PAOK to host Besiktas on August 25
PAOK will host Besiktas at home in the second qualifying round of the 2020/2021 UEFA Champions League on Tuesday 25 August.
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It’s a date. Following the Champions League draw on Monday, PAOK subsequently confirmed the date and starting time of their second qualifying round duel with Besiktas, with the match scheduled to take place at 21:00 local time on August 25 at the Toumba Stadium. All ties in the first, second and third qualifying stages of the Champions League will be decided by the one game as a consequence of the tight schedule.
PAOK TV is expected to provide a live broadcast of the battle.
Under normal circumstances, Besiktas wouldn’t have qualified for the Champions League after they claimed third position of the 2019/2020 Turkish Super Lig, but they were gifted a spot in Europe’s premier club competition as a result of Trabzonspor breaching Financial Fair Play regulations. Besiktas earned 62 points in 34 games.
Domagoj Vida, Jeremain Lens and Adem Ljajic, who scored seven goals and dished out seven assists across all competitions last season, are three of the most recognisable players on Besiktas’ roster. However, if reports from Turkey are to be believed, Besiktas are currently enduring financial hardship.
Last season, Besiktas were involved in the group phase of the UEFA Europa League, bowing out with disappointing results against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Braga and Slovan Bratislava. They have become Turkish champions on 15 occasions since being founded in 1903.
