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PAOK wasted a golden chance to beat the German
giants VFB Stuttgart as they conceded two late goals
and lost the home game 1-2. Amir Azmy played for 56
minutes and contributed in PAOK's goal as his header
was stopped by the keeper and a teammate made the follow
to score the leading goal for PAOK. Shikabala remained
on bench.
PAOK almost achieved a great home victory
in UEFA cup against the Bundesliga giants VFB Stuttgart.
However, some silly mistakes and lack of concentration
in the last minutes gave the victory to the guests.
The game was quite similar to Zamalek-Raja
Casablanca match in the Arabian Champions League as
a stoppage time goal gave the unexpected victory to
Stuttgart while all the odds were on PAOK's favor.
While Shikabala didn't see action in the
match as he remained on bench, Amir Azmy played from
the start and showed a solid performance as he was the
man behind PAOK's goal.
All goals came in the 2nd half, PAOK took
the lead in the 48th minute thanks to Amir Azmy and
the good follow from Christos Karipidis. The goal came
through a corner kick from the right wing, it was played
high into the near post, Amir Azmy rose high to meet
the ball and powered a header at goal, the goalkeeper
managed to parry it but it fell right in front of him
to find the following Christos Karipidis who tapped
it in from close range to give PAOK the precious lead.
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In the 56th minute, Azmy Megahed came off and was replaced
by Balafas. The substitution of Amir was due to his lack of
match fitness as he just came back from long term injury.
After Amir's exit, things got even worse for
Stuttgart as their defender Meißner was shown a 2nd
yellow card after a late challenge on one of PAOK's players.
Due to this, Stuttgart resumed the match with only ten men
on the field.
Unfortunately, PAOK didn't take any advantage
of the extra man and they even conceded a goal in the 85th
minute after a naive mistake from their goalkeeper Daniel
Fernandes who couldn't prevent a powerful but poorly placed
shot from Ljuboja from entering his net.
In the stoppage time, lack of concentration
cost PAOK another goal as their defender Udeze made a professional
foul to prevent VFB's forward from getting in one on one situation
with the keeper. As a result, the referee showed Udeze a straight
red card and counted a penalty kick for the guests, from which
they scored the winner through Ljuboja who scored the first
goal as well.
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