Asteras got a red light and Panserraikos left for eight!

Asteras Tripoli fought it, but Panserraikos left for the quarterfinals!

The Arcades had a mountain to climb after losing to 2-0 in the first match, however, they found a quick goal with the Manji and they entered the qualification stage. Nevertheless, they squandered their chances and Alexic punished a passivity in the opposition defense, with the final 1-1 to give the ticket for the Octade to the Serrai.

Unrepeatable double lost phase for Asteras with Mandzis with the score at 1-1 and with half an hour remaining, while moments later o Diara he was sent off with a second yellow and put a… tombstone in the dreams of the Arkadians to chase the “miracle”.

With his winner Volos-PAOK his team will play Pablo Garcia in the next phase of the event.

In the coach’s mind



Pablo Garcia brought down Panserraikos with 4-4-2. At home, Katsikas and Dunkerloui, Thymianis, Gotzamanidis, Petavrakis in the four defense. Moreira, Oikonomou in midfield, Mourgos, Sofianos and Gouleri on the sides, Betancourt the duo in attack.



With 4-2-3-1 Milan Rastavac lined up Asteras Tripoli. Grammatikakis in goal, with Carmona, Christopoulos, Grozdanic, Alvares in defense. Valiente, Alagbe in the axis, with Diarra, Kaltsa on the flanks and Sourlis behind the only promoted Mandzi.

The match

The first minutes in the game were distinctive, with the first good moment belonging to Panseraic in the 9th minute. Specifically, after a reaction error by Astera’s defense, o Diara in his attempt to clear he found Betancourt, who made the header but o Grammarians blocked. Then the Arkades took measures on the field and started to become threatening, with his team Milan Rastavac to open the scoring in the 16th minute. After a corner kick, Mantzis he jumped higher than everyone and sent the ball into the net for 1-0!

In the 24th minute, Asteras had another great chance to double the goals, when after his turnover CarmonaThe Surlis he made the play with the ball barely going out. Somehow, they missed the chance to equalize the score of the first game very early on!

The minutes went by, the Arcades were in control, however the Serrai were becoming very dangerous on the counter-attacks. Despite this, there were no clear phases in front of the two goals and 1-0 remained until the half-time whistle.

The second part of the match started at the same pace, with Pablo Garcia to stimulate his team in midfield and they finally, in an unsuspecting phase, shocked the Arkades and equalized at 1-1 in the 56th minute. In perhaps the only inaction in the defense of the guests, o Petavrakis he made the cross and with a nice header o Alexic executed Grammatikakis for 1-1. Three minutes later, however, Asteras had a chance to take the lead again, with Jungle to take a diagonal shot from a good position inside the area but saw the ball go just wide.

THE Star he didn’t give up, he kept pushing to find the goal that would put him back in the game, but the Mantzis missed an unrepeatable double chance from the small area in the 63rd minute, after first his near post was cleared by Goat and then sent the ball away from home with a header from two meters! Things got worse for the Arkades in the 66th minute when o Diara he saw a second yellow card and left his team with 10 players.

As the minutes went by, the Serrai kept their lead, unlike Asteras, he couldn’t threaten much. Somehow the 1-1 remained until the end and with a total score of 3-1 o Panseraikos passed in the “8” of the Betsson Greek Cupwhile the tournament journey came to an end for his team Milan Rastavac.



MVP: THE Alexic entered the half-time and a few minutes later he takes advantage of the inertia in Astera’s defense to score with a header for 1-1, effectively destroying the opponent’s hopes.

The whistle: He did not have a difficult task Tasos Papapetrouwith Diarra’s dismissal being correct with a second yellow card (correct and the African’s first).

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