Her first defeat AEK in this year’s Europa League he came to Marseille, with Marseille to prevail 3-1 of Matias Almeida’s team.
However, the Union is entitled to have complaints from arbitrationas Marseille’s first goal could have been disallowed for an offensive foul, while the 3-1 result also came from a very strict penalty.
They intervened, an equalizer from Pinedas but also one disastrous mistake by Stankovicwhich brought about his expulsion and the penalty with which the home team scored 2-1, on which the “yellow and black” had encouraged.
All this in a fantastic atmosphere, which was taken care of by twinned fans of the two groups.
In the coach’s mind
Gennaro Gattuso chose a 4-3-3 formation, with Blanco in goal and Kloss, Beba, Balerdi and Lodi in defense. Beretu, Ronzie and Kodogbia played as a trio in midfield, with Harit, Bitinia and Ediage in attack.
On the other hand, Matias Almeida went with 4-4-2, having Stankovic under the posts and Sidibe, Mukudi, Vida and Hadjisafi in defense. In the center were Szymanski-Jonson, with Amrabad-Pineda on the edges and Mandalo a little behind Zuber.
The match
The home team wanted to control the match from the start and in the 5th minute they had their first good moment, with Stankovic to defeat him Effect in fours The half was stopped for offside, however if we had a goal the decision would probably have been changed via VAR.
The second great chance for Marseilles came 15 minutes later, with Harit to… dance the defense of AEK from the right but send the ball over the goalkeeper of the Union.
In the 23rd minute, the Austrian again said “no” to Effect on a trailing shot from the right, though in the 27th minute he was defeated by Bitiniawho took advantage of Klos’s pass pass – in a phase however that was checked by VAR for offensive foul, which was probably actually done to Vida by the scorer.
A header from Mukudi in the 33rd minute, following a foul, went high and wide, with another run in first-half stoppage time bringing the 1-1 with Zuber, however the goal was disallowed for Vida’s offside seconds before.
Finally, the first 45 minutes ended with Gennaro Gattuso’s team in the lead.
The guests entered the second half stronger, looking for an equalizer and it didn’t take long to find it. It was in the 53rd minute, when Mandalos found him from the left Pineda inside the area and he after the initial… chaff with the ball, nail the ball into the net of Blanco!
And while everything was showing that the match was changing drastically, something happened disastrous mistake by Stankovicwho sent the ball over to Vitinias and then brought him down inside the area, to put Marseille back in the driver’s seat.
The Austrian was initially shown a yellow card but the decision was overturned via VAR, with the AEK goalkeeper sent off. Athanasiadis took a position under the posts but was unable to prevent it accurate penalty kick by Harit (60′).
Somewhere there, with a numerical disadvantage but also at the expense of the score, AEK began to struggle and in the 68th minute they fell to new penaltyafter Amrabad had flagged Lodi – with the decision nevertheless being judged to be severe, to say the least.
THE Veretou he hit for 3-1, with the Marseilles clearing the match somewhere.
In 79′, Athanasiadis stopped Sarr’s shot and two minutes later he said “no” to Aubameyang, while in 86′ Sarr scored but his goal was disallowed for offside.
They followed a good moment for each team (90+5′ Kodogbia and 90+4′ Tzumber), with 3-1 not changing in the end.
MVP: THE Bithynia he was selected at the top of the attack instead of Aubameyang and justified Gattuso, firstly opening the scoring and then winning the penalty and Stankovic’s dismissal.
The… whistle: Big problems for him Stefanski, whose decisions made the work of AEK difficult. Initially, Bitinia’s goal could well have been disallowed for an attacking foul due to the scorer’s push on Vida. Zuber’s goal was rightly disallowed and Stankovic’s card was rightly changed from yellow to red, however Marseifg’s third goal is also controversial, with Lodi going down too easily after contact with Amrabat – who even got a card!
The lineups of the two teams
Marseille (J. Gattuso): Blanco, Clos (88′ Nadir), Beba, Balerdi (88′ Meite), Lodi, Harith (74′ Aubameyang), Ronzier, Kodogbia, Veretou (88′ Mourinho), Vitinia (74′ Sarr), Ediage
On the counter: Ngapaduednbu, Guizot, Unahi, Soglo, Maurijo
AEK (M. Almeida): Stankovic, Sidibe (46′ Ponce), Mukudi, Vida, Hadjisafi (43′ Mohammadi), Simanski (75′ Galanopoulos), Jonson, Amrabad (75′ Eliasson), Pineda, Mandalos (59′ Athanasiadis), Tzumber
On the counter: Theocharis, Rota, Mitoglou
Referee: Stefanski (Poland)
Assistants: Golis, Obukowicz (Poland)
4th: Sylvestrak (Poland)
VAR: Kwatkowski (Poland), Van Bueckel (Netherlands)
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Source: Sport Fm
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