OFI won the match and the upper hand for qualifying over Kifissia!

He took the macara in “Jedi Koule” and with it the upper hand to qualify for the next round Greek Cup Betsson The OFI!

In a very nice and full game in Heraklion, Crete, the “black and white” prevailed with a score of 3-1 against Kifissia, taking a clear qualification lead, in view of the rematch of the two teams for the “16” phase of the institution.

A big star for the winners, who went down with Pedro Caravella as assistant coach after the removal of Dabrauskas, was Toral, who scored his team’s first two goals in the first half (7′, 25′) from Abada’s equal number of assists. OFI’s other goal was scored by Luis Felipe at 75′.

For Kifissia, who also competed with assistant coach Noda Koutromanos, Anderegen scored in the 10th minute, and while in the final he missed two huge moments to reduce the score with Tetei, among them one penalty in 87′!

In… the coach’s mind:



OFI’s official technician, Pedro Karavelalined up the Cretans with a system 4-2-3-1, and while, with Dabrauskas, they played with three stoppers. Bowman found himself under the goal, with Marinakis, Vouros, Lambropoulos and Thorarinson in defense. Meyado and Gagegos started in the midfield, with Neira, Abada and Toral moving behind the only forward, Luis Felipe.

On the other hand now, Nontas Koutromanos, who temporarily replaced Anastasiou, chose the 4-2-3-1 for the Kifissia. Christianson started in the goal, with Masoura, Botia, Tsapan and Parras making up the foursome of the defense. Ipalibo and Papasavas moved on the axis, with Iliev, Anderegen and Mateus Santos in the midfield and Ozegovic at the top of the attack.

The match:

With the best omens, the game started in Heraklion, Crete, with both teams entering the pitch strongly with the intention of playing quickly and without purpose. The first good moment came in the 6th minute, when Papasavvas made a save from a Marinakis turn in a corner in front of him Toral. In the development of the phase, his 28-year-old Spaniard OFI opened the scoring with a close header from the “heart” of the area following Abada’s corner kick, making it 1-0 in the 7th minute!

Before the home team could well celebrate the lead, h Kifissia tied the match. Specifically, three minutes after the goal was scored, the guests they made it 1-1 in their first phase in the match, when after a foul by Mateus Santos, o Anderogen he threw himself at the second post and with a close projection brought the match back into the balance!

Then, Mr OFI continued to have control of the match and the initiatives of the movements, threatening mainly with crosses from Marinakis and Abada from the two “wings”. In the 21st minute, Ipalibo with a long shot threatened Bowman, who made it difficult for the hosts. All this, until the 25th minute, when the Cretans took the lead again with Toral. After a steal in midfield, Abada from the right found the Spaniard, who controlled beautifully, turned, and fired into the opposite bottom corner for 2-1 of his team!

In the 36th minute, it almost became 3-1, with Christianson coming out in time and removing the danger in front of Gagegos. Two minutes later, Kifisia won penalty kick from Vouros marking Ozegovic. The phase was controlled by VAR, with Diamantopoulos calling it Tsakalides to see the video, and the referee to overturns its original decision.

The setting of the match is completely different second half, as the pace of the match dropped noticeably, with the match taking on a wild beauty with enough intensity and many fouls from both teams. Kifisia showed that they were pressing better at the start of the replay, even coming very close to equalizing only in the 49th minute, when Ozegovic from an advantageous position at the second post he was unable to send the ball into the net, after a “razor” ball from Mateus Silva.

Then the many fouls the nerves of the players did not allow the game to gain a good pace, since Ipalibo’s weak header in the 60th minute was the first phase after Ozegovic’s. In his first moment in the second half, OFI had it at 61′ with Abada’s very misguided shot, for the visitors to respond in the 68th minute with successive shots of Papasavva and Parras after a corner kick.

All this until we arrive in the 75th minute, where OFI found the way to the net, taking a two-goal “air” and effectively “locking” the case of victory. All the “money” was the vertical pass of Larsson, who found him in the area Luis Felipe who was thrown at the back of the defense and with a beautiful finish from a lateral position he did the 3-1 for the Cretans!

In the last period of the match, the Northern Suburbs team tried to find the goal to re-enter strongly in the claim of a positive result, however, they ran into the excellent Bowman. And that’s because OFI’s goalkeeper took out Tetei’s penalty in 87′ after a foul by Vouros, while, a little later, and specifically at 90+2′, he said a new “no” to the strong shot of the 22-year-old forward from an advantageous position.

Watch the Live of the match here.