{"id":893547,"date":"2026-01-14T22:09:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T20:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/uncategorized-en\/20260114-thriamvos-ston-pirea\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T22:43:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T20:43:05","slug":"20260114-thriamvos-ston-pirea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20260114-thriamvos-ston-pirea\/","title":{"rendered":"Triumph in Piraeus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Razvan Lucescu <\/strong>made three changes to his starting limeup compared to the game in <strong>Agrinio<\/strong> with <strong>Kedziora, Ozdoev<\/strong> and <strong>Mythou<\/strong> coming in, with the coach having to deal with the losses of <strong>Monastirlis, Despodov, Sastre<\/strong>, <strong>Thymianis<\/strong> and <strong>Kamara<\/strong>, who were out with a virus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PAOK<\/strong> started the match flawlessly and very quickly managed to impose their game on the home side. 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Zivkovic,<\/strong> who with one touch set up the on-rushing <strong>Ozdoev,<\/strong> with the <strong>Russian<\/strong> midfielder scoring with an incredible first-time diagonal shot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PAOK<\/strong> were clearly the better side in the first half, forcing <strong>Medilibar<\/strong> to start making substitutions from the 32nd minute, while the visitors also had some good moments to extend their lead, with a powerful shot by <strong>Konstantelias<\/strong> that was impressively saved by <strong>Tzolakis<\/strong>, with the home team then having a shot by <strong>Chiquinho<\/strong> that was blocked and went for a corner.<\/p>\n<p>In the second half, <strong>PAOK<\/strong> came out strong again and in the 47th minute <strong>Tzolakis<\/strong> make a good save to deny a shot from <strong>Mythos<\/strong>. <strong>Olympiacos<\/strong> then had a good chance in the 52nd minute but <strong>Tsiftsis<\/strong> saved <strong>Mouzakitis<\/strong>&#8216; shot.<\/p>\n<p>The visitors then looked to manage the game and did so very effectively, not allowing <strong>Olympiacos<\/strong> to threaten, and they held on the 2-0 scoreline until the final whistle, booked their ticket to the semi-finals, and are waiting to discover their opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Team lineups:<\/p>\n<p>Olympiacos: Tzolakis, Costinha (46&#8242; Rodinei), Retsos, Biancon (80&#8242; Kalogeropoulos), Ortega, Garcia (64&#8242; Hezze), Mouzakitis, Chuiquinho (64&#8242; Podence), Martins, Yazitsi (31&#8242; Yaremchuk), Taremi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PAOK: Tsiftsis, Kenny, Kedziora, Michailides, Baba, Meite, Ozdoev, Konstantelias (71&#8242; Giakoumakis), Taison (58&#8242; Zafeiris), A. 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