Melbourne Club PAOK Inc.

07-05-2012 Super League Playoffs Round: 2

Atromitos Athens

1 - 1

PAOK Thessaloniki

PAOK couldn't capitalize on Panathinaikos's loss after only drawing 1-1 to Atromitos in Athens and are in 2nd place in the Playoffs.
Atromitos had the first chance on goals when a long range effort from Ingelisas sailed over the crossbar in the 10th minute. From a counter attack in the 28th minute PAOK took the lead when a a pass from Lazar found Salpiggidis who beat his marker in Thomas and scored pass Atromitos goalkeeper in Itanz to give PAOK a 1-0 lead. In the 2nd half PAOK tried to score a 2nd goal and almost succeeded in the 49th minute when a low cross from Athanasiadis found Lazar who's shot just cleared the crossbar. In the 67th minute a lapse in concentration in the PAOK defence allowed Atromitos to score an equalising goal when former PAOK player Anastasakos found Mitroglou who beat the offside trap and scored with a shot inside the penalty area. In the end a 1-1 draw and a disappointing result considering Panathinaikos lost. Now PAOK must take the 3 points on Thursday if they want to finish on top of this season's playoffs.

PAOK COACH LASLO BOLONI PRESS CONFERENCE: This was a typical end of the season match. I think both teams looked tired from today's match and the weather also played a part. Under these conditions it's difficult to play attractive football. Our organization today was good. In the 2nd half we were to focused in keeping the 1-0 lead instead going for a 2nd goal. We now have to look forward to our next match. If we were more careful we could have taken the 3 points today even though we didn't play the best football.

ETTO: This was a good and difficult game under difficult conditions. We came away with a point from today's match and now we look forward to our next match against Panathinaikos were we must win.

BRUNO CIRILLO: I am very happy for my team today. We came here and played a good match. This match wasn't easy and our mentality today was fantastic.

Match Details

Giahos

Peristeri

Coach: Giorgos Donis	Coach: Laszlo Boloni
Itandje Skondras Ikonomou 46' Brito Thomas Pitu Iglesias 63' Anastasakos Fytanidis Epstein Sfakianakis 46' Karamanos Mitroglou Dimoutsos	Athanasiadis Chalkias Cirillo Etto Fotakis Garcia Lazar Lino 76' Georgiadis. Malezas Salpingidis 82' Ivic Stafilidis

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