{"id":869314,"date":"2025-07-26T19:35:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T16:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/uncategorized-en\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T17:43:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T14:43:56","slug":"20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/","title":{"rendered":"Friendly win before return to Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Razvan Lucescu<\/strong> again tested various players and situations, gave increased playing time to some players, and drew his final conclusions before the start of competitive matches.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Dutch<\/strong> side started strong, pressing high, and creating chances, but it was <strong>PAOK<\/strong> who took the lead.<\/p>\n<p>In the ninth minute, <strong>Konstandelias<\/strong> stole possession in an advanced position, passed to <strong>Chalov<\/strong>, who in turn fed <strong>A. Zivkovic,<\/strong> and the <strong>Serb<\/strong> with a perfectly placed finish made it 1-0 to <strong>PAOK.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The home team found a response 10 minutes later from the penalty spot via <strong>Tseri<\/strong>, but again <strong>PAOK<\/strong> was more clinical in front of goal and ended the first half with a 2-1 lead.<\/p>\n<p>After another interception high up the pitch, <strong>Chalov<\/strong> combined with <strong>A. Zivkovic,<\/strong> creating an opening for <strong>Sastre<\/strong> on the right and he found <strong>Konstandelias<\/strong> who scored in the 48th minute, making sure <strong>PAOK <\/strong>went into the dressing rooms at half-time in good spirits with the lead.<\/p>\n<p>The second half started with <strong>Nijmegen<\/strong> equalizing in the 64th minute with a header by <strong>El Kahati<\/strong> after a corner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PAOK<\/strong> found balance after a series of substitutions though, and managed to take the lead again on 84 minutes.\u00a0<strong>Ivanusec<\/strong> controlled a pass from <strong>A. Zivkovic <\/strong>nicely, fired in a shot, and although <strong>Kretaj<\/strong> initially blocked it, the <strong>Croatian<\/strong> collected the ball on the rebound and picked out <strong>Ozdoev<\/strong> who provided the assist for <strong>Taison<\/strong> to score the winner and make the final score 3-2.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PAOK lineups:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PAOK (1st half): Pavlenka, Sastre, Kedziora, Michailides, Taylor, Kamara, Meite, Konstantelias, Pelkas, A.Zivkovic, Chalov.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(2nd half): Gugesashvili, Kenny, Kedziora (98&#8242; Bataoulas), Lovren, Baba, Kamara (98&#8242; Tsopuroglu), Ozdoev, Ivanusec, Taison, A.Zivkovic (91&#8242; Hatsidis), Chalov (78&#8242; Mythos).<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PAOK defeated Nijmegen 3-2 in their last friendly match in Holland before their return to Greece and the upcoming European qualifying tie with Wolfsberger.","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":869194,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1520,5,5548],"tags":[2543,2608,4088,5416,17260],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.5.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Friendly win before return to Greece - PAOKFC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Friendly win before return to Greece - PAOKFC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PAOK defeated Nijmegen 3-2 in their last friendly match in Holland before their return to Greece and the upcoming European qualifying tie with Wolfsberger.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PAOKFC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-26T16:35:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-27T14:43:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PAOK-B-Match-Report-Digital-Signage-4.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"470\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Giorgos Lianeris\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/#organization\",\"name\":\"PAOK FC\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/\",\"sameAs\":[],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PAOKfc_main_logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PAOKfc_main_logo.jpg\",\"width\":760,\"height\":510,\"caption\":\"PAOK FC\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/\",\"name\":\"PAOKFC\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PAOK-B-Match-Report-Digital-Signage-4.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PAOK-B-Match-Report-Digital-Signage-4.png\",\"width\":700,\"height\":470},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/\",\"name\":\"Friendly win before return to Greece - PAOKFC\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-26T16:35:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-27T14:43:56+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Friendly win before return to Greece\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/#webpage\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/#\/schema\/person\/a2abc082cd0999b6901f94da62f16a08\"},\"headline\":\"Friendly win before return to Greece\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-26T16:35:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-27T14:43:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/#webpage\"},\"wordCount\":285,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PAOK-B-Match-Report-Digital-Signage-4.png\",\"keywords\":[\"\u03c6\u03b9\u03bb\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\",\"\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03bb\u03c5\u03c3\u03b7 \u03b1\u03b3\u03c9\u03bd\u03b1\",\"\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1\u03bd\u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\",\"\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03b5\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03bc\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1\",\"\u03bd\u03b1\u03ca\u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03ba\u03b5\u03bd\"],\"articleSection\":[\"First Team\",\"News\",\"Pre Season\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/#\/schema\/person\/a2abc082cd0999b6901f94da62f16a08\",\"name\":\"Giorgos Lianeris\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d3c4898bca52bd76fb4c8f91f583e140?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d3c4898bca52bd76fb4c8f91f583e140?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Giorgos Lianeris\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/paokfc.gr\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/author\/giorgos-lianeris\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Friendly win before return to Greece - PAOKFC","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Friendly win before return to Greece - PAOKFC","og_description":"PAOK defeated Nijmegen 3-2 in their last friendly match in Holland before their return to Greece and the upcoming European qualifying tie with Wolfsberger.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/","og_site_name":"PAOKFC","article_published_time":"2025-07-26T16:35:48+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-27T14:43:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":700,"height":470,"url":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PAOK-B-Match-Report-Digital-Signage-4.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Giorgos Lianeris","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/#organization","name":"PAOK FC","url":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/","sameAs":[],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/#logo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PAOKfc_main_logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PAOKfc_main_logo.jpg","width":760,"height":510,"caption":"PAOK FC"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/#logo"}},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/","name":"PAOKFC","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PAOK-B-Match-Report-Digital-Signage-4.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PAOK-B-Match-Report-Digital-Signage-4.png","width":700,"height":470},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/","name":"Friendly win before return to Greece - PAOKFC","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2025-07-26T16:35:48+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-27T14:43:56+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Friendly win before return to Greece"}]},{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/#webpage"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/#\/schema\/person\/a2abc082cd0999b6901f94da62f16a08"},"headline":"Friendly win before return to Greece","datePublished":"2025-07-26T16:35:48+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-27T14:43:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/#webpage"},"wordCount":285,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250726-filiki-niki-prin-tin-epistrofi\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PAOK-B-Match-Report-Digital-Signage-4.png","keywords":["\u03c6\u03b9\u03bb\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf","\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03bb\u03c5\u03c3\u03b7 \u03b1\u03b3\u03c9\u03bd\u03b1","\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1\u03bd\u03b4\u03b9\u03b1","\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03b5\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03bc\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1","\u03bd\u03b1\u03ca\u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03ba\u03b5\u03bd"],"articleSection":["First Team","News","Pre Season"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/#\/schema\/person\/a2abc082cd0999b6901f94da62f16a08","name":"Giorgos Lianeris","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d3c4898bca52bd76fb4c8f91f583e140?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d3c4898bca52bd76fb4c8f91f583e140?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Giorgos Lianeris"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/paokfc.gr"],"url":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/author\/giorgos-lianeris\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869314"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869314"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":869316,"href":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869314\/revisions\/869316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}