He also showed character with the… above The Panathinaikos who won with the impressive 4-1 him Astera Tripoliat “Theodoros Kolokotronis” for the 6th matchday of the Stoiximan Super League.
Although he lined up on 9/11 changedthe “clover” managed to break its very bad tradition for six years now in the capital of Arcadia, adding another “double” this yearafter those in Ioannina and Agrinio, which also did not pass in previous years, making a reaction…
THE Arao he achieved it first of the goal with the greens at 5′for the home team’s quick response to come with Sock to equate to 7′. THE Verbich with his second league goal this year, he made it 1-2 at 31′to come Ioannidis from the bench and with two goals in seven minutes (80′-87′), to… put his stamp, giving dimensions of triumph to the dominance of Panathinaikos, which again had the world on his side!
The … devil’s week ends on Sunday for Jovanovic’s team that hosts him PAOK on the Avenue, with the Rastavac group facing him Fearlessa day later, in Peristeri.
In the minds of the coaches:
THE Asteras Tripoli lined up with formation the 4-2-3-1, Papadopoulos in goal and Christopoulos, Carmona, Kastanio, Alvares four at the back. Grozdanic and Munafo were the central midfielders, while Crespi-Kaltsas fought on the wings and Bartolo behind Miritello, who was at the top of the attack.
THE Panathinaikos on the other hand, it “came down” with… nine new faces compared to the 11th against AEK, system 4-2-3-1 and Lodingin under the goalposts. Kotsiras, Jedvai, Palmer-Brown and Mladenovic formed the four in defense and Arao-Cherin the duo in the axis. With Palacios and Verbic at the two ends of the attack, Djuricic in a staff role and Sporar as center forward.
The match:
Panathinaikos took possession of the ball with… good morning and with good circulation tried to attack from the ends – and especially the right – to step into the area of Asteras, who was obviously waiting for his opponent, looking for some quick counterattack.
The “clover” was lucky to score a quick goal, which is always… useful in games like today. As from the very good execution of a free kick from a position outside the right of Mladenovic’s area, Arao got into the path of the ball and achieved 0-1, only in 5′!
However, his joy lasted only two minutes, which is what the Arkades needed to bring the match to an even level. With Alvarez making a nice cross from the left to the second post, Kalca defeating Mladenovic in the duel and making it 1-1 with a header!
Afterwards, Asteras raised its pressure higher, improved its possession percentage and “marked” the opposing left wing, with Kaltsa as the main exponent. However, despite having a calmness in their game, the Panathinaikos players struggled to find the empty spaces to become a threat…
With the two teams neutralizing each other, it took until the 24th minute to register the next opportunity. When, from another free-kick from the left by Mladenovic, Arau got a header but sent the ball wide.
The visitors regained possession from that point and then together, took the lead again in the 31st minute. As thanks to Cerin’s nice opening on the right in the area for Palasios and his cross to the far post, the oncoming Verbic scores from close range for 1-2!
By improving the cooperation of its players even more, Panathinaikos reached a breath from 1-3. With Lodingin quickly giving Palasios the feed to Kotsira, who was brought down in the area by Bartolo, in the 44th minute…
Evangelou indicated the penalty, Sporar took it but Papadopoulos made an impressive save. Even more impressive was the development of the phase… With the Slovenian striker’s shot first stopping on the goalkeeper of Arkades and then the crossbar, in the first minute of stoppage time!
MVP:
the “whistle”:
The compositions of the two teams:
Asteras Tripoli (Milan Rastavac): Papadopoulos, Carmona, Christopoulos, Kastanio, Alvares, Monafo, Grozdanic, Kaltsas, Bartolo, Crespi, Miritelo.
They stayed on the bench: Sgouris, Garcia, Atientha, Houhoumis, Sourlis, Diara, Zouglis, Sito, Mantzis.
Panathinaikos (Ivan Jovanovic): Lodingin, Kotsiras, Jedvaj, Palmer-Brown (46′ Senkefeld), Mladenovic, Arao, Cerin, Palacios, Djuricic, Verbic, Sporar.
They stayed on the bench: Xenopoulos, Juancar, Ruben, Ioannidis, Kleinheisler, Bernard, Mancini, Vilena.
Referee: Angelos Evangelou (Athens).
Assistants: Andreas Meidanas (Achaia), Ioannis Karagizopoulos (Imathia).
4th referee: Andreas Gamaris (Athens).
VAR: Stefanos Koumbarakis (Cyclades).
AVAR: Dimitrios Samoilis (Athens).
See here the description of the match from the Match Centre
Source: Sport Fm
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