PAOK has a date with history: Lutsescu’s plans for the first qualifying step

Tonight in Toumba, PAOK are playing one of the biggest European games in their history.

Dikefalos meets Gent in his first game in the round of 16 of the Conference League (3/10, 19.45, COSMOTE SPORT 2 HD and live on Sportish) and wants to take an important step towards reaching the quarter-finals of a European tournament for the first time since 1974, when he played in the Round of 16 of the Cup Winners’ Cup.

And he has an organised, ambitious team in front of him that is in good shape but certainly not in a position to frighten him.

Lucescu’s papers are open

Razvan Lucescu, who on Wednesday (3/10) estimated that the game will be judged on his team’s determination, to some extent revealed his plan dealing with the management of his players in the previous league games.

In order to. is there a default image for the players who will be getting a base jersey on one of biceps biggest nights in Europe.

Alexandros Paschalakis, who never entered the Romanian coach’s rotation, will be under the bars with the defense in front of him consisting of Lyratzis on the right, Ingasson and Crespo on the stoppers and leader Vierina on the left. Of the four defenders, only two, Ingason and Vierinia, played in Lamia and neither of them played the entire game.

In midfield, Tsigaras and Kurtic form the midfield duo and before that, Douglas Augusto plays in that ‘false’ ten role that he was established in by his coach.

Tsuba Akpom will return to the front of the attack with Andrija Zivkovic and Diego Biseswar covering both sides. The Serb played around 20 minutes at Lamia, a clear attempt by his coach to give him a rhythm after missing two games.

On the other hand, the game at “Ath. Diakos” is only the 3rd this season in which Razvan Lucescu did not use Diego Biseswar at all.

Both may prove crucial as today’s fight unfolds. Their performance is a barometer of the attacking work of the biceps anyway and the same goes for the Belgians who seem to have problems with full-back to inhibit.

At the limit of seven footballers

PAOK will fight with all their might to secure a qualification lead. “We have to get strong. We have to fight for every ball.” said Razvan Lucescu yesterday. But his players have to do it wisely.

Because there is a risk of losing an important player in the second game in Belgium, where the ticket to the quarter-finals of the tournament will be decided.

At the limit of the cards are seven of his players, some of whom are particularly important: Kurtic, Zivkovic, Crespo, Lyratzis, Mitritsa, Swab and Michailidis are on the relevant list and should be careful in today’s game.