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THE Abel ferreira He knows that after the 2-1 in favor of Krasnodar last Tuesday, PAOK must definitely score against the Russian team to achieve the coveted qualification to the Champions League groups. He also knows that his team’s work will be much easier if he manages to keep his home intact because in this case one goal will be enough to seal the entry to the highest inter-club competition.
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From what he said at yesterday’s press conference, the Portuguese coach has no intention of changing the tactic he used and to some extent it worked well in the first match in Krasnodar. After all, the same plan has given PAOK two ties so far at home, against Besiktas and Benfica.
SAME DEFENSE, MORE ATTENTION
PAOK must be solid in their defense and keep their lines closed to keep the quality midfielders of the Russian team out of Zivkovic’s area. Something he managed to do to a large extent in Krasnodar, with the exception of the two phases from which the goals of the Russians came, the penalty that Giannoulis did to Kabelas and the bad reaction to the phase in which Claesson scored.
Logically, no changes are expected in Dikefalos’ midfield. PAOK will start with Zivko Zivkovic under the rafters, a blocking trio with Ingason, Varela and Michailidis, Giannoulis on the left and Crespo on the right. In front of the centrals, the pair of midfielders will be Kantouri and Swab, with the Austrian highlighting yesterday that it will be the defense that will give the qualification to his team.
WITH “FALSE SINGLE” AND THREE IN ATTACK
On the other hand, Thessaloniki team must be more effective in attack and take advantage of the opportunities that will be given to score the goals necessary to overcome the score in the first match.
Against a team that, as coach Murat Musaev said yesterday, does not intend to play to preserve its small advantage but to win, it seems a given that PAOK will find places to attack. However, he should be more cynical in relation to the match in Russia, where he opened the scoring, he had two more chances to lead with a missed penalty from Pelka and the crossbar from El Kantouri.
Apparently there was a dilemma for Abel Ferreira as to whether he would choose a trio in the attack without a thoroughbred for Andrija Zivkovic, Pelka and Joli becoming “false nine” and alternating at the top of the attack or if Antonio Colak should be used. which is available for today’s game.
FULL ATTACK WITH TSOLAK
It seems that the first option is the one that will prevail and the Croatian forward will be used depending on the development of the game, expressing a plan B in case PAOK does not find the necessary goals to qualify.
From alternative shots Abel Ferreira has tried a lot and especially the ones he will use if he has to abandon his original tactical approach and play them all for everything. For such a case, he has even attempted a full offensive line with Pelkas in the far right position and Tsolak at the top.
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