{"id":910315,"date":"2026-05-03T23:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T20:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/uncategorized-en\/20260503-antidrasi-niki-kai-sunexizoume\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T23:36:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T20:36:39","slug":"20260503-antidrasi-niki-kai-sunexizoume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20260503-antidrasi-niki-kai-sunexizoume\/","title":{"rendered":"Resurgent PAOK get a crucial win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"><strong>Razvan Lucescu<\/strong> lined up his team with <strong>Pavlenka<\/strong> between the posts, <strong>Baba, Kedziora, Michailidis<\/strong> and <strong>Kenny<\/strong> in the defensive line, <strong>Meite<\/strong> and <strong>Zafeiris<\/strong> in the central midfield positions, with <strong>Konstantelias<\/strong> in front of them, and a trio in the attack featuring <strong>Taison<\/strong>, <strong>A. 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Zivkovic,<\/strong> and the captain scored with a flawlessly placed, low finish to make it 2-1.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"> The visitors tried to react, but in the 63rd minute <strong>Pavlenka<\/strong> made an incredible intervention on a shot by <strong>Chiquinho<\/strong> and kept the confidence of his teammates unshakeable, who two minutes later, essentially sealed the three points.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"><strong> Konstantelias<\/strong> again produced an incredible pass to <strong>A. Zivkovic<\/strong> from the left, and the <strong>Serb<\/strong> crossed for <strong>Jeremejeff<\/strong> and the <strong>Swede<\/strong> made it 3-1 with a cool finish.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"> The two coaches shuffled their decks, but the score remained unchanged until the final whistle, with <strong>PAOK<\/strong> celebrating an important victory.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"> Team lineups:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"><strong>PAOK: Pavlenka, Kenny, Kedziora, Michailidis, Baba, Meite (77&#8242; Ozdoev), Zafeiris, Konstantelias (86&#8242; Ivanusec), Taison (77&#8242; Pelkas), A. 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