Enraged for the top, AEK beat the valiant Aris with a “golden” Tzumber!

Cumberthe redeemer for her AEK! After Nice, the Swiss ace also spoke in the furnace of the OPAP Arena giving a huge victory (3-1) in the “Union” on Mars for the 4th round of the Stoiximan Super League Playoffs.

A fair victory for AEK, since – even if they found it dark against the stalwarts of Thessaloniki – they were better for the longest duration of the match. However, her mistakes on the one hand, and the individual quality of her opponents on the other, made her nervous. But there was Chuber – who passed change at 60′- to redeem her at 82′ and put the… icing on the cake at 90’+5′. Garcia opened the scoring with a penalty in the 36th minute, with Iturbe equalizing in the 45th +1 minute. Great tension after 2-1, just before Pineda’s goal at 90’+1′. Correctly disallowed for an offside goal by Camacho in the 58th minute. Forced change for him Brambetz at 30′.

Thus, the “yellow and black” were found alone first (69b.), at +3 from Panathinaikos and to +6 from Olympiakos, waiting for the result between them derby. Aris remained at 41 points and at +1 from Volos.

It is recalled that in the first lunch hours everything revolved around the change of the Polish diet team (Pawel Raczkowski, Radoslawa Siecka, Adam Kupsik, Krzysztof Jakubik) and the definition of Greek (Diamantopoulos referee and Evangelou in VAR).

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In… the minds of the coaches:

THE Matias Almeida keep it 4-4-1-1 for AEK, however, leaving Pinedas on the bench. At home was Athanasiadis, in defense from right to left Rota, Vida, Tzavellas and Hadjisafi. Jonson and Szymanski in the central midfield duo, with Eliasson on the right wing and Gacinovic on the right. Araujo was moving behind Garcia.

As for him MarsThe Apostolos Terzis choose it 4-3-3, bringing Cuesta back under the posts. On the right and left ends of the defense, he placed Empakata and Piersman, respectively, while in the center Fabiano and Brambetz were always present. The trio in the midfield consisted of Etebo, Dabo and Darinda, with Palma and Iturbe flanking Camacho in the attack who had the role of the false nine.

The match:

Very good pace at the start of the match, something both teams contributed to with excellent partnerships. The one of Araujo and Levi (head of the first) at 2′ he accepted his instinctive “stop”. Questwhile that of Iturbe and Camacho in the 6′ ended up with the ball on the outside of the net from the latter’s shot.

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Another good collaboration for the guests at 10′ (Iturbe, Dabo, Darida), with its finish Darida to leave above the horizontal beam. More generally, Mr Iturbe thanks to his speed and stride he created issues in the defense of the home team at the beginning and specifically on the side of Hadjisafi and Tzavella.

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However, quite quickly the “Union” took over the reins. She had the traffic, with Aris waiting for her further back, and was attempting several set pieces and crosses. From there, she increased her pressure by constantly threatening. The moments with Gacinovic (12′) and Araujo (17′).

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In the 29th minute, Tolis Terzis was forced to readjust his plans, as Brambetz was injured after a collision and was replaced by Inside. In fact, this bad moment also caused one of the most beautiful moments in the match, since the home crowd applauded the Czech central defender while being transported -having broken out in tears– outside the field of play.

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To get to 35′When the Etembo overthrew him Eliasson inside the area with Aristotelis Diamantopoulos showing the white ball (the home team had protested for a penalty and a little earlier for Darinda’s hand). The execution was undertaken by Levi Garcia, who sent the ball into the bottom right for 0-1, with Cuesta falling against it. So a lead for the “yellow and black” at 36′at a point in time when they had intensified their pressure, helped by the pitch that was… playing tricks.

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In the following minutes until the final, both teams had their moments. However, it was Aris who found the goal in the first minute of stoppage time. In a “gift” phase from AEK’s defense, with Camacho to benefit from their incomprehension Athanasiadis and Vida (error mainly of the second) and in the development of phase o Palm to shoot the ball to beamThe Iturbe to take the “rebound” and by writing 1-1 from close range to punish the “two-headed”.

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Terzis made a second change before the start of the second half, with Ducouret to replace him Etembo (perhaps also because of the yellow color it had).

AEK entered with… punches and determined to immediately regain its lead. First, warn with them Gacinovic (47′) and Garcia (48′), to come the 55′when Levi brought down inside the area all alone Araujowho was defeated again by Quest.

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And since the “Union” didn’t put it there, it almost got punished (again) in the caps by Aris. And that’s because in 58′ The Dumbo took out with magic slash to Camacho, who went in front of Athanasiadis perfectly nibbling the ball over him. However, he did so from a marginal position, with Evangelos from the VAR to correctly inform Diamantopoulos that there is an offside.

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In the 67′ after a regular season for AEK and while Matias Almeida had moved on triple change (Zuber, Pineda and Fernandez instead of Araujo, Gacinovic and Eliasson), Levai took the shot, the ball ending up close to his armpit Inside and Diamantopoulos to show penalty kick. However, upon re-examination at VAR he again got his decision back for his foul Rota to Palm at the start of the phase.

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The ball was now going up and down. In the 73′ The Dumbo threatened with a header, for AEK to respond in the 79th minute, with Quest to have another great save in the diagonal 4-a-4 with him Cumber.

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But the Swiss ace had not said his last conversation, which took place in 82′: Great backhand after taking down the advancing Javela, great shot and 2-1! A goal that was wildly celebrated from players, bench and home crowd!

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Shortly after, he followed huge tension between the benches of the two teams after pushing Rota. And when she calmed down, first came the beam of Pineda for AEK at 90’+1′ and to 90’+5′ his second “hit”. Cumber for the final 3-1.

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Watch the match live here.

MVP: Until the 82nd minute, it was Cuesta with his epic interventions that (for starters) gave his team the point. However, the sequel… known and the distinction cannot go to the ultimate protagonist, Steven Zuber.

The whistle: AEK’s first penalty was correctly given, since Eliasson is clearly overturned by Etembo, correctly the second one is not given via VAR, as it was preceded by a foul at the beginning of the phase. Camacho’s goal in the 58th minute was also rightly disallowed, since it was even marginally offside. AEK protested for a second yellow card for Etembo in the penalty phase and probably the change of Toli Terzis in the 46th minute (he passed Doukoure in place of the Nigerian midfielder) justifies it. Meanwhile, the visitors shouted in the 76th minute for a card to Pinedas who interrupted a counterattack, which would be his first.

The compositions of the two teams:

AEK (Matias Almeida): Athanasiadis – Rota, Vida, Tzavellas, Hadjisafi – Eliasson (61′ Fernandes), Jonsson (76′ Mandalos), Simanski, Gacinovic (60′ Pineda) – Garcia (90’+7′ Mohammadi), Araujo (60′ Tzumber).

On the bench for the hosts remained: Stankovits, Mitoglou, Franson, Galanopoulos.

Ares (Apostol Terzis): Cuesta – Embakata (81′ Christodoulopoulos), Fabiano, Brambets (29′ Nkulu), Piersman – Etembo (46′ Doukoure), Dabo, Darinda – Iturbe (61′ Odubazzo), Camacho, Palma (81′ Mazikou).

On the bench for the guests remained: Siabanis, Gray, Sgouros, Panagidis.

Referee: Aristotle Diamantopoulos (he was fourth in the initial definitions with the Poles)

Assistants: Reichard Buxbaum, Tryfon Petropoulos

4th referee: Christos Vergetis

VAR: Angel Evangelou