PAOK will face Swiss Nafels in the 2022/23 European Cup. The Greek Cup winners start their journey from the qualifying phase of the Challenge Cup and host the Swiss team on Wednesday afternoon (10/12, 19:00 Cosmote Sport 9) at the PAOK Sports Arena, while the second leg will be played in Switzerland on Wednesday 19 October.

“I expect it to be a difficult game because it will be the first official game of the season and it’s always different from friendlies. But I think we’re all working very well, we’re prepared, just like the tournament in Serbia we proved our readiness in the games.

We’re confident and of course we want to go to the next stage, we’ll do our best to win. The support of the fans is always important, it’s like an extra player, the world of PAOK supports us and helps us even in difficult times.” the diagonal of the team Bram Van De Dries said acpaok.gr.

Historical day for Milos

The big and historic moment for AONS Milos volleyball department has come. On Wednesday, October 12 at 20:00 in the Kroisos Persis gym, Nea Smyrni’s club will make its European Cup debut and celebrate the establishment of the men’s team in the elite of European volleyball in the most solemn way.

Hapoel Mate Asher Akko from Israel will be the opponent in the first match of the qualifying round challenge cup from men. Mate Asher won the cup in Israel in the 2021-22 season, finishing 2nd behind Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Israeli ex-PAOK ace Alexander Safranovic competes in Team Matche Asher but will not play in the first match due to injury. Coach is the brother of Yuval Katz, who left an era at Ethnikos Alexandroupolis. They have three foreigners, Bulgarian passer Stankov, Kazakh winger Ustinov and Russian flanker Panov.

Referees are Wojciech Glod from Poland and Djordje Zelenovic from Serbia. The rematch will take place in Israel on October 20 at 7:00 p.m.

Fishermen’s call to the world

AONS coach Milon Sakis Psarras called on volleyball fans to support his team on their maiden voyage to Europe: “The game is a celebration of Greek volleyball and Milos in particular. Only that the field has been prepared for this game is a beauty and a great satisfaction for all the people of Milos. We invite people to come.

There will be a great battle. Both teams will play their first official game of the new season as the Israeli and our league have not started yet. We have our expectations. We want to play well, although we know it’s just the beginning and it’s reasonable not to be at our peak.”