Improbable matsara in Agrinio, her “suicide”. Athens Kallithea and epic overthrow of the Panaitolikos! In a match that the team of Alekos Bosniadis was in 50′ to lead 2-0, hers Yannis Petrakis managed to come back from hell and with three goals in 28 minutes to prevail 3-2taking the lead to advance to his quarterfinals Greek Cup Betsson!
Terrible moments at the Agrinio stadium with a contrast of emotions and the players who were on the bench of Panaitolikos doing a “crazy” sprint to celebrate the winning goal!
Big winner on the “chess board” of the benches o Yannis Petrakiswho from 2-0 onwards managed to “disappear” Athens Kallithea and take the 1000% of the players he threw on the field.
The rematch will take place at “Grigoris Lambrakis” on January 10, 2024with Panaitolikos having a “short” qualifying lead.
In the minds of the coaches:
With several changes, but the established 3-4-2-1 Yiannis Petrakis lined up Panaitolikos. Stergiakis at home, with a trio in defense of Duarte, Mladen, Stagic and full back Mavria and Torrejon. Bouzoukis, Xenitidis and Baldasara in the midfield trio, while behind Pedro was Dias.
For Athens Kallithea FC, Alekos Vosniadis, preferred it 4-2-3-1. At home, Bosniadis with Oues, Mechias, Vlachos, and Manthati in the defensive four. Immovable from the midfielders were Silva and Matiya, while behind the only promoted Kynigopoulos, were Demetrios, Moustakopoulos and Vasilogiannis.
The match:
With Athens Kallithea pressing and having possession, the match began in Agrinio. The guests moved the ball comfortably in front of the Stergiakis area and in the 6th minute they missed the first good chance. Deep ball from Mechias, Moustakopoulos moved in the path of the ball, headed back towards Kynigopoulos, he “cut” it to Moustakopoulos who crossed, but missed from an advantageous position.
The players of Alekos Bosniadis continued to be superior on the pitch and in the 11th minute they recorded another final goal. Matija committed a free kick from the right, brought the ball “sweetly” into the area, but Mejias’ header went over the posts.
After ten minutes, Athens Kallithea FC turned their superiority into a lead. Matthias over the ball executed a free-kick with acumen, found Moustakopoulos at the height of the large area, with the Greek striker placing fantastically and with a lot of foul making it 1-0 for the visitors.
Panaitolikos tried to come out of his “shell” and in the 33rd minute, after constant pressure on the defenders of Athens Kallithea FC, Baldasara stole the ball, took the shot, but missed, as it went away from the goal.
The match in Agrinio “lit up” with the players indulging in a hard game and in the 41st minute it became a “rodeo”! Initially, Panaitolikos came close to the goal when Peres took the ball in the area and tried to shoot but Wes managed to make the “stop”.
As the phases progressed, the visitors went on the counter with Kynigopoulos approaching the area and being blocked by two Panaitolikos defenders, he tried to “dig” the ball to send it into the net, but it went over the goal as the half ended. at 1-0 in favor of Athens Kallthea FC.
Seeing Panaitolikos inactive offensively, Yannis Petrakis threw Karelis and Fred into the match in order for his team to take the reins. This happened but for just three minutes, as from the 47th minute onwards, Athens Kallithea FC was the one that took steps on the field again and was vindicated.
Corner by Moustakopoulos from the right, the ball reached outside the area to Matiyas who made a wonderful shot 2-0!
In fact, four minutes later, the team of Alekos Vosniadis almost gave dimensions of triumph to the advantage score, when Manthatis with tremendous energy passed Baldasaras, turned parallel, but the incoming Kynigopoulos did not have time to push the ball into the net.
What the visitors failed to do, Haris Mavrias did in the 62nd minute for Panaitolikos. Execution of a corner by Fred, poor clearance of a diagonal shot by the experienced back-half and 2-1 for the team of Agrinio who entered the match again.
This goal put “wings” on the feet of the hosts who monopolized the interest from that point on. With the appropriate additions from Yiannis Petrakis, the Agrinio team did not let Athens Kallithea FC out of their area for a moment and after warning Joao Pedro in the 75th minute managed to equalize.
Thus, 12 minutes later from the full-time phase, Mavrias made the turn in the area and Torrejon defeated Stergiakis with a header, tying the score at 2-2 and putting “fire” in the last minutes of the match!
Before the players of Athens Kallithea even realized what exactly happened, the big twist came! Fred Duarte, troubled the defense of the guests, shot sending the ball to the post and Karelis scored in the rebound, completing the legendary reversal of Panaitolikos.
The elevens of the match:
Panaitolikos: Stergiakis, Mladen, M. Duarte, Stagic (76′ Liavas), Mavrias, Bouzoukis (57′ Tsingaras), Baldasara (63′ Belevonis), Xenitidis (Fr. Duarte 46′), Torrejon, Dias (46′ Karelis), Pedro .
Athens Kallithea: Bosniadis, Oues, Mechias, Vlachos, Manthatis (86′ Romao), Matiyas (61′ Tsintonis), Silva (75′ Bouloulis), Vasilogiannis (76′ Loukinas), Demetrius (86′ Posatzidis), Moustakopoulos, Kynigopoulos.
MVP: Ideally, the leader of Panaitolikos could be Yiannis Petrakis, who made terribly appropriate choices, getting 1000% of them. The “A and Z” of this was Fred Duarte! The Argentinian was incredible, since all three of the home team’s goals came from him, with the execution of the corner in the Mavria goal, the pressure on Torrejon’s goal and Karelis’ shot that hit the post to make it 3-2 .
The “whistle”: Dimitris Maloutas admittedly had a lot of work in Agrinio! Hard markings, several cards and moments of conflict were the elements that prevailed, but they were brought to an end – and more than that – by the Greek referee.
Referee: Dimitrios Maloutas
First Assistant: Theodoros Tziouvaras
Second Assistant: Alexandros Baliakas
4th referee: Konstantinos Andrianos
Watch the film of the match live on sport-fm.gr
Source: Sport Fm
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