Open accounts for her rematch quarterfinals of Greek Cup and for them Mars and Ghoul. Both teams stayed at 0-0 on Thursday (20/1) at “Kleanthis Vikelidis”, with Thessaloniki not finding the reaction they were looking for after the negative results in the championship and Fthiotes getting a significant result in view of next week’s match.
The hosts were almost … stormy in the first half (eleven finals, five in the goal, against none of Lamia), with the guests balance in the second and not to accept major threats. Forced change for him Cuesta, by Dennis which replaced him to have an injury problem, but to continue.
It should be noted that the two teams will meet at the same stadium on Sunday (23/1) for the 19th game of Super Leaue 1.
In the … minds of coaches:
THE Akis Mantzios lined up Mars with a system 4-2-3-1 and Cuesta at home. In defense, from right to left, started Sundgren, Fabiano, Brabets and Lumor. Gemgo and Sasha were duo in the midfield, with Mancini, Bertoglio and Gama moving behind Manos, who was selected for the top of the attack.
Same system by Michalis Grigoriou for Lamia. Under the beams was Saranov. Provydakis started as a right back, Saramantas was at the other end, with Golemic and Tzanetopoulos composing the duo in the stoppers. The equivalent in the midfield was Beharano and Nounies, with Karamano, Tyrone and Romanic moving behind the only forward, Arabouli.
The match:
The home team entered the game determined to find the quick goal. With pressure high (Mancini’s contribution significant), fast movement of the ball and exploiting gaps in intervals of Lamia, arrived with claims outside the frames of their opponents.
At the same time, they were very well organized in the backcourt, not allowing the visitors to hold a lot of ball, let alone find corridors. An important parameter of these is their “deactivation” Romanic and Tyrone.
Akis Mantziou’s team completed the first part with eleven finals, the five of them in the hearth. At the same time, their opponents had … buns in both of these categories! Best moments for Aris – who threatened a lot with shots from outside the area – those of him 11′ (head of Bertoglio, after a sweet cross by Gama), of 34′ (fake shot by Manos), his 40′ (foul by Gama from the semicircle of the big area) and his 45′ (Gamma shot from the edge of the area). His interventions are important Saranov in most of them.
The first good moment for Mars in the second part was recorded at 50′, with Nail polish and Sundgren to combine exceptionally (terrible heel of the Greek striker), the second to come out in a four-on-four position and the Saranov to drive to a corner. There are many such static phases for the Thessalonians, who did not take advantage of them.
Right in the next phase at 51′, Lamia attacked from … nowhere, with him Cuesta to come out too high to cut. If he succeeded, he did injury, who -although he stayed for a few minutes in the match- did not allow him to finish the match. In the 60′ took his place o Dennis (At the same time, Entiage and Garcia passed instead of Cengo and Gama, respectively).
Unbelievable and yet true, o A Brazilian goalkeeper was also injured, after a few minutes! Finally, he managed to continue, after the medical assistance provided to him.
The many breaks, the inhibitory improvement of Lamia, the image of Mars in the second half did not resemble in any case that of the first, with the “yellows” finding it difficult to threaten. In the 8th minute of delays o Saranov put another great stop in his shot Λόπεθ, with the team of Fthiotida getting an important result in “Vikelidis”.
MVP: Very good first part from Mancini but also from Gama. Aris owes a lot to these two who were so close to the goal. However, he did not succeed. And this is what Lamia “owes” to Saranov for his rebounds throughout the match. The distinction for the Serbian goalkeeper.
The whistle: Mr. did not face difficult phases. Perrakis. However, he is wrong about her 65′. Aris was coming out with big demands on counterattack, but the referee of the match stopped the phase to show yellow to Golemic. He missed an important opportunity for the Thessalonians, who had reasonable complaints.
The compositions of the two groups:
Aris (Akis Mantzios): Cuesta (60 ‘Dennis) – Sundgren, Fabiano, Brabets, Lumor – Jeggo (60’ Entiage), Sasha – Mancini, Bertoglio (74 ‘Iturbe), Gama (60’ Garcia) – Manos (74 ‘) Lopez).
On the bench for the hosts were left: Marmaridis, Aslanidis, Matia, Sakic.
Lamia (Michalis Grigoriou): Saranov – Provydakis, Golemic, Tzanetopoulos, Saramantas – Beharano, Nounies (90 ‘+ 4’ Antezzo) – Karamanos (71 ‘Bagoura), Tyron (64’ Tzandaris), Romanic – Arabouli.
On the bench for the guests were left: Tropoulos, Nikolopoulos, Tsoukalos, Martines, Vyntra, Skondras.
Referee: Konstantinos Perrakis
First Assistant: Andreas Meidanas
Second Assistant: Pantelis Spyropoulos
4th Referee: Alexandros Tsakalidis
WHERE: Aristotle Diamantopoulos
Watch the live of the match here.
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