Omar El Kaddouri didn’t recover from the injury sustained in Moscow and has been ruled out of the encounter against SL Benfica in order to continue his physiotherapy sessions. Pontus Wernbloom is also sidelined, as he is following a special program in order to acquire the desired readiness level as soon as possible and be at the disposal of Răzvan Lucescu .

In PAOK’s last training session on Greek soil, the Romanian tactician worked again on the game’s tactics, focusing on every little detail. Such details can make all the difference at this level of competition.

The 21 players picked by Lucescu to travel to Portugal are: Rey, Paschalakis, Siampanis, Matos, Kitsiou, Vieirinha , Crespo, Varela, Khacheridi, Malezas, Shakhov, Maurício, Cañas, Biseswar, Pelkas , Limnios, Warda, Jabá, Lamprou, Prijović, Akpom.