Aris knew Olympiakos and… created AEK and Panathinaikos!

Boy o Marshandwriting o Olympic. The “red and white” believed that they had “cleaned up” the match against the “yellow” when they took a 2-0 lead and the Thessalonians punished them by leaving Faliro with a 2-2 draw with a terrible comeback in the final stretch.

His team Mitchell opened the scoring at 36′ by Huang and took an even stronger lead in the 52′ by Papastathopoulos, while he could have scored more goals earlier. But then it slowed down, also due to the fact that the changes of the Spanish coach took it out of rhythm and the guests took advantage of it.

THE Iturbe took advantage of Retsu’s “gift” and reduced to 70′, giving the signal for a counterattack, while the usually fatal Camacho became nice for Ares who did damage to the “red and whites”.

In the minds of the coaches:

With the familiar 4-2-3-1 Olympiacos and Mitchell to make the surprise, choosing Kasami for the starting line-up. Paschalakis was under the posts, Rodinei, Ba, Papastathopoulos and Reabtsiuk in defense. Huang had the Swiss on his side, while Biel, Fortunis and Kanos were the midfield trio. At the top was Bakabu.

With 4-2-3-1 and Ares. Siabanis was kept under the posts, Empakata, Fabiano, Brambetz and Piersman were in defense. Ducouret and Darinda in midfield, with Palma, Mateo Garcia and Christodoulopoulos in midfield and Gray up top.

The match

Olympiacos, which in the previous home matches against Aris this year did not start well, entered hot this time. With Huang the first to try to threaten but his shot found bodies in the 2nd minute after his maneuver Fortune. In the 4th minute, Piraeus scored the goal with Canoe to make a tremendous effort, in the highlight so far of his presence in the “red and whites” and let him not score a goal. The Spaniard initially avoided Ducouret with a nice move, while the next one was even better, after he made an apron for Brambetz, with his place sending the ball just wide. In between (3′) Piersman tried to take out Gray on the back of the Olympiakos defense, but was prevented by Rodinei.

In the 6th minute, it was Aris’ turn to trouble his opponent, with Christodoulopoulos making a razor-sharp cross from the left, but Brambetz did not reach the ball and Grey he did not manage to send it to the net, while from the replay he appeared to be exposed. So, there would probably have been VAR intervention if the Englishman had scored.

THE Huang he also tried in the 9th minute to score and this time he caught a very nice shot from outside the area, but Siabanis was on hand. Over time, Olympiacos began to visit the “yellow” area with greater frequency and it is characteristic that the home team had the finals 9-0 in the first half of the first half. In the 21st minute, Olympiacos flirted with a goal again, with Kasami getting a header and Siabani making an impressive save, while Biel missed his touch, but the assistant raised a flag for the Spaniard.

Five minutes later, the eager Rodiney fed Bakabu into the back of the Aris defence, but the 31-year-old forward’s finish was not good from a slightly wide position. This was a very good period for Olympiakos, who besieged the visitors, but were sloppy in the final effort, as was the case with Kanos in the 29th minute, who went just wide from the penalty spot, making a poor save. In the 35th minute, Aris almost hit a player in the face with the goal, when o Paschalakis he made a bad chase, with Kasami to perform a life-saving operation before the situation becomes too difficult.

In the next minute, Olympiacos found the goal by Huang to catch a drift shot from the semi-circle of the large area, with Siabani, who had made an opposite move, being surprised and not even having time to fall. Until the break, there was no big phase, with Aris making his first final of the match in the 40′ with a header from Gray which did not particularly worry Paschalakis, just like Christodoulopoulos’s out-of-area place.

THE Olympic entered the second half well and stronger than the first, as this time he also found an early goal. He pressured Aris and in the first minutes he had a goal (for which Brambets is responsible with his stupid intervention) in the 50′, but also the goal of Papastathopoulos. Fortounis took a corner in the 52nd minute and Papastathopoulos dominated the air making it 2-0.

THE Olympic he believed somewhere there that everything was decided and Mitchell seemed to do the same, who with his many and misplaced changes, confused his team. Aris, for his part, believed in the comeback, especially after the 2-1 which came without sweat. After Retsos gave the ball away with a sloppy spin and Iturbe who persisted despite his initial stop Paschalaki reduced to 70′.

The Piraeus they didn’t understand that they had messed up and it was at that point that the 60-year-old technician made the three changes, where until they adjusted to the game, Aris had made it 2-2. THE Piersman he moved undisturbed in the opponent’s area and Camatso, who slipped between Olympiakos’ stoppers, leveled the game. THE last… roll of Olympiakos for 3-2 actually came at 90’+3′, with Gary catching the shot and Siabani making the save, while Masouras then sent the ball to Piersman. Aris also believed in something better, putting up a terrible fight, but Paschalakis drove in front of Dabo.

The film of the match via sport-fm.gr

MVP: With the development of the match, the title obviously goes to Camatsos who awarded the point to Aris. From the “yellows”, Siabanis did a good job, making several good saves, although at 1-0 he could not react well. Piersman was also good, making it 2-2. From Olympiakos, Huang stood out again, while Rodinei was also very good.

Whistle: We can’t say that the refereeing decided the match, but it was not a flawless refereeing, mainly due to fouls and disciplinary control, where the Portuguese did not do well.

Olympiacos (Mitchell): Paschalakis – Rodinei, Papastathopoulos, Ba (55′ Retsos), Reabciuk – Huang (74′ Samasekou), Kasami – Kanos (42′ Masouras), Fortounis (73′ Gary), Biel – Bakabou (74′ Embila)

Left on the bench were: Tzolakis, Ramon, El Arabi, Valbuena

Aris (Tolis Terzis): Siabanis – Embakata, Fabiano, Brambets, Piersman – Doucure (75′ Dabo), Darida (57′ Etembo) – Palma (75′ Camazzo), Mateo Garcia (57′ Iturbe), Christodoulopoulos – Gray (90’+1′ Kamara)

On the guest bench: Questa, Nkulu, Maziku, Odubajo