PAOK completed their preparation for the Panthrakikos game with a training session held at Toumba Stadium. After the usual warm-up with running and coordination drills, Giorgos Georgiadis worked a lot on the tactics that he wants his team to apply on Saturday.

In the last part of the session, PAOK players focused on set pieces, both in defence and attack. Dimitris Salpingidis was absent from training. Due to intense pains in the first metatarsal of his right foot, he underwent surgery in order to deal with a problem that has been persisting since the start of the season.

Mr. Giorgos Ikonomidis performed the operation and the Greek forward will remain out of action for 3-4 weeks. Hedwiges Maduro continued his program of muscular strengthening and Răzvan Raț started physiotherapy.

After the training session, Giorgos Georgiadis picked the players who will take on Panthrakikos. The following footballers will travel to Komotini: Itandje, Giakoumis, Kitsiou, Konstantinidis, Skondras, Vítor, Papagiannopoulos, Tzavellas, Pougouras, Tziolis, Noboa, Golasa, Mak, Deligiannidis, Pozoglou, Athanasiadis, Papadopoulos, Pereyra, Koulouris.