With two victories and overall score 5-1, Aris left OFI out of the Cup, which was imposed 2-0 in Heraklion advancing to the quarterfinals.
Gamma and Kamara scored the goals of the “yellows”, with the Cretans playing with ten in the second 45 minutes due to dismissal of Megiados in 44 ‘.
In the mind of the coach
With 4-3-3 presented by OFI Nikos Nioplias, who chose Waterman at the end and Marinakis, Vouros, Giannoulis and Balogiannis in defense. Megiado was selected on the axis, with Toral, De Guzman in front of him and Kamaou, Tsilianidis and Kastanios in the attack.
Ο δε Akis Mantzios, keep the … traditional 4-2-3-1, with Cuesta under the beams and Sundgren, Fabiano, Brabets and Ganea in the back. On the axis, Jego-Sasha, a trio in front of them Iturbe, Entiage and Gama, with Kamaras in the attack.
The match
Aris managed to threaten only in the 2nd minute, with him Sasha to shoot through the area but the ball counters and ends up in a corner.
A cross-shot of him Marinaki from the right forced him Cuesta to chase with fists in 9 ‘, with the good moments in front of the two hearths to … losing from there and beyond.
The Cretans mainly had the possession of the ball, with the Thessalonians trying to threaten with counterattacks.
In one of them, in the 44th minute, Megiado hit Kamaras on the calf with the corks and, initially, he received a yellow card, but then Tsakalidis saw the phase and decided to dismiss him., leaving the Cretans with less players.
As the first half for the hosts ended, so did the second, with Marinakis shaking hands and conceding a penalty, which Gama used to make it 1-0 in 49 ‘.
Two shots of Fabiano (54 ‘) and Sasha (55’) passed out, with him Cuesta to impressively repel his head Toral at 57 ‘, holding the zero.
Five minutes later, o Βούρος he almost sent the ball into the net of his team, however he stopped at beam, by Waterman to say “no” to Arch at 73 ‘.
THE Cuesta imitated him in 77 ‘in an attempt Στάικου, with Aris to lock the victory in 81 ‘, when Kamaras scored in four fours after an exemplary counterattack.
MVP: Very good match from him Abubakar Kamara, who had several good moments and found the net for a second consecutive match.
The … whistle: THE Tsakalidis he gave plenty of fouls and maybe that hurt the pace, especially in the first half – in a match of course that was generally tough. In the expulsion phase, he made the right decision after watching the video, while he did not hesitate at all to the penalty with Marinakis’s hand.
The eleven of the two teams
OFI (N. Nioplias): Waterman, Marinakis, Vouros, Giannoulis, Balogiannis, Megiado, Kamaou (63 ‘Lambrou), Toral (68’ Korovesis), De Guzman, Tsilianidis (63 ‘Giannou), Kastanios (63’ Staikos).
On the bench: Sifakis, Pasalidis, Van Duinen, Diamantis, Apostolakis.
Aris (A. Mantzios): Cuesta, Sudgren, Fabiano, Brabets, Ghana, Jego, Sasha, Entiage (64 ‘Matija), Iturbe (64’ Lumor), Kamara (85 ‘Marmaridis), Gama (75’ Benaluan).
On the bench: Ciambanis, Saliaris, Manos, Lopeth, Sakic.
Referee: Tsakalidis
Assistants: Konstantinou, Nidriotis
4th: Polychronis
WHERE: Perrakis, Baltas
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