{"id":798043,"date":"2024-04-28T23:14:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T20:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/uncategorized-en\/20240428-antidrasi-nootropia-niki-kai-maxi-mexri-telous\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T09:33:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T06:33:15","slug":"20240428-antidrasi-nootropia-niki-kai-maxi-mexri-telous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20240428-antidrasi-nootropia-niki-kai-maxi-mexri-telous\/","title":{"rendered":"Reaction, winning mentality and a fight to the finish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a &laquo;final&raquo; and both teams knew it. With this mentality they entered the pitch and played out an excellent game, which saw <strong>PAOK<\/strong> emerge as the winner.<\/p>\n<p>The two teams lined up on the <strong>Toumba<\/strong> pitch to play another derby in this year&#8217;s <strong>Play Offs<\/strong> and traded blows in an entertaining first half.<\/p>\n<p>The start was an ideal one for the hosts. In the third minute, <strong>Baba<\/strong> crossed from the left and <strong>Konstantelias<\/strong> made it 1-0 with a shot on the move and put <strong>PAOK<\/strong> in the lead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AEK&#8217;s<\/strong> response was immediate, however. In the 10th minute, <strong>Pineda<\/strong> cut in from the left and evaded the black and white defense before firing in a hot off the post.<\/p>\n<p>After their leveller, the visitors took the initiative and pressed the pitch better and created some good chances, with <strong>Kotarski<\/strong> having the answer to <strong>Pineda&#8217;s<\/strong> placed effort in the 19th minute and <strong>Ara\u00fajo&#8217;s<\/strong> shot from inside the area in the 32nd minute.<\/p>\n<p>From then on, <strong>PAOK<\/strong> took the initiative and threatened in the 37th minute with <strong>Koulierakis<\/strong>&#8216; header finding <strong>Athanasiadis<\/strong> and then the crossbar. In the 39th minute, <strong>Schwab<\/strong> failed to score with a header from <strong>A.Zivkovic&#8217;s<\/strong> cross, with <strong>Athanasiadis<\/strong> clearing the ball for a corner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Razvan Lucescu<\/strong> made his first move at the start of the second half, bringing on <strong>Sastre<\/strong> for <strong>Otto<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PAOK<\/strong> dominated the second half, with <strong>AEK<\/strong> sitting back to try and defend. In the 67th minute, <strong>Konstantelias<\/strong> saw <strong>Athanasiadis<\/strong> make an impressive save from a volley he attempted. In their first attacking phase of the second half, <strong>AEK<\/strong> then took the lead with <strong>Vida&#8217;s<\/strong> header, after a save by <strong>Kotarski,<\/strong> in the 75th minute.<\/p>\n<p>And when everything seemed lost, the home players found the strength, the will, the faith and achieved a huge comeback win.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Konstantelias<\/strong> was the player who sparked the revival, when in the 81st minute with a powerful shot after an assist with a header by <strong>Samatta<\/strong>, he made it 2-2 and gave the team the impetus.<\/p>\n<p>In the 90th minute came the breakthrough goal. <strong>Sastre<\/strong>, who just before had asked to be substituted, saw the ball come to him and with a powerful volley he made it 3-2 and gave <strong>PAOK<\/strong> three valuable points.<\/p>\n<p>Team lineups:<\/p>\n<p><strong>PAOK: Kotarski, Baba, Koulierakis, Kedziora, Otto (Sastre 46&#8242;), Meite, Schwab (Ozdoev 78&#8242;), Taison (Vieirinha 90+3&#8242;), Konstantelias, A.Zivkovic (Despodov 78&#8242;), Brandon (Samatta 70&#8242;)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>AEK: Athanasiadis, Hajisafi, Vida, Callens, Rota (Zuber 78&#8242;), Syzmanski, Jonsson, Pineda, Eliasson (Amrabat 65&#8242;), Araujo (Gacinovic 65&#8242;), Ponce (Levi 78&#8242;)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sometimes we go a bit over the top, but please forgive us. For yet another game, PAOK found themselves on the ropes, but never stopped believing and were vindicated. 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