{"id":796712,"date":"2024-04-19T01:43:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T22:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/uncategorized-en\/20240418-itane-ena-yperoxo-taksidi\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T10:36:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T07:36:57","slug":"20240418-itane-ena-yperoxo-taksidi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20240418-itane-ena-yperoxo-taksidi\/","title":{"rendered":"It was a wonderful journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Double-headed Eagle<\/strong> players believed they could overturning the 1-0 deficit from the first leg. Just as much as the club&#8217;s exemplary supporters did. However, the case of qualifying against the <strong>Belgians<\/strong> seemed to be more in hope as the first half played out.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the initial momentum generated by <strong>PAOK<\/strong>, the visitors quickly leveled the game, even coming out and looking more threatening on more than three occasions, as their counter-attacking speed caused problems. And in one such forward burst, in the 33rd minute, they found a way to open the scoring through <strong>Jutgla<\/strong>, who netted after <strong>Sabbe&#8217;s<\/strong> cross. They could have doubled their advantage sooner if <strong>Kotarski<\/strong> did not intervene and make a great save in the 41st minute. Unfortunately for <strong>PAOK<\/strong>, however, at the end of the first half, a <strong>VAR<\/strong> review ruled that <strong>Club Brugge&#8217;s <\/strong>second goal should stand, with <strong>Jutgla<\/strong> again the man target, ramming home from close range. That goal came for the <strong>Belgians <\/strong>right after a promoting attack for <strong>PAOK<\/strong> via <strong>Tasion, <\/strong>making it even harder to take.<\/p>\n<p>With two changes at half-time (<strong>Zivkovic<\/strong> for <strong>Murg<\/strong> and <strong>Samatta<\/strong> for <strong>Brandon<\/strong>) the home side looked to push for goals. In the 51st minute, they came close to one via <strong>Despodov<\/strong>, but he failed to connect as well as he would have liked with <strong>Taison&#8217;s<\/strong> cross. Also, <strong>PAOK<\/strong> were close to winning a penalty in the 61st minute when <strong>Despodov<\/strong> fell under a challenge from a <strong>Brugge<\/strong> defender. However, again <strong>VAR<\/strong> was not in the hosts&#8217; favor and showed that actually <strong>Despodov<\/strong> had been offside when he received the ball. <strong>Meite<\/strong> was also replaced by <strong>Ozdoev<\/strong> in the 55th minute.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lucescu<\/strong> then also threw <strong>Konstantelias<\/strong> into the game in the 71st minute, in place of <strong>Despodov<\/strong>, and although <strong>PAOK<\/strong> moved the ball around well and largely had the initiative of the attacking phases, they did not become particularly threatening against a well-dilled <strong>Brugge<\/strong> defense. In the 68th minute they edged closer to a goal with a <strong>Schwab<\/strong> header, as well as the <strong>Austria&#8217;s<\/strong> shot in the 82nd minute, and even again in the 85th minute when <strong>Schwab <\/strong>was denied by the visiting goalkeeper. But a goal woiuld not come, and the home side had to accept defeat, but they also received a positive applause from the fans for the <strong>European<\/strong> adeventure, with domestic matters and the title race very much on.<\/p>\n<p>Team lineups:<\/p>\n<p><strong>PAOK: Kotarski, Otto, Kedziora, Koulierakis, Baba, Meite (Ozdoev 56&#8242;), Schwab, Despodov (Konstantelias 71&#8242;), Murg (A.Zivkovic 46&#8242;), Taison, Brandon (Samatta 46&#8242;).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Club Brugge: Jackers, Sabbe, Ordonez, Balanta, Skoras, Meijer, Vetlesen (Zinkernagel 84&#8242;), Vanaken, Onyendika, Nusa (Ontoi 76&#8242;), Jutgla.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s difficult to measure desire, faith, and willingness. The dedication. Taison&#8217;s tears. A grateful Toumba crowd. PAOK were defeated 2-0 by Club Brugge and were eliminated from the UEFA Europa Conference League. 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