The Super League K17 championship cup was painted red and white! In an enjoyable final with tremendous pace and goals, o Olympic prevailed 5-4 of PAOK in overtime (2-2 regular time) and was crowned champion with their great protagonists Little bit and Kostoula.
THE Olympic entered the game better, having possession and constantly threatening the opposition goal but to no avail. With his players PAOK from halfway through the first half and then going up the field, having their moments to find a goal. Which finally came at 45’+2′ when o Kesidis made the shot, the ball left the Olympiakos goalkeeper’s hands and when he kicked it again, the referees showed that he had crossed the goal line (0-1) in a very difficult phase.
The “black and white” came on strong in the second half as well, scoring again in the 51st minute to take a two-goal lead. With Cassidis taking the corner and Kalaitsidis to score with a header for 2-0. Three minutes later, Olympiacos had lost a tie with him Penymonides and finally reduced the score in the 61st minute with Kostoula making it 2-1.
This goal gave extra psychology to the “red and whites” who were pressing suffocatingly for the equalizer and finally found it in the 81st minute! Scorer o Ligdas, who with a terrible free kick made it 2-2! With the score remaining as it is until the finale and the match leading to extension.
The start of overtime found him Olympic to score again, with Little bit to sign the reversal (3-2). The match had a crazy pace, the ball went up and down and PAOK managed to find the equalizing goal in the 103′ with a wonderful header Shepherd for the 3-3. However, the game still had a long way to go, as it proved later.
With the “red and white” being better and entering the second part of extra time with a goal, since Kostoulas with a terrible finish he wrote 4-3. Four minutes later, his team did Mavrogennidis found the way to the net for the fifth time with his diagonal shot Liatsikoura!
The game was sensational, o PAOK he went all out and played everything for everything. He reduced it to 119′ with his nice placement Shepherd in 5-4 and tried to find the equalizer but failed. With the “red-and-whites” becoming a mess for winning the trophy and the “black-and-whites” being disappointed and saddened by its loss, despite the extra effort they made.
Source: Sport Fm
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