PAOK B step up «mountainous» pre-season preparations
PAOK B are continuining the basic stage of their pre-season preparations in Volakas, Drama, where the team arrived on August 10th and will remain until the 21st of the month.
During the next period, PAOK B are expected to form their technical team and make the final touches to the squad for the new season, the start date of which unfortunately is not clear yet. Be that as it may, of course, the work on the «mountain» that is pre-season is hard and the goal always remains the same, the training and continuous improvement of young players. During their stay in Drama, the team has scheduled two friendly games, on 14.08 against the local side Volakas and on 20.08 against Pandramaikos. The tougher friendlies will come later, with PAOK B traveling to Serres on August 28 and thento Veria on September 1. Obviously more such friendly tests will follow.
For the coming 2022-23 season, PAOK B at the moment is made up of some regulars, as well as the youngest, born in 2003 and 2004, while the team also includes Benjamin Kottas (2005).
The PAOK B squad for the pre-season training camp includes the following players:
Marovics, Tsioptsis, Monastirlis, Manoliudis, Morikeli, Zilos, Kottas, Tsopouroglou, Kitsakis, Tasiouras, Selimai, Tsikos, Meletidis, Giaxis, Koutentakis, Hatzistravos, Grosdis, Koulouris, Rumiantsev, Darelas, Brandonits, Fasidis, Spyridis, Spyrakos, Smyrlis, Panidis, and Gordeziani.
Apostolopoulos and Salamouras remain part of the squad, however, they remain in the rehabilitation stage due to their injuries at the end of the last season.
Finally, Efthymis Zisopoulos has been trying out since the beginning of PAOK B’s preparation, although it is not yet clear yet whether he will join the team or not.