PAOK returned to winning ways by breaking out in Ionikos!
The “Two-Headed of the North” was focused from the first minutes of the match and was highly effective in front of his opponent’s goal, scoring four goals before half an hour of the match and finally reaching the important three points with the emphatic 6-0!
He scored on his birthday Konstanteliaswhile the 17-year-old Tzimas came on as a substitute in the 71st minute, scored a goal in stoppage time and became the youngest scorer in the history of PAOK in a league game, surpassing the legendary Giorgos Koudas and breaking a record he held since 1964!
With a player less than 49′, due to his suspension You chew with two yellow cards, Ionikos had some chances to equalize at 1-0, but in the end he paid dearly for his poor defensive function.
Thus, PAOK reached 51 points, falling to -2 from the third-placed Olympiakos and to -5 from the pioneer AEK, while Ionikos remained in the penultimate position and 15 points.
In the mind of the coaches
With his classic 4-2-3-1 lined up PAOK o Rasvan Lucescu, who did not have Oliveira, Sastre, Schwab, Vieirania, Lyretzi and Kurtic at his disposal. Kotarski returned under the posts for the ‘Northern Double’, with Kenziora at right-back, Rafa Soares at left-back and Nasberg in place of Koulierakis, partnering Ingason. Augusto and Dadas were the two midfielders, Narey started as a right winger, Andrija Zivkovic as a left winger, while Constantelias moved into a ten-man role, behind Brandon Thomas.
The same system was chosen by Michalis Grigoriou, who for his part did not count on the services of Valerianou, Fatiga, Sakic and Myga. Houtesiotis started in another game of his team as the main goalkeeper, with Souza, Tsigrinski, Romao and Rouboulakou forming the foursome of the defense. Kanias and Antounes started the match as a duo in midfield, with Masas in front of them, along with Seba and Lovera on the wings. Manzis was preferred instead of Manos at the top of the attack.
The match
THE PAOK showed his … wild moods from the first seconds of the match, with Houtesiotis clearing away a dangerous Rafa Soares cross with … good evening, however the home team managed to take the lead before even 2 minutes of the match were completed. After Živković’s cross, o Naray caught the shot the move, with the ball against the Romeo and the captain of Ionikos to be charged with an own goal, for 1-0.
After overcoming the initial shock, the Ionian players took measures on the pitch and had a good five minutes of pressure in front of Kotarski’s goal, with consecutive corners. In the 15th Sheba pushed high stole but his long shot went just wide of the left post. In the 16th century Brandon scored after Rafa Soares’ cross, but his goal was disallowed via VAR as marginally offside.
In the 19th century Ionic came close to equalizing after a quick counter-attack, but Seba made a poor finish from a good position, sending the ball high and wide. In the 23rd PAOK “touched” the second goal, with Roubulakou catching Narei at the last moment, after a cross from Zivkovic. Nevertheless, one minute later (23′) PAOK found their second goal, with Naray to make the turn after Danda’s slash and him Constantia to be anointed scorer on his 20th birthday!
PAOK did not let their foot off the gas and continued to press, scoring again in the 28th minute, after a wonderful cross by Narey, defensive inactivity by Ionikos and his ideal placement Brandon in motion. In fact, Lucescu’s team scored a fourth goal before half an hour of the game, when Zivkovic he took the ball outside the wide area and demonstrated his impeccable training technique, seeing Houtesiotis quite far from his goal and “executing” with fantastic shot!
Highly effective o PAOKfinished the first half with four goals in six final attemptsanother goal disallowed for marginally offside, and he narrowly missed a fifth before the teams went to the dressing room, with Nasberg’s nail-biting header narrowly wide.
As the first half ended, so did the second half, with the hosts pressing around the Ionikos goal. In the 48th Thomas went out tete-a-tete with him Houtesiotibut the visitors’ goalkeeper said “no”, while later in the phase o You chew saw a second yellow card from Sidiropoulos for marking Nasberg, leaving his side with ten for the remainder of the match.
In the 53rd Thomas he found himself face-to-face with Houtesiotis again, this time after a beautiful turn by Živković, but again sent the ball over the opposing goalkeeper. PAOK’s fifth goal came in the 54th minute, with Narey taking a free kick from the right and Kenjiora to be all alone at the second post, scoring with projection. THE Tyson he came on as a substitute in the 58th minute and ten minutes later (68th minute) came within a breath of goal, unleashing a long-range shot that rattled the crossbar.
The pace dropped a lot until the last minutes of the match, with the 17-year-old Jima to… puts the icing on the cake of PAOK’s victory, after he headed the final in the 90’+1 6-0 and became the youngest scorer in the history of his team, in a championship game!
MVP: THE Naray he was PAOK’s most active footballer, until he was replaced by Loucheskou in the 59th minute. He had two assists and was involved in 5 of his team’s 6 goals, thus taking the title of most valuable.
The whistle: THE Tasos Sidiropoulos he correctly disallowed Brandon Thomas’ goal in the 16th minute as offside with the help of VAR, while both yellow cards that led to Massa’s dismissal were justified.
The compositions of the groups
PAOK (Lucescu, 4-2-3-1): Kotarski – Keziora, Ingason, Nasberg, Rafa Soares – Augusto (58′ El Kaduri), Dadas – Narey (58′ Tyson), Constantelias (71′ Bisesvar), A. Zivkovic (76′ Ricardo) – Brandon Thomas (71′ Jimas ).
On the bench: Z. Zivkovits, Koulierakis, Felipe Soares, Tsaoussis.
Ionian (Grigoriou, 4-2-3-1): Houtesiotis – Souza, Tsigrinski, Romao, Roubulakou – Kanias, Adounes (46′ Tsipsach) – Seba (77′ Tsirigotis), Massas, Lovera (77′ Pogosian) – Manzis (77′ Manos).
On the counter: Christodoulou, Alain, Cabral, Eleftheriadis.
Referee: Sidiropoulos Anastasios
Assistants: Nikolakakis Vasilios, Christakoglou Georgios
Fourth: Stavros Tsimenteridis
VAR: Karantonis Dimitrios, Meidanas Andreas
Live of the match from sport-fm.gr
Source: Sport Fm
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