AEK finished the job and… left for the final, Olympiacos was left with the consolation

From… Philadelphia to the final AEK. Can o Olympic to get the victory in “G. Karaiskakis”, prevailing 2-1but Union qualified for his final Novibet Cup for the 27th time. After, Almeida’s team protected the 3-0 of the first match.

THE Valbuena opened the scoring with a header in the 27th minute from an excellent cross by Bakabou. The “yellow and black” equalized in the 50′ with Levi to catch a shot outside the area and with the ball heading out, o Nah he put his foot down and deflected it, sending it into his team’s net.

In the 57th Huang with a shot from outside the area he scored 2-1. In one of the few good moments of the “red and white” until the finale. In the 70’s Cumber beat Paschalakis with an excellent finish, but did not make it 2-2, since he was offside.

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In the minds of the coaches:

With 4-2-3-1 Jose Anigo lined up the Piraeus team, with Paschalakis in goal (and not Tzolakis who played until now in the Novibet Cup) and Androutsos, Cisse, Ba and Reabtsiuk being the four in defense. Embila and Huang in midfield, with Biel, Valbuena and Fortuny making up the midfield trio. Bakabou, who was not in the starting eleven in the derby with Panathinaikos for the championship, returned to the top of the attack.

Almeida chose 4-4-1-1 with Stankovic coming back under the goal. On the right end of the defense was Rota, on the left was Mohammadi, while in the center Mitoglou-Mukudi. Galanopoulos and Mandalos as midfielders, Fernandes on the right in the midfield and Pineda on the left. Twins in the attack, Garcia and Zuber.

The match

The picture at the start of the match was quite expected. Olympiacos had no choice but to attack because of the 3-0 in the first match, while AEK had to protect the… dowry of the first match. The Piraeus had the initiative of the movements and the first good moment came in the 4th minute, with Fortounis making a move from the left and turning for Biel which he did not manage to execute, as Mohammadi covered, earning a foul. The 7th minute was clearer, with Huang taking the ball after Mukudi’s mistake and sending it just past Stankovic’s left post.

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The first threat from AEK came in the 17th minute, with Fernandes (following a corner pass) crossing and Leviai taking a shot on the move, which sent the ball over the opponent’s goal. In the 26th minute, Union scored dangerous counterattackPineda made a cross for Levia, but Ba with an excellent tackle “turned off” the phase.

Olympiacos turned the tide of the game in the 27th minute when Bakabou crossed superbly from the left, with Valbuena heading the ball into the net. In a phase in which the “yellow and black” defense did not react well at all.

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At 35′ Olympiacos missed a great opportunity for 2-0, with Fortounis weaving in nicely from the right, serving for Biel who miserably missed with a shot just in front of the semi-circle.

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The Union touched in stoppage time (45’+3′) 1-1with Hadjisafi crossing and Pineda missing with a header, sending the ball just wide.

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AEK made a terrible start in the second half, having before the 1-1 three chances, both of which were big. Biggest of all in 48′, with Livai getting into a shooting position from a pass from Pinedas, but Reabtsiuk made his task difficult and Paschalakis put his hand in giving away a corner. Immediately after, the AEK forward missed from a very good position after a corner.

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In the very next minute, Hadjisafi found himself in a shooting position after a counterattack and Paschalakis initially blocked his powerful shot and then blocked it.

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AEK is in its next phase was rewarded with the 1-1 (52′) for her image, with luck on her side. Levi caught a shot from outside the area, the ball was going out, but Ba changed its course, resulting in his team’s goal. Olympiacos reacted immediately and made it 2-1 in the 57th minute with Huang’s shot just outside the area with the left, taking advantage of the many meters he found in front of him.

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Three minutes later, the “red and whites” created the conditions to threaten, with Fortounis carrying the ball several meters and distributing vertically for Biel who with the bad control wasted his chance. This was practically the penultimate good moment of Olympiakos in the match, since despite the changes they only found one clean phase until the final.

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In the 70th minute, Hadjisafi, Mandalos and Tzumber teamed up with the Swiss excellently placing Paschalakis, but he was in an offside position, as a result of which the score remained 2-1. In the final straight, there were no special emotions, the match went according to AEK’s will. In the 90′, Olympiacos had a chance to set… the match on firewith El Arabi making good crosses for Masoura who rushed to shoot despite having space in front of him, but also the speed to press into the area, allowing Stankovic to block without stress.

MVP: Based on overall performance and regardless of who qualified, Huang was man of the match and under other circumstances would have deserved the award. From the winner of the night, Pineda stood out, who participated in most of AEK’s phases, while Tzuber was good again.

Whistle: We cannot dwell particularly on arbitration. Some decisive error is not credited to him. This is not to say that it was a flawless refereeing. Mainly there was an issue with the disciplinary control. Azeros wanted to manage so that the match did not escape him, but in some markings he was lenient.

The film of the match via sport-fm.gr

Olympiacos (Jose Anigo): Paschalakis – Androutsos (80′ El Arabi), Cisse, Ba, Reabciuk – Embila, Huang – Biel (61′ Brusai), Valbuena (68′ G. Rodriguez), Fortounis (81′ Masouras) – Bakabou

Left on the bench were: Tzolakis, Ramon, Kasami, Samaseku, Doi

AEK (Matias Almeida): Stankovic – Rota, Mitoglou, Mukudi, Mohammadi (12′ Hadjisafi) – Fernandes (63′ Eliasson), Galanopoulos (72′ Jonsson), Mandalos (72′ Simanski), Pineda – Garcia (72′ Gacinovic), Zuber

Left on the bench were: Athanasiadis, Vida, Daiko, Kosidis

Referee: Aliyar Agagev (Azerbaijan)

First Assistant: Zeynal Zeynalov (Azerbaijan)

Second Assistant: Akif Emirali (Azerbaijan)

4th referee: Stathis Gortsilas

VAR: Yeltsin Masiyev (Azerbaijan), AVAR: Konstantinos Nikolaidis