OFI and… VAR knew PAOK in 97′!

He set up a “block” for PAOK, kept him away from his area and finally OFI got the victory (1-0)!

The Cretans threw… patches in the 97th minute with Band who took advantage of the inactivity in the visitors’ defense, getting a second win against the Thessaloniki teams and reaching 6 points!

On a bad day the offensive line of the “double-header of the north” who was unable to threaten effectively at any point of the game, while he had no not a single clear chance to score.

Excellent setup by Valdas Dabrauskas, who showed that no team will easily get past “Jedi Koule”, counting 2/2 at the start of this season, against two very strong opponents, stopping it winning streak of the “black and white”.

In the minds of the coaches:

With 3-5-2 Valdas Dabrauskas lined up OFI, with Christogeorgos in goal, Vouros, Pasalidis, Karo in the center of the defense, Larsson, Thorarinsson at the ends of it, Mejado, Gagegos, Bakics in the axis and Riera a little behind the promoted Luis Felipe.

With 4-2-3-1 PAOK was brought down by Razvan Lucescu, with Kotarski under the posts, Kenziora, Ekong, Mihailidis, R. Soares in defense, Ozdoev and Schwab in midfield and Murg, Constantelia, Zivkovic behind Brandon.

The match

The game started with both teams starting quite conservatively and the first goal coming in the 10th minute from OFI. Riera became the owner of the ball in the area and laid it on Meyado, who shot wide, which went just wide of Kotarski’s left post.

In the 13th minute, after a beautiful cross by Živković from the left, o Brandon he made a nice move and took the header, which went over the goal. Just a minute later, Larsson’s cross from the right was cleared by the visitors’ defenders, with Bakits to take possession outside the area and take the powerful shot, with Kotarski in good position to clear.

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At 26′, his free kick Murg from an excellent position, it went over the bar. In the 37th minute, O Bakits attempted a long shot, with the ball ending up well over Kotarski’s goal. In the 41st minute, Pasalides he tried to threaten with a reverse scissor outside the area, without managing to find the target. This was also the last phase in the first half, with both teams going into the break scoreless.

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The first good moment in the second half came for PAOK in the 51st minute. THE Murg found space outside the area and shot, with Christogeorgos well positioned to block. In the 60′, the goalkeeper of the home team had no problem blocking his shot Constantia.

From that point on, Dabrauskas’ team set up a block on the “black and whites”, keeping them away from their home goal for more than 30 minutes. At 90’+2′, o Zivkovic he converged from the right and made the shot outside the area, with Christogeorgos having no problem.

And where everything looked like the game would end with both teams tied, OFI found a way to score a goal and shock PAOK! At 90’+5′, o Band he got possession of the ball just ahead of midfield and made it all the way to the area, where he executed Kotarski from a sideline position for 1-0! In fact, at the beginning of the phase, an offside was given, but the goal counted after the help of VAR.

PAOK failed to find a reaction in the remaining minutes, with OFI getting a great victory with 1-0!

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MVP: THE Leroy Abada he entered the game in the 73rd minute and even in a non-playing position, as he played as a winger and was the player who “punched” the PAOK defense, giving his team a very big victory.

The whistle: THE Diamantopoulos he had a good refereeing, making good card management. His assistant failed to see in the first half that Abada was in a normal position in the goal phase, which was corrected by VAR.

Team compositions:

OFI (Valdas Dabrauskas): Christogeorgos, Vouros, Pasalidis, Karo (81′ Lambropoulos), Larson, Thorarinson, Meyado, Gagegos (82′ Neira), Bakics (73′ Abada), Riera (66′ Toral), Felipe (65′ Diko).

PAOK (Razvan Lucescu): Kotarski, Keziora (7” Vieirinia), Ekong, Michaelidis, Rafa Soares (66′ Bamba), Ozdoev, Schwab (66′ Meite), Murg (76′ Jimas), Zivkovic, Constantelias, Brandon Thomas (66′ Samata).

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