He may have lost a total of four players to injury problems, however Panathinaikos managed to pass through Zosimades, where beat the struggling PAS Ioannina 1-0!
An amazing goal by him Palasios refereed the match, with Ivan Jovanovic watching his side draw 2/2 in the Stoiximan Super League but also the Verbic, Aitor, Vaiannidis and Djuricic to leave with injury problems – the first one before the match even started…
In the coach’s mind
With formation 4-3-3 walked o Thanasis Staikos, which had Kleiman in goal and Soria, Tsaousis, Eramouspe and Pantelakis in defense. Karahalios, Rienstra and Gino were in midfield, with Pamlidis, Tzima and Conte making up the attacking trio.
On his part, Mr Ivan Jovanovich also chose 4-3-3, with Brignoli under the posts and Vagiannidis, Senkefeld, Palmer-Brown and Mladenovic in defence. In the axis were Arao, Cerin, with Djuricic in front of them and an attacking trio of Palasios, Ioannidis and Aitor – who replaced Verbic at the last moment.
The match
The hosts entered the match pressing high, however Panathinaikos quickly managed to take the initiative of the moves.
Nevertheless, the first finals came from PAS, with their long shots Karahaliou (6′) and Pamlidis (14′) to go out and that of him Chaos to end up in his arms Brignoli (11′).
His long shot was also wrong Pamlidis in the 21st minute, with the goalkeeper of the “greens” also neutralizing his attempt Jima (26′).
At the same time, the visitors’ efforts stopped… constantly in the bodies, while in the 38th minute came the forced, double change of Vagiannidis and Aitor.
In 43′, his dangerous turn Cherin he did not find a teammate, with him Ioannidis to then see his shot stop in the body of a defender.
The second half started with… a similar pattern! His shot Bernard in the 48th minute it stopped in the bodies, with Brignoli saying “no” to Jima (51th minute) and Soria (58th minute). In the meantime, Panathinaikos had managed to also lost Djuricic with an injury problem, who left in the 55th minute…
A head of it Ioannidis in the 61st minute he went high out, while in the 70th minute his nice cross-shot had the same result Gino from the right.
Finally, the Gordian link solved in 74′ and it was from the “green” side! Scorer o Palasioswho with an amazing finish after Mancini’s cross from the right left no time for Kleiman to react, making it 1-0.
The home team opened up in order to find an equaliser, while leaving spaces for Panathinaikos. A shot of him Pamlidis in the 86th minute he went out, while in the 90th + 1st minute the counterattack of the “clover” ended in a misplaced volley Palasios through the area.
THE Clayman two minutes later he stopped his effort with his foot Sporarwith 1-0, in the end, not changing.
MVP: This is where the unapproachable Arao could well come in, however since he was the one who decided the match and even with a terrible finish, the title will go to Sebastian Palacios. The Argentinian, who had not found the back of the net since March, needed that.
The… whistle: Overall his refereeing is good Vergeti, who picked up plenty of yellow cards and rightly didn’t show a penalty in stoppage time against Arao. When Pamlidis fell in the 25th minute, after consultation with the VAR, he indicated that the match should continue.
The lineups of the two teams
PAS Ioannina (Th. Staikos): Kleiman, Soria, Tsoushis, Eramouspe, Pantelakis, Karahalios, Gino, Rienstra (76′ Garo), Pamlidis (89′ Balan), Tzimas (63′ Rosero), Conte
On the counter: Athanasiou, Leo, Liassos, Bakadimas, Panagos, Naoumis
Panathinaikos (I. Jovanovic): Brignoli, Vagiannidis (38′ Kotsiras), Senkefeld, Palmer-Brown (73′ Vilena), Mladenovic, Arau, Cerin, Djuricic (55′ Mancini), Palasios, Ioannidis (73′ Sporar), Aitor (38′ Bernard)
On the counter: Lodingin, Ruben, Magnusson
Referee: Vergetis
Assistants: Karagizopoulos, Fotopoulos
4th: Andrianus
VAR: Fotias, Stefanis
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