They played with fire but AEK did the job in Volos

A professional transition from Panthessaliko was made by AEK. Without playing attractive football and you dare to idle, Volos prevailed 1-0 for the 3rd matchday of the Stoiximan Super League playoffs, transferring even more stress to their competitors.

The goal by Orbelin Pineda in the 9th minute he decided the match for “Union”, which was only threatened in the second half by the home team, but played with fire for several minutes giving the opponent rights to stay in the match until the end. Voliotes asked for a penalty in the 85th minute.

Impressive presence from approx 8-9 thousand AEK friends in Panthessalikos.

In the coach’s mind

THE Matias Almeida proceed to five changes, forced and not only. He chose a formation with a classic defensive midfielder, Jonsson, with Mandalo next to him in a creative role and… Pineda everywhere, while Eliasson and Araujo took it upon themselves to support forward Levi Garcia. At the back the two ends were changed, with Rota replacing the injured Sidibe and Mohammadi playing for the first time since his injury at the World Cup in place of Hadjisafi, while Tzavellas and Vida in the absence of Mukudi and Mitoglou were the stopper duo.

On the contrary, the Kostas Bratsos walked with her same line-up that got a draw at Leoforo against Panathinaikos, without the slightest change. The hero of the previous match Kleiman in goal, the quartet of Alho, Escoval, Sieli and Luna in defense, the center with Tsokani, Katse and Gagi and in front Tahato, Deletic and Ozegovic.

The match

Volos lined up not only with the same composition, but also same rationale as the previous match. He was fortified in the half court and was calling AEK to play. The “yellow and black”, unlike Panathinaikos on Sunday, they were lucky to take an early lead in their usual way. The pressure up top resulted in Garcia’s steal on Tahato, Araújo teamed up with the “Union” center forward and he served the oncoming Pineda who with place in the movement from the height of the area defeated Kleiman for the 0-1 at 9′.

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The association” did not threaten again for the rest of the first half. Volos remained tambourine even being behind in the score, the “yellow and black” easily circulated the ball in the center and although they could not create the big phase leaving many partnerships incomplete, they were not in danger for a moment from the home teamwho also lost in the 42nd minute forced change due to dizziness their first scorer, Ozegovic.

The hosts decided from the start of the second half to raise their lines and abandoning their completely passive role to take risks. By Pires to improve his team’s image by replacing the injured Tahatos, Volos threatened for the first time in the 51st minute from Deletic’s cross and the unmarked Katse’s header, which without power ended up in the hands of Athanasiadis.

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AEK was now finding more spaces, but playing without intensity and imagination he could not reach the second goal that would simplify things. In the 58th minute, Garcia and Pineda repeated the 0-1 partnership, but the Mexican’s place countered and went away for a corner, while in the 64th minute, due to a miscommunication between Pineda and Zavella, Deletic tried from a distance but without result. In the 69th minute, Luna’s mistimed pass to Kleiman gave Garcia a chance to score, but after nibbling the ball past the Volos goalkeeper, he slotted into the outside of the net.

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Almeida made his first intervention of the match in the 74′ with Gacinovic and Zuber replacing Pineda and Garcia, with the Swiss touching the goal in the 82′ with a sudden shot just outside the box. The home team asked for a penalty for Galanopoulos’ hand in the 85th minute, but nothing was attributed to Sidiropoulos or VAR, and the last few minutes passed without danger for the “yellow and black”.

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MVP: Pineda scored the goal, but Jonsson was probably the most valuable for AEK. The Dane was the… metronome in the center area, he worked very well in blocking despite not having the support of Szymanski, while he helped in the safe circulation of the ball.

The whistle: Tasos Sidiropoulos played the game without difficulty and practically went unnoticed. AEK claimed a penalty for marking Garcia in the 17th minute, but there appeared to be no reversal and the phase was controlled by VAR who certified the international referee’s initial decision. In the 85th minute, the Volos players asked for a penalty for Galanopoulos’ hand, but he was in a natural position and ended up there from the opposition, so rightly nothing was given.

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The lineups of the two teams

Volos (Arm): Kleiman, Alho, Escoval, Sielis, Luna, Tsokanis (89′ Metaxas), Gahi, Katse (81′ Kartalis), Deletic, Ozegovic (42′ Pires), Tahatos (46′ Barrientos)

On the counter: Kotnik, Aslanidis, Methkida, Tselembakis, Pirinen

AEK (Almeida): Athanasiadis, Rota, Vida, Tzavellas, Mohammadi, Jonson, Pineda (74′ Gatsinovich), Mandalos (84′ Galanopoulos), Araujo (84′ Fernandes), Eliasson (93′ Simanski), Levi Garcia (74′ Tzuber).

On the counter: Stankovic, Hadjisafi, Radonia, Franson

Referee: Tasos Sidiropoulos

Assistants: Andreas Meidanas, Konstantinos Psarris

Fourth: Stathis Gortsilas

VAR: Stefanos Koumbarakis (Theophilos Moysiadis)

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