{"id":800465,"date":"2024-05-20T01:42:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T22:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/uncategorized-en\/20240520-kamaroste-ton\/"},"modified":"2024-05-20T12:29:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T09:29:33","slug":"20240520-kamaroste-ton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20240520-kamaroste-ton\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to be proud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PAOK<\/strong> masterfully played all their pieces on the chess board, right to the last moment. Attimes they fell and rose up again, bled and healed, defied difficulties that at times seemed insurmountable. Difficulties at a squad level, as well as management, competitiveness, mental and psychological difficulties, trying to keep the balance right on many fronts. <strong>Razvan Lucescu<\/strong> (perhaps producing the masterpiece of his coaching career), his team, his players, after non-stop and continuous matches, have every right to be drunk on an achievement that will be coveted for years. This is the fourth championship in the team&#8217;s history, and this is a season during which <strong>PAOK <\/strong>also reached the last eight of the <strong>UEFA Europa Conference League<\/strong>, this is a <strong>May<\/strong> of happiness.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Double-headed Eagle<\/strong> finished first in the regular season, with 60 points from 26 matches, with the best attack (66 goals) and the best defense (21 goals). They collected the most points in the <strong>Play Offs<\/strong> (20 points from 10 games), recorded the most productive attack, even scoring from all areas (87 the total final number of goals), maintained the best defence (34 goals), and the best goal difference.<\/p>\n<p>The stakes could not have been higher for a <strong>Thessaloniki <\/strong>derby match on <strong>Sunday<\/strong>. <strong>PAOK<\/strong> though remained focused, mentally strong, defied everything they had to do and did everything they were called upon to do. Amind a contrast of emotions literally on opposite ends of the scale.<\/p>\n<p>The first 25 minutes passed with widespread nervousness and possession shared equally, obviously though also with some intense duels, in one of which, before the first minute was even completed, <strong>Michailidis<\/strong> received a yellow card. In the 30th minute, however, from a ball that became contested in the central midfield area, <strong>Andrija \u017divkovic<\/strong> stole possession, sent a through-ball to <strong>Brandon<\/strong> and the forward put it past <strong>Cuesta<\/strong> to make it 1-0 to the visitors. In the 36th minute, <strong>Michailidis<\/strong> received a blow in the penalty area, but the referee waved play on, then in the 41st minute, <strong>Kotarski<\/strong> reacted well to <strong>Saverio&#8217;s<\/strong> shot. Then, somewhere in stoppage time at the end of the first half, <strong>Suleimanov<\/strong> almost scored from close range.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aris<\/strong> started the second half with increased intensity and in the 47th minute <strong>Moron&#8217;s<\/strong> volley levelled matters. At the half-time break, <strong>PAOK<\/strong> were in the position of champions, then in the 48th minute suddenly they were not. But, in the 62nd minute they regained the lead. <strong>Konstantelias<\/strong> feinted left, then passed to <strong>Brandon<\/strong>, who released the onrushing <strong>Taison<\/strong>. Without hesitation the <strong>Brazilian <\/strong>put the ball in the back of the net. Goal! The visitors again moved on to 80 points! In the 65th minute, <strong>Lucescu<\/strong> brought on <strong>Samatta<\/strong> in place of <strong>Brandon<\/strong> and <strong>Despodov<\/strong> in place of <strong>Taison<\/strong>. <strong>Despodov<\/strong> could have scored a third goal for <strong>PAOK<\/strong> in the 67th minute when he was unable to control <strong>Zivkovic&#8217;s<\/strong> dangerous cross from a good position. Then, afterwards <strong>PAOK<\/strong> struggled to keep the ball, but <strong>Kotarski<\/strong> was reacting well when he was needed. However, unfortunately <strong>Michailidis<\/strong> was penalized with a second yellow card in the 78th minute, leaving the team to continue with ten players. There was immediate movement from the bench, with <strong>Nasberg<\/strong> replacing <strong>Konstantelias<\/strong>. How many more minutes? Five minutes of added time! Ten players on the pitch in black and white jerseys. Eleven with yellows. Then came the final whistle! <strong>PAOK<\/strong> are the champions of <strong>Greece<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The celebrations kicked off around the <strong>Toumba <\/strong>area, at the <strong>White Tower<\/strong>, in the center of <strong>Thessaloniki<\/strong>, and everywhere, where this well-deserved conquest was recognized!<\/p>\n<p>Team lineups:<\/p>\n<p>Aris: Cuesta, Odubajo, Montoya (Ferrari 85&#8242;), Brabec, Fabiano, Joules Jean (Ansarifard 85&#8242;), Darida, Suleymanov (Fetfatzidis 85&#8242;), Verstraete (Garcia 65&#8242;), Saverio (Zamora 71&#8242;), Moron.<\/p>\n<p>PAOK: Kotarski, Sastre, Kedziora, Michailidis, Baba, Schwab, Meite, Konstantelias (Nasberg 80&#8242;), Taison (Despodov 64&#8242;), A.Zivkovic, Brandon (Samatta 64&#8242;).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If the supreme joy lies in the difficulty of the undertaking, PAOK has 1926 and more reasons to be proud of the conquest of the most demanding, exciting and &#8220;magical&#8221; league title win. 1, 2&#8230;.4! 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