THE Mars he’s here and set… on fire Stoiximan Super League standings! Thessalonians won 2-0 against Panathinaikos in “Kleanthis Vikelidis” and allowed Olympiacos, AEK and PAOK to remain one breath away from the top, while Akis Mantziou’s team consolidated in the top five and moved away from their pursuers.
MVP for the winners o Moronwho scored once again taking advantage of his tragic mistake Brignoliwhile he was also involved in the second goal of the “yellows”, which was scored by Menendez.
In the coach’s mind
With 4-2-3-1 lined up his team o Akis Manzios, which had Cuesta in goal and Odubajo, Fabiano, Brambetz and Montoya in defence. Verstraat-Zul were in midfield, with Darida in front of them, with Suleimanov-Panagidis at the ends of the attack and Moron at the top.
On the other hand, formation 4-3-3 chose the Ivan Jovanovich, with Brignoli under the posts and Kotsira, Senkefeld, Jedvaj, Mladenovic in defense. In the axis were Arao-Cherin, with Bernard in front of them and Mancini-Verbic at the ends of the attack, led by Ioannidis.
The match
The visitors entered the match stronger and tried to hit mainly from the right, with their first good moment coming in the 10th minute, when the misplaced exit of Quest after the execution of a foul by Bernard, it went unexploited by the “greens”.
At the same time, the Thessalonians tried to strike mainly on the counter, with their most mobile player Suleimanov.
In the 22nd minute, Panathinaikos made it 1-0, but Questa came out victorious in the four-four with Ioannidisafter Verbic’s nice pass.
The answer from Mars came six minutes later, with Panagidis to enter the opponent’s area from the left after a mistake by Kotsiras but to see Brignoli stop him.
Another good moment for Panathinaikos followed, with Ioannidis coming menacingly into Cuesta’s area from the left and trying to score from a wide position, with the home keeper clearing for a corner – then easily blocking his header Arao (32′).
Jovanovic’s players kept the initiative of the movements and forced the Spaniard into a new intervention, who blocked Bernard’s shot in the 37th minute.
However, in the 43′ it was 1-0 for Aris! And that’s after one Brignoli’s tragic mistakewho opened the control and moved away on the Moronwho said… gracias and opened the scoring before an empty net…
The last notable phase in the first half came in the 45+1′, when Ioannidis found Bernard with a backheel, but he shot high out from an advantageous position.
As expected, Panathinaikos came on strong in the second half, looking for a quick equaliser. His head Gedvai in the 53′ it ended up in the arms of Cuesta, while his long-range effort Cherin with the completion of one hour of the match he ended up out.
The Spanish goalkeeper had no trouble stopping his header Ioannidis in the 66′, however, once again, he came, against the flow of the match, the goal for Aris!
Scorer o Menendezwho a few minutes after entering the match, sent the ball into the net with a wonderful shot from inside the area after Brignoli’s intervention in Moron’s attempt and Suleimanov’s layup (72′).
Somewhere there, Jovanovic threw the match to Sporar, wanting to immediately look for a goal, with Aris often finding spaces in the counterattack and sometimes threatening the Italian’s goal with a third foul.
A one piece shot of him Ioannidis in the 86th minute, after Arao’s ball, he once again found Cuesta fully ready, who then blocked Jedvai’s weak shot (88th minute).
Brignoli made it 3-0 with a shot Moron in the 89′ and Cuesta did accordingly with his effort Vaiannidis in stoppage time, with the score ultimately not changing and Aris celebrating a great victory.
MVP: Clearly top for the winners Lorraine Moron. The Spanish forward was in the right place to force Brignoli into a mistake to make it 1-0 while he was in the middle of the second goal as well. Apart from working in the opposition area though, Aris’ top scorer was very active overall, helping in all aspects of his team’s game.
The… whistle: His refereeing is without problems Koreawhich went largely unnoticed.
The lineups of the two teams
Aris (A. Manzios): Cuesta, Odubajo, Fabiano, Brumbetz, Montoya, Verstrate, Zul (70′ Djurasek), Darinda (90+4′ Pardo), Suleimanov (90+4′ Karlsson), Panagidis (63′ Menendez), Moron (90+4′ Samora)
On the counter: Houtesiotis, Christodoulopoulos, Doukoure, Fatore
Panathinaikos (I. Jovanovic): Brignoli, Kotsiras (74′ Vaiannidis), Senkefeld, Jedvaj (90+2′ Ruben), Mladenovic, Arau, Cerin, Bernard, Mancini (74′ Sporar), Verbic (62′ Djuricic), Ioannidis
On the counter: Lodingin, Aitor, Palasios, Vilena
Referee: Korea
Assistants: Costa, Teixeira
4th: Tsiaras
VAR: Esteves, Nikolakakis
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