach\u2019s mentality and football philosophy.<\/p>\n Meanwhile they weren\u2019t really threatened at the back. The most clear-cut chances to score were created after the interval, with Stefanos Athanasiadis<\/strong> on two occasions \u2013 at the second time of asking, the Greek international forward was denied by the post. But \u2018Klaus\u2019 was determined for the ball to go in, therefore he switched to creator. Following an accurate pass by Kyriakos Savvidis<\/strong>, he teed up beautifully Facundo Pereyra<\/strong> in the box. The latter crossed the ball and Clint Hill<\/strong> only succeeded in diverting it past his own keeper, while trying to prevent R\u00f3bert Mak<\/strong> from scoring.<\/p>\n Despite Charlie Austin\u00b4s<\/strong> big chance for an equalizer at stoppage time, PAOK held on to their 1-0 victory, sending out positive vibes ahead of their official engagements later this month. As for Harry Redknapp<\/strong> he suffered his second loss to PAOK in London, following the 1-2 defeat in \u201cWhite Hart Lane\u201d in November 2011 when he was in charge of Tottenham Hotspur.<\/p>\n Unfortunately this pleasant outing to London was overshadowed by Dimitris Konstantinidis\u2019<\/strong> knee injury. The Katerini full back will be submitted to further medical tests upon the expedition\u2019s return to Thessaloniki.<\/p>\n QPR<\/strong>: Green, Simpson (67′ Henry), Caulker, Ferdinand (57′ Hill), Barton, Austin, Wright-Phillips, Mutch, Faurl\u00edn (67′ Phillips), Dunne, Hoilett (57′ Zamora)<\/p>\n P\u0391\u039f\u039a<\/strong>: Glykos (71′ Giakoumis), Tzavellas (46′ Skondras), V\u00edtor (46\u00b4 Katsikas), Ra\u021b (66′ Spyropoulos), Kitsiou (46′ Konstantinidis, 58′ Tziolis), Kace, Maduro (71′ Tzandaris), Golasa (66′ Savvidis), Mak (71′ Pozatzidis), Salpingidis (66′ Pereyra), Athanasiadis (71′ Koulouris)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PAOK recorded an important 1-0 victory over QPR in \u201cLoftus Road\u201d, twelve days before their season kicks off officially. Apart from the result, the performance of Angelos Anastasiadis\u2019 troops can be labeled as very encouraging. This time round, PAOK head coach didn\u2019t make massive substitutions early and opted for determined …","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":149591,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1520,5,179,181,195],"tags":[2543,5416],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n