Samatta wins Fans’ Man of the Match award
Ali Samatta came out on top in the paokfc.gr and PAOK FC Official App Fans’ Man of the Match vote for the 2023-24 Stoiximan Super League clash against Panetolikos.
Panaitolikos made life difficult for PAOK at Toumba Stadium, takign the lead through Torrejon in the 19th minute. But the Double-headed Eagle had the answers, overturned the score and achieved an important victory via a 2-1 scoreline.
Ali Samatta was a pivotal figure for Razvan Lucescu’s team. The Tanzanian striker found a way to unlock the opposint defence in the 26th minute with an impressive backheel finish, which was also voted the Matchday 11 Best Goal by the Stoiximan Super League. In the 29th minute Samatta scored again, but the goal was disallowed for offside by the finest of margins. In general, the PAOK striker ran his socks off, fought hard, pressed constantly in the final third, threatened the opposing defense, and produced an overall excellent display on the pitch.
Samatta was chosen by the voting public of paokfc.gr and the PAOK FC Official App as the Fans’ Man of the Match with a percentage of 57.47%.
In second place was Andrija Zivkovic, who was also the scorer of the second goal, while the trio was completed by Ioannis Konstantelias, the youngster putting on another impressive showing in a PAOK shirt.