Ideal freelancer turned out to be Panathinaikos who was defeated with 2-1 from Maccabi Haifa at “Apostolos Nikolaidis”, in the framework of the 6th matchday for the 6th group of the Europa League.
The “greens” wasted the first half, a period in which they showed inferior to the circumstancesthey had a great opportunity only while doing… gift to David the 0-1, with a header at 20′.
They “woke up” to the replaywhere they missed unrepeatable opportunities to reach parity, having and beam headed by Ioannidis in the 64th minute, to make it 0-2 at first visit of the Israelis in Lodingin’s frames, with his goal Series in the 74th minute.
THE Ioannidis reduced to 89′but Panathinaikos could not reach the 2-2 that would have kept them in third place in the group and at the same time give them the “ticket” for the playoffs of this year European Conference League.
With his team Ivan Jovanovich to know fourth consecutive defeat in the organization and stay at 4 points, while the Maccabi she moved up to 5, overtook her and she finally qualified.
In the minds of the coaches:
THE Panathinaikos lined up in formation 4-3-2-1, with Lodingin in goal and Vaiannidis, Senkefeld, Jedvai and Huancar four at the back. Arao and Vilena were the “cutters”, with Palasios-Aitor fighting on the “wings” and Bernard behind Ioannidis, who was at the top of the attack.
THE Maccabi Haifa on the other hand it “went down” with a system 4-3-3 and Keough under the goalposts. Sudgren, Gerson, Sek and Kornu formed the four in defense while Seri, Kafumana and Mohamed the three midfielders in the axis. With Hagag-David at the two ends of the attack and Piero the only forward.
The match:
Maccabi Haifa entered with a desire to press high, to not allow Panathinaikos to make their game, they showed determination and took possession of the ball at the start of the match, controlling the tempo.
However, the first good chance belonged to the hosts, as in the 3rd minute Aitor maneuvered well, stepped into the area, shot diagonally from the left, but the ball went wide. After ten minutes, Panathinaikos raised their lines higher, absorbing the opponent’s pressure, while having another good moment, in the 16th minute. By Villena to steal the ball outside the opponent’s area and shoot but miss the target…
In the end, it was… cool for the “greens”, since in an unsuspecting moment they conceded the goal four minutes later. They, of course, also put their… little hand in, after Kornou unmolested a cross from the left, Lodingin and Schenkefeld they couldn’t clear the ball and the unmarked David made it 0-1, with a header into an empty net!
There followed a period where Panathinaikos showed to be clearly affected, with Maccabi even achieving a second goal, with Piero at 26′, but to be canceled for an offensive foul on Schenkefeld.
To get to the biggest opportunity of the first half, with the completion of half an hour of play, on the part of Panathinaikos… When the Palasios “smashed” the ball to Vaiannidis, who “filled” from the right towards the height of the small area, Bernard feinted and Ioannidis went to score with a “heel” but Keough was ready. While in the development of the phase he also caught up with him Aitor who was about to score from touch, sending off with his hand!
The “clover” tried to press a bit more afterwards, however the Israeli team was consistent at the back and with the self-confidence in favor of the score managed to “eat” only one more phase.
In the second minute of stoppage time, with Juancar to cross at the far post, the ball bursting in front of the oncoming player Palasios resulting in his shot going high and out…
His players Panathinaikou they came in with a knife in the teeth in the second half, won a few corners and created many phases to make it 1-1.
The… dance of missed opportunities began in the 48th minute, with his shot Palasios from a position inside right to pass out. In 52′, from his corner Aitor on the second beam o Gedvai took the header but sent the ball just wide of the right post.
Four minutes later, Mr Keough impressively took out Aitor’s direct free kick in the right corner, while in the 64th minute his header Ioannidis stopped at the crossbar, to lose o Arao the… unmissable!
Maccabi continued to be in a passive role, o Ivan Jovanovich he refreshed his team with Mancini and Cerin and the former threatened to… set foot on the field but Keough again said no, keeping it 0-1, in the 70’…
In the end, the unwritten law of football “punished” Panathinaikos, as after the 1-1 did not happen, it became 0-2. In the 74th minute, as Vagiannidis slipped, allowing Kornou to pass to Seri, who, in Maccabi’s only attack in the second half, laid the groundwork for his team’s qualification with his well-placed shot!
The home side continued to press but could not find a way to threaten the opposition goalkeeper until the 89th minute. When from a corner kick, o Ioannidis took the head from close range and set fire to the Avenue!
The game became a “thriller” in the minutes that followed, the Panathinaikos scorer had another good moment in the 91st minute, with a shot from outside the area that Keough saved, to finish the game 1-2 and to bring the bitter exclusion from Europe.
MVP: Keuf was the one who, when needed, with his interventions, kept… the Israeli team alive! He was under unbearable pressure, especially in the second half, but he managed to keep a clean sheet and, combined with the failure of the players of the “clover”, to play a decisive role in the case of qualification!
the “whistle”: The referee Kabakov did not play a role in today’s game, however, despite being close to most of the phases, he did not take care to issue the necessary cards to the Maccabi players for the hard markings. At the same time, there is a protest from Panathinaikos players for a hand-foul at the start of the 0-2.
The compositions of the two teams:
Panathinaikos (Ivan Jovanovic): Lodingin, Vagiannidis, Senkefeld, Jedvai, Huancar (81′ Mladenovic), Arao, Vilena (69′ Cerin), Palacios (69′ Mancini), Bernard, Aitor (89′ Sporar), Ioannidis.
They stayed on the bench: Brinioli, Xenopoulos, Ruben, Sideras, Kotsiras, Kyriopoulos.
Maccabi Haifa (Mesaie Dego): Keough, Sudgren (46′ Feingold), Gerson, Cech, Kornu (80′ Podgoreanou), Seri (80′ Halaili), Kafumana, Mohamed (36′ Jaber), Hagag, Piero, David (67′ Refaelof).
They stayed on the bench: Nijan, Fuchs, Naor, Sibley, Simic.
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria).
Assistants: Martin Margaritov, Diyan Valkov (Bulgaria).
4th referee: Radoslav Gidzenov (Bulgaria).
VAR: Dragomir Draganov (Bulgaria).
AVAR: Ivailo Stoyanov (Bulgaria).
See here the description of the match from the Match Centre
Source: Sport Fm
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