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In the ranks of PAOK, Razvan Lucescu has to deal with the injuries of two important players (Taison and Ozdoev) and the Romanian coach is also operating a large rotation (four players changed compared to this weekend). Former Lyonnais Lovren, as always in C3, takes his place on the bench, in favor of Michailidis in central defense. Chalov appears up front, supported by captain Zivkovic, Konstantelias and Despodov.
UEFA has just revealed the team compositions and Bruno Génésio has decided to make six changes compared to Sunday's match in Nantes. Giroud comes out of the eleven, just like Haraldsson, Bouaddi, Meunier, Mbemba and Perraud. It's Igamane who starts at the forefront while Sahraoui also finds the eleven, on one wing. In the middle, the young midfielder Raghouber (22 years old) will celebrate his first in the European Cup, he starts next to André, while, in defense, Santos, Ngoy and Verdonk are offered playing time.
Effective point: Bruno Genesio records four returns compared to the match at La Beaujoire on Sunday. Santos, Mukau, Bentaleb and Broholm, absent in Nantes, return to the group while André Gomes and Mbappé leave. Both players are not qualified for the first phase of the European Cup. Stopper Alexsandro, finally, is still injured.
On the Lille side, the recent series was complicated with Lens, Lyon and PSG on the program in addition to the two C3 matches. Génésio's team came out with one point out of nine in Ligue 1 but got back on track on Sunday evening in the championship, winning against poorly ranked Nantes (0-2).
Although it has not yet won the European Cup, PAOK remains a quality team, undefeated in Greece (five wins and two draws in seven matches) and leader ahead of Olympiakos. Razvan Lucescu's players remain on two successes, including one, precisely, against Piraeus (2-1), before that against AEK four days ago (0-2).
Losc is one of the teams to have won their first two matches in this C3, each time by a short header against Brann (2-1) then on the field of AS Rome (0-1). Conversely, PAOK has not yet won and has one point, taken against Maccabi Tel-Aviv (0-0) before a defeat against Celta Vigo (3-1).
Welcome to our site to follow live the 3rd day of the Europa League and the meeting between Lille and PAOK Salonique at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy. Kick-off is scheduled for 9 p.m. this Thursday evening.