Four days after qualifying for the next phase of the Conference League after the victory in Germany over Eintracht, PAOK welcomed Lamia on the 13th and final matchday of the first round of the Stoiximan Super League and Lucescu’s team, despite changes in their starting line-up, showed seriousness and had no trouble winning 3-0 and overtaking Olympiakos in the standings.

The star of the game was Constantelias, who was in good spirits as he scored and provided an assist, while Lucescu saw his two full-backs named scorers, something very rare in a game.

“Delias” was the one who scored the first goal for the home team with a penalty. This was followed by Rafa Soares making it 2-0, while Sastre made it 3-0. A positive thing for PAOK is the debut of Marcos Antonio, but also the return of Tsima and Lyratzis.

For her part, Lamia, as in every game, entered Toumba with the intention of playing football and played quite openly, as evidenced by the 15 finals she scored in the direction of Kotarski’s goal, although only six of them scored the Back of the net.

Eight changes compared to Lucescu

Lucescu brought PAOK onto the pitch with eight changes from the game against Eintracht, with only Kotarski, Rafa Soares and Tyson in the starting eleven and Sastre, Ekong, Michaelidis, Schwab, Tsingara, Despodov, Constantelia and Brandon Thomas taking their place in the took position.

Despite the changes, PAOK’s philosophy and logic have not changed. Ball possession, circulation, quick transitions and the effort to score a quick goal.

The first quarter was phaseless for both teams, with the hosts being the first to threaten in the 12th minute with a shot from Tyson that went well over Koselev’s goal. Two minutes later, Brandon Thomas managed to threaten to take a lead, but the visitors’ goalkeeper blocked the ball.

A shot away from goal by Tyson in the 17th minute and one into the goal by Brandon Thomas in the 18th minute continued PAOK’s attacking spirit, while Lamia’s Carlitos tried to beat Kotarski from distance in the 20th minute but without success .

The touch of Constantelia

PAOK took the lead in the 21st minute through Yannis Constantelia. The hosts turned the ball over outside the penalty area, Tyson made a parallel ball from the right with the international midfielder at the height of the penalty and with a shot under the feet of Cornezou he sent the ball into the net for his team to make it 1-0 for Lucescu.

Five minutes later, Schwab eliminated Brandon Thomas with a beautiful backheel shot from the right in the penalty area. He took the diagonal shot, which Koselev blocked.

The hosts missed a great chance to score their second goal in the 38th minute. Tsigaras pushed, stole the ball, he reached Brandon Thomas in the penalty area, he delayed, in two cases he didn’t shoot, he passed to the right to Despodov, who shot the ball with the ball against the bodies.

Lamia was close to 1-1, PAOK increased to 2-0

Lamia had its moments in the game against PAOK and especially in the first half it had a two-minute period from 39 to 41 minutes when it camped in the Kotarski penalty area. First, Tzandaris shot the ball past the goal. Then, after a corner, the ball found its way to Martinez, who attempted a powerful shot outside the penalty area, which the Croatian goalkeeper from PAOK blocked with an intervention into his left corner.

After Lamia failed to make it 1-1, PAOK scored a second goal and secured the three points. In the 43rd minute, Constantelias came in from the left, made the parallel turn, Tzandaris tried to clear the ball with a tackle, but sent it to Rafa Soares, who had entered the penalty area and beat Koselev with a penalty to make PAOK 2-0 . 0.

The second half started with no changes for both teams, with Lamia threatening Carlitos first in the 50th minute, but Kotarski was there and shot for a corner. After the corner was taken, Kornezos’ header from Lamia’s side went wide of the goal. In the next minute, the Spanish striker again found himself in a shooting position in the penalty area, while the PAOK goalkeeper firmly blocked the ball.

Assist by “Delia”, goal by Sastre

In its first final of the second half, PAOK managed to score a third goal in the 57th minute. In a beautiful counterattack, “Delias” became the owner of the ball, he saw Despodov’s movement, but did not pass the ball to him, he opened it at the right moment to the right of Sastre, who entered the penalty area and scored with a flawless finish from the Spanish Full-back made it 3-0 for the Thessaloniki team.

Ten minutes later, Konstantelias attempted a shot from outside the penalty area, with the ball going over Koselev’s goal. The Greek international’s shot in the 74th minute also went wide.

Debut for Marcos Antonio

With the score at 3-0, Lucescu took the opportunity to throw Marcos Antonio into the game. He came on as a substitute for Stefan Schwab and played twenty minutes until the end of the game, having overcome the injury that had accompanied him since his arrival from Lazio. The Romanian then brought Sastre and Jima into the game to give them playing time.

PAOK did not slow down their pace as Tyson looked for the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot from the penalty spot was parried by Koselev. A minute later, Ozdoev’s shot went wide of the goal.

The game ended with two finals between the Lamia teams. First, Tsilianidis was active in the 89th minute, shooting the ball out of the penalty area, while Sidcley was in the 90th+1. Minute was in shooting position and Kotarski blocked the ball.

PAOK: Kotarski, Sastre (83′ Lyratzis), Ekong, Michaelidis, Rafa Soares, Schwab (76′ Marcos Antonio), Tsigaras (70′ Ozdoev), Despodov, Constantelias (83′ Tzimas).Tyson, Brandon Thomas (70′ Samata).

GHOUL: Koselev, Vasilantonopoulos, Kornezos, Tzanetopoulos, Sidkley, Slivka, Santana (59′ Malchi), Zandaris, Martinez (60′ Tosic), Tsiloulis, Karlitos (73′ Longo).

On Monday evening, Pantelis Vlachopoulos, together with Pantelis Diamantopoulos and Themis Kaisaris, will comment on the AEK-Aris derby as well as the Olympiakos, Panathinaikos and PAOK games.