PAS Giannina is ready for six and the play-offs! The Gianniotes with a mature and good appearance left Agrinio with a great double, prevailing 1-0 over Panetolikos in the 22nd game of Super League 1.
In a closed game with few opportunities in front of the two hosts, his goal Snyder in the 63rd minute of the match was what made the difference for the team of Iraklis Metaxas, sending PAS Giannina – even temporarily – to fourth place in the standings with 33 points and at +4 from the seventh Mars!
On the other hand, Panaitolikos who suffered the third consecutive defeat in the championship remained in 10th place and 21 points.
In the… mind of the coach
Giannis Anastasiou lined up Panaitolikos with system 4-2-3-1. Melissa was in the hearth, with the four of the defense consisting of Louis, Mali, Cornelius and Houhoumi. Flores and Antones started in the midfield, with Barbosa and Duart playing at the ends. At the top of the attack was Karelis, with Mendoza in a free role as “10ari”.
On the other hand, o Iraklis Metaxas chose it classic 4-4-2 for PAS Giannina. Lodigin started under the beams, with Saliakas, Eramuspe, Kargas and Pirsman forming the defensive line. Karahalios and Stanko started in the midfield, with Liasso and Snyder playing on the “wings”. On the strike line was the duo Mina-Perea.
The match
Identifying the first minutes in Agrinio, with PAS Giannina having a slight advantage as it had possession of the ball, trying to impose its rhythm early. The first good moment of the match, however, came from him Panathinaikos in the 14th minute, with his powerful shot Chair from a difficult angle, Lodigin takes an impressive corner. Moments later, his distant volley Huhumi after the chase of the guests went over the beams.
PAS Giannina continued to control the rhythm, circulating the ball mainly in 1/3 of its own field, as the hosts had correctly closed all the corridors to the home of Melissa. Elias Metaxas had to wait 28 minutes to see his team make its first final, with the remote weak shot by Karahali not to worry the Panetolikos goalkeeper.
The “answer” of Panetolikos came in the 35th minute, with him Barbosa to try to threaten from afar without luck. THE bigger moment of the first half but came ten minutes later. Specifically, the Karelis received the ball extremely well in the area of ​​PAS, “emptying” Eramuspe at the same time, but his powerful shot from a good position went just past the goal. In the third minute of the delays, PAS recorded the his second finalwith his direct foul Σαλιακα to leave one meter next to the left beam.
The scene is different in the beginning second half, with the team of Agrinio entering the field strongly and taking the “reins” from PAS. Despite the energy and the mood that the players of Giannis Anastasiou showed, the first good moment of the “canaries” came in the 57th minute with a missed shot by Flores.
In the 59th minute, Gianniotes threatened for the first time in the replay with Lolis’s shot, moments after he had entered the field. What the young striker could not do, he did Snyder in the 63rd minute, putting PAS Giannina in the lead! After a strong shot by Karahalios, Melissa fell in his left corner and came out with fists, but Snyder with close-up view sent the ball into the net for the 1-0 of PAS!
A development that forced Giannis Anastasiou to shuffle the deck and throw whatever attacking “weapon” he had on the bench. In fact, in the last minutes he even put the central defender, Vrgots, at the top of the attackin order to take advantage of its height!
Despite the pressure exerted in the last minutes, the hosts were not able to create the necessary conditions for a draw, as beyond the Dias shot in the 73rd minutebut also the dangerous Houhoumi’s cross-shot in the second minute of the delays they did not present anything else remarkable in the final.
MVP: There were many who stood out for PAS, including Saliakas, Snyder and Karachalios. However, the winner of the MVP title is Snyder, as in addition to the goal he scored, he had to show other good actions.
The … whistle: The refereeing of Ioannis Papadopoulos was quite good, as apart from 1-2 moments he did not have to face any particular difficulties.
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