As anticipation builds for Wednesday evening’s UEFA Europa League clash in Thessaloniki, history delivers a quietly uncomfortable truth for the home faithful: PAOK has never beaten Maccabi Tel Aviv in European competition. For a Greek side of such pedigree, this is more than a statistic—it has become a psychological hurdle that, as of yet, has only seemed to grow in stature with each encounter. Now, with both teams arriving in decent form and star performers ready, Stadio Toumbas stages a matchup as much about exorcising old ghosts as pursuing points.