Igor Tudor and his assistants knew that, due to back-to-back encounters, they only had Saturday available in order to rehearse tactics with the players and explain what is requested of them on the pitch.

PAOK head coach was happy to see that Μiguel Vítor trained normally and is available for the game against Panathinaikos. The absentee-list however remains long, with Ergys Kace, Dimitris Konstantinidis, Gojko Cimirot, Giannis Mystakidis and Κyriakos Savvidis on it. The latter did train normally, but is still lacking fitness following his injury.

After the session, Igor Tudor announced his 18-man squad: Olsen, Glykos, Skondras, Τzavellas, Μalezas, Costa, Vítor, Leovac, Rodrigues, Charisis, Sabo, Tziolis, Golasa, Jairo, Pelkas, Athanasiadis, Berbatov and Mak.