{"id":886686,"date":"2025-11-23T22:17:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T20:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/uncategorized-en\/20251123-epistrofi-sti-drasi-kai-stis-nikes\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T22:49:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T20:49:44","slug":"20251123-epistrofi-sti-drasi-kai-stis-nikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20251123-epistrofi-sti-drasi-kai-stis-nikes\/","title":{"rendered":"PAOK back to winning ways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Razvan Lucescu<\/strong> lined up his team with <strong>Pavlenka<\/strong> between the posts, <strong>Sastre, Lovren, Michailides<\/strong> and <strong>Taylor<\/strong> in defense, a central midfield duo of <strong>Meite<\/strong> and <strong>Ozdoev<\/strong>, <strong>Pelkas<\/strong> in front of them, and a three-pronged attack in <strong>Taison, A. 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