Panathinaikos was left with the will, it got what Olympiacos wanted!

Panathinaikos and Olympiakos were left at 0-0 at “Apostolos Nikolaidis”, in the big derby that took place today as part of it 18th race of Super League 1 and which everyone will forget… quickly.

The “clover” why had the upper hand, came to play his opponent one-sided, but with the exception of his big missed opportunity 41’ by Makenda and a shot with good conditions from him Mauritius in the 33’, did not have the right pass / final to score and win…

And the “red and whites” because they never stepped on the opponent’s area, having only one long shot by Lopez in 44 ‘. Even coming down with me obvious willingness to defend and three stoppers, but managing to get the point and leave undefeated from the seat of their great opponent!

Panathinaikos protests for penalty, in its phase Palace by Reabciuk in the 77’, with the Pole Ratskowski saying to continue the match, after communication with the VAR.

The hosts climbed to fourth place in the standings, equal to PAS Giannina at 27 points but with fewer matches, losing the opportunity to get even closer to AEK and PAOK.

While Olympiakos did not win for the second consecutive game, after the 0-0 in Rizoupoli, however, remaining only first and at +9 from the now second PAOK.

In the… minds of coaches:

Panathinaikos lined up having four changes in relation to the match against Volos, formation the 4-3-3, Brinioli at home and Kotsira, Schκεnefeld, Veleth and Juankar at the back. While Ruben Pereth was the “cutter”, with Vigiafanies-Mauricio inside midfield and Aitor-Palacios in the “wings” of the only promoted Makeda.

Olympiacos on the other hand “came down” with five changes in relation to his game against Apollo, system 3-4-3 and Watslik under the goalposts. Papastathopoulos, Manolas and Ba were the trio in defense, while Reabciuk-Lala were the two full backs and Embila-Kamara were twins on the axis. With Masoura, Ticinio and Lopez composing the treble of the attack.

The match:

Olympiakos came in with a mood to push high to hinder the development of their opponent, moved the ball calmly and managed to take control in the beginning.

On the other hand, Panathinaikos made quite easy mistakes, while the distances of its lines were long, as a result of which it could not reach the opponents’ frames or even create the conditions with demands.

At the same time, in the first minutes, many fouls dominated from both sides, while one direct foul execution of Τικίνιο in the 7’, which stopped in antipakvn bodies on the wall was the most remarkable thing the match had to offer.

With the many vacations cutting the pace and without any cooperation from the players of both teams, this meant that there were no final efforts as time went on.

The “greens” however gradually took steps on the field and possession of the ball and tried to develop more rationally, mainly from their right side, with his cross-shot Aitor in the 29’ from there it passes next to the right beam of Vatslik.

While four minutes later, from a new charge from the right, this time by Kotsiras, Ba chased casually with his head, the Mauritius got the “rebound”, but the unmarked shot of through the area was completely misplaced.

Piraeus, for their part, remained focused on their plan, which primarily included securing zero and therefore … a passive role, throughout this period, having “disappeared” Tikinios and Masoura-Lopez also out of the game.

They were lucky in his phase 41st minute, as well as from the nice cross of Juankar from the left the undisturbed Makenda put wrong his body, resulting in heads out of the small area to go out, at the first real goal opportunity!

It is characteristic that they recorded the first shot towards Brinioli’s goal in 44 ‘, with Lopez’s attempt being very inaccurate and both teams going to the locker room tied without a score.

During the break, Ivan Jovanovic and Pedro Martins took the lead a change each, but persons – with Ioannidis and El Arabi replacing Makenda and Lopes respectively – and not formations.

Panathinaikos, however, was the one who came in better this time and tried with good circulation and composure, but not effectively to get close to a goal.

Vatslik managed to “erase” any phase suspicion in his frames, with proper interventions, whenever needed, while the hosts continued to not be able to find a way to score, as proved in the case of the missed shot outside the area of ​​Vigiafanies in 74 ‘…

Three minutes later, from Vital’s vertical for him Palace, The Reabciuk starts to mark him outside the area, he then falls inside, but is not charged not a penalty, as Panathinaikos shout, but not even a foul.

With the phase continuing following a decision of the arbitrator and the assent of the VAR which obviously alerts him to his headset that there is nothing.

The “greens” continued to search until the end at 1-0, their opponent continued to defend just as effectively, while the heads of Ioannidis in the 80th minute away by Watslik and Palacios’s shot in the next phase went high enough.

MVP: Juankar was one of the few players who – by all accounts – performed well today. On the one hand, he did not face any problems with the suspension. On the other hand, he was the one who made the best chance of the match, in the 41st minute, with the very nice filling from the left and Makenda throwing it in the trash.

The “whistle”: Ratzkowski started the derby lazily, keeping the cards in his pocket, but as time went on he managed to control the disciplinary part. The Polish referee did not star and is essentially controlled only for the fact that he should be charged with a foul on Reabciuk’s marking on Palacios in 77 ‘.

The compositions of the two groups:

Panathinaikos (Ivan Jovanovic): Brinoli, Kotsiras, Senkefeld, Veleth, Sanchez, Ruben Pereth, Mauricio (81 ‘Alexandropoulos), Vigiafanies, Aitor (66’ Vital), Makenda (46 ‘Ioannidis), Palacios.

They stayed on the bench: Dioudis, Carlitos, Chatzitheodoridis, Ludqvist, Engbakoto, Charlia.

Olympiacos (Pedro Martins): Vatslik, Manolas, Papastathopoulos, Ba, Reabciuk, Embila, Kamara, Lala (66 ‘Karbovnik), Masouras (58’ Valbouena), Tikinio (85 ‘Vrousai), Lopez (46’ El Arabi).

They stayed on the bench: Christinson, Lovera, Androutsos, Papadopoulos, Sourlis.

Referee: Pavel Ratskowski.

Referee assistants: Radoslav Sieka, Adam Kupsik.

4th Referee: Stefanos Koumparakis.

VAR Referee: Bartos Frankowski.

Referee AVAR: Dimitris Samoilis.

See here the description of the match from Match Center