He blocked AEK and Aris plays the qualification at home

Limit her AEK and sent the qualification to “Kleanthis Vikelidis” o Mars!

The Thessalonians drew 0-0 with his team Matias Almeida in the first game of the “16” phase of the Betsson Greek Cup in OPAP Arenamanaging to keep the hosts away from their familiar standards in terms of attacking efforts.

The entirety of it Akis Manziou closed the spaces well, with “Enos” seeming affected in the first half by the many changes to their composition (seven compared to the match against Olympiakos). In the second half, Aris threatened him Moron and the Fabianowithout finding the way to the net, while AEK increased its intensity towards the end, but failed to be substantial in its final effort.

They stood out Brambetz and Fabiano for Aris, from the side of the “yellow and black” Mitoglou responded with a positive sign to Moron’s restriction and this is how the qualification will be decided in Thessaloniki and in the rematch scheduled for January 17 (19:00) at the headquarters of Aris.

In the minds of the coaches:

THE Matias Almeida made a big rotation in the AEK lineup, which had seven changes compared to the one in the derby with Olympiakos in Faliro. The 4-4-1-1 formation remained, with Athanasiadis taking the starting jersey after the match against Panserraikos. On the sides of the defense from the left is Pelios and on the right is Sidibe, with duo stoppers Mitoglou (left) and Simanski (right), who have played together, again, in England against Brighton.

Jonson in a defensive midfielder role, with Pineda in front of him, while Pizarro moved on the left and Eliasson on the right, with Zuber playing as a forward behind Ezequiel Ponce who took the starting jersey.

On the opposite bank, Akis Manzios not a single person changed in the Aris lineup, compared to the one in the derby against PAOK. Cuesta remained under the posts, with four in defense from right to left Odubazzo, Fabiano, Brambetz and Montoya. In a defensive midfielder position, Zul, having Jurasek and Darida as inside midfielders, while Suleimanov remained on the right “wing” of the attack, Saverio on the left and Laurent Moron at the top of the attack.

The match:

Slow pace in the first minutes of the match, something quite normal, since AEK had many changes in its composition, while Aris kept its lines closed and sought to find the good moment in the counter attack. In the first quarter the hosts had possession and sought to send their game to the right side with Eliassonhowever, Brambetz and Fabiano cut every ball that went into the area, also having important assists from Zul.

In the 8th minute, Suleimanov stepped into the area, with Pineda to intervene in time and remove, while in two cases (13′-15′) o Mitoglou cut off Moron, who tried to find space to threaten. After 20′, the “Union” won consecutive corners from the left side, however, they failed to capitalize on them, having an excellent response to their returns after the counterattacks that the “yellows” tried to make.

The image of the match did not change, with the tactics and strong duels being… the protagonists, while in the 43′ the ball was placed outside the area in Pineda, who took a shot, but Cuesta firmly blocked. A minute later (44′) AEK threatened, again, outside the area this time with Cumber, but the Swiss shot went just wide of Cuesta’s left crossbar. The first part had no other moment, with the two teams going to the locker room with 0-0.

Sidibe felt discomfort and went off at the start of the second half, with his place taken by Gacinovic, with Pineda moving to the right side of the defense. In the 48th minute, Matias Almeida’s team had a good moment with his shot Poncewho went out, while in the 60′ the hosts had a triple change, with Levia Garcia, Araujo and Amrabad entering the field.

In the 68th minute, Aris threatened with his shot Moron through the area, while in the 70’s Araujo he turned his body nicely and brought the ball to the left, but his execution found Odubajo and it went out for a corner.

The visitors had a good moment in the 74th minute with his effort Zul outside the area, which Athanasiadis took out with his fingertips beautifully, while in the 79th Fabiano took a good position in the area, but the header he attempted went just over the crossbar of AEK.

In the final, “Union” raised its intensity, tried to find the winning goal, but it lacked substance in the final decision at the home of Questa and 0-0 remained until the final whistle.

MVP: Excellent performance by him Fabianowho cleared every effort of AEK in the area of ​​Aris, responded excellently to the scoring of Ponce and then of Levi Garcia, while he also had a good moment in the 79th minute with his header that went just wide.

The whistle: He didn’t have any difficult phase to manage Matthew Yug and gets a good grade for his refereeing.

AEK (Matias Almeida): Athanasiadis, Pelios, Simanski, Mitoglou, Sidibe (46′ Gacinovic), Jonson, Pineda, Zuber (60′ Araujo), Eliasson (60′ Amrabad), Pizarro (68′ Fernandes), Ponce (60′ Levi Garcia).

Aris (Akis Manzios): Cuesta, Montoya, Brambetz, Fabiano, Odubajo, Zul (77′ Zamora), Dzouracek (72′ Doucouret), Darinda, Saverio (55′ Panagidis), Suleimanov, Moron (77′ Fetfajidis).

Referee: Matthew Yug

Assistants: Matej Yunich, Manuel Vidali

4th: Fire

VAR: Nejs Kaitazovich, Fotopoulos

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