AEK “stuck” in Tripoli, Tsintotas kept it dry!

She slipped into the lake AEK. Asteras and the Union gave everything under adverse conditions, the Arcades were more threatening, but the 0-0 sealed the “battle” of Tripoli. From which he can find a winner Olympic, as, if Mars prevails on Sunday it will be at +8 from the “yellow-blacks”.

The guests were mediocre, who were in very good condition Tsintota, which deservedly filled the gap of Stankovic. Beam Asteras had with Christopoulos in the 25th minute and a few, but good phases towards the final. In 86 ‘Tzavellas sent the ball into the net, but -correctly- indicated in an irregular position.

In the minds of coaches

In a system that was more 4-4-2, Tsiftis was at the end, Garcia, Christopoulos, Kastanio, Alvarez in defense from right to left. Valiente, Munafo, Riera and Crespi in the center, while Sonny framed Barrales.

Stable with 4-2-3-1 AEK. Tsintotas at the end, Michelen on the right and Mohammadi on the left, Vranies, and Tzavellas at the stoppers, Simanski and Simoes at the midfield, Mandalos, Amrabat and Tsouber the trio behind Araujo. The Moroccan came to the side of the Argentine at several points in the match.

The match

Let’s start with the basics! It was a match of special conditions, due to the heavy rain, which turned the field into a lake. As a result, in a significant period of time, no football is played, but kick cap. Having, at the same time, several strong duels. Asteras entered the match better, showing that it adapts better and earlier to the difficulties of the match.

In the 12th minute, the referee Karantonis pointed to the white ball at Simoes’s marking on Valiente, but reversed his decision after being checked at the VAR. It was clear from the replay that it really was not a penalty, as the Portuguese seems to find the ball, although the shot due to the rain did not help. The first really good moment of the match took place in the 25th minute and it was also great, as up to that point there were only incomplete attempts. The Asteras reached 1-0, with the promoted Christopoulos sending the ball to the crossbar after a corner.

AEK responded to the phases five minutes later, with Amrabat, who was the player with the most initiatives (Chuber was virtually out of the game) from the “yellow-blacks” in the first part. He left in the back of the defense, he tried to pass Tsiftis, but the goalkeeper of the home team blocked the ball. There was no good phase until the break, with Giannikis essentially turning the system into 4-4-2, framing Araouchos with Amrabat.

The film of the match is similar for much of the second half. There were no phases, both teams had the bad pitch against them. From the middle of the half, Giannikis tried to improve traffic of his team, putting Sakhof in the game, with Rastavac also putting fresh legs in the “battle”. AEK gradually improved, gained meters in the race and pressed, having a good ten minutes. In the final straight, Asteras had a great opportunity with Crespi’s shot, which was effectively kicked by the head of Tsintotas. In 86 ‘, AEK celebrated, but did not make it 0-1, since Tzavellas he was exposed.

See here the film of the match through his Match Center sport-fm.gr.

MVP: Panagiotis Tsintotas. Very good performance from the 28-year-old goalkeeper, who covered the gap of Stankovic very well and kept AEK upright. Having few, but very good-defining surgeries.

Whistle: The decisions made in the disputed phases were ultimately correct. However, that does not mean a flawless arbitration. Karantonis saw a violation of Simoes’s marking in Valiente, although the Portuguese finds the ball, as shown by the poor reception (due to rain). Fire erased his mistake, as he invited him to see the phase.

Asteras Tripolis (Milan Rastavac): Tsiftis – Garcia (90 ‘+ 4’ Tasoulis), Christopoulos, Kastanio, Alvarez – Valiente, Munafo (70 ‘Iglesias), Riera (69’ Ali Baba), Crespi (87 ‘Carmona) – Soni (87’ Benito), Barales

On the bench Papadopoulos, Pitsou, Kanellopoulos, Gometh remained

AEK (Argyris Giannikis): Tsintotas – Michelen, Vranies, Javellas Mohammadi – Simanski (61 ‘Sakhof), Simoes (88’ Le Talek) – Mandalos (73 ‘Gevtic), Amrabat, Chuber (88’ Tankovic) – Araούjo

On the bench Hadjiemmanuel, Svarnas, Rota, Mitoglou, Hadjisafi remained.

Referee: Karantonis (Imathia)

Assistants: Kourompilia (West Attica), Spyropoulos (East Attica)

Fourth: Tsetsilas (Grevena)

WHERE: Fire (Pella) and Baltas (Achaia)