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PAOK missed their greatest opportunity to be in the coveted groups of the Champions League for the first time in their history. Krasnodar, who eliminated him with two wins, was not even better than him and certainly not better than the rest of the teams that previously sent their biceps to the Europa League.
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Krasnodar did not come to Thessaloniki with the air of a favorite. Everything else… With a rather bad psychology from their absences, the Russians spent a lot of energy in disguising the given absence of Wanderson, the injury problem that Berg had and until shortly before the start of the game the problem that arose with Olson.
PAOK had faced similar challenges on other occasions. The 90 minutes he had to win to reach the Champions League groups and with the best result in the first game. This time he seemed to be closer to qualifying.
With Schalke and Benfica in the playoffs but also twice with Ajax, he had tied on goals in the away game, but his opponents had come to Thessaloniki with the air of a superior team and confirmed it. And even knowing that they will have to face a hot Toumba.
All this did not apply to Krasnodar despite its victory in Russia. The Russians did not even feel the enthusiasm of the PAOK fans, nor did they have contact with the people gathered at the hotel, nor with those accompanying the mission, and so many delayed their arrival at the Toumba stadium.
EXCLUDED FROM A TEAM THAT WAS NO BETTER
And yet the Russians won twice, while in neither game were they that superior to PAOK. They just took advantage of the moments they had in both games and will be in the draw on Thursday (1/10) instead of the biceps. In Russia, PAOK, who were ahead, missed a penalty before opening the scoring and a crossbar before conceding Krasnodar’s second goal.
In Toumba, Krasnodar took the lead with an own goal from Mikhailidis in the 73rd minute, without even making an effort in Zivkovic’s area and completely against the flow of the match with the image of the game up to that point showing that PAOK did not it will. And not only did he not put it, but he accepted it.
Because even when Kantouri drew 15 ‘before 90’, the feeling was that PAOK managed to take the game into extra time. But Krasnodar was back in front of the scoreboard with Kabelas scoring again, like the first game in an empty house.
And now; The exclusion definitely leaves a bitter taste in PAOK and with the revulsion of participating in the maximum organization to persecute it. However, in no case will you be able to undo what the biceps has achieved this summer, both economically and competitively.
WHAT HAPPENED THIS SUMMER IS NOT CANCELED
With the two qualifying rounds and the assurance of participation in the Europa League, with the sales and contracts that were not renewed and with the new television contract signed with the subscription, PAOK has taken very great steps to overcome the Fair problem Financial play. Without the Champions League this effort will continue.
Competitively, PAOK are creating another new team with new faces, with more energy and much more interesting than last year, which closed the circle with the ball.
There are open matters in the transfers and the people of Dikefalos should take care of them from tomorrow, unaffected by the opportunity their team lost to Krasnodar. The plan will be the same and what must be taken for granted is that this time PAOK will not be indifferent to a good presence in the Europa League. He did it two years ago and has no margin to repeat the same mistake.
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