Aris-AEK: Your death is my life in “Vikelidis” against the background of the… final

Day of rematches and big games in Greek Cup Betsson! THE Mars welcomes her AEK for the second match of the “16” phase of the competition (19:00, CosmoteSport2, broadcast by News Bulletin 247 and live update on sport-fm.gr), in a match that has a “final” character on both sides since the first meeting at the OPAP Arena ended in a 0-0 draw and left everything open for the ticket to the quarterfinals.

We remind you that the match is behind closed doors, there will be normally the VAR, in the event of a tie in regular time, the game will go to overtime and if there is a balance there, the two teams will settle their differences in the penalty shootout. The winner of the pair will face one of them in the “8”. Levadeikou the Victory of Volos (1-1 the first match) and in “4” the team that will result from the pairs OFI-Kifisia (3-1 the first match) and Pan-Atolic-Athens Kallithea (3-2 the score in Agrinio). It is easy to see, therefore, that the team that will celebrate at the end of the evening will have open road to the Cup final, being the absolute favorite in every round.

Initially, in the camp of the home team, o Mars he is having his best period since the start of the season. It all started with the victorious derby of Thessaloniki against PAOK (2-1), while in the first match of the Cup at OPAP Arena, Akis Manziou’s team performed very well, limited the strengths of “Enos” and had the moments to find the goal in the second half.

At the same time, in the championship match, the Thessalonians lined up with many changes against Panaitolikos, but this did not affect them, taking the “double” with an emphatic 4-0, proving their good form.

Manzios is expected to bring back the starting line-up against AEK, overall the organization is focused on a match that can change the year and the goal of winning a title after 54 whole years remains the largest. The Greek coach counts on the services of Questa and Berstrate, as well as on the newcomers Roz, Fetfatzidis who recently played against Panaitolikos. Joule, Rupp, Veleth, Pardo, Menendes, Matarita, Pavicic, Carlson, Christodoulopoulos, Delizisis, Kyriazis were left out.

In detail, the mission of Mars: Cuesta, Houtsiotis, Odubajo, Montoya, Ferrari, Fattore, Brabec, Fabiano Leismann, Rose, Darida, Verstraete, Manu Garcia, Doukoure, Durasek, Suleymanov, Zamora, Saverio, Loren Moron, Fetfatzidis, Panagidis, Agorastos.

On the opposite bank, AEK he is in a special condition and in today’s game he is expected to put an end to the consecutive derbies he has been giving lately. And this, because it started on January 7 with big win with 2-1 over Olympiakos at “Georgios Karaiskakis” and then “Enosas” drew with Thessaloniki for the first match of the Cup having an eleven with many changes.

Last matchday in the 2-2 against Panathinaikos the Greek champions took the lead, their performance then dropped and they fell behind in the score, however, after the 75th minute they hit the gas to their known standardsthey equalized and almost won the match with the double chance in the final of Mandalu and Araujo.

Matias Almeida’s team has turned its attention to the “Vikelidis” game and wants to get the qualification to continue the defense of the double. “Pelados” is expected to remain true to its philosophy and to line up the same eleven in relation to the first match, i.e. with the players who are considered to be key in the organization of the Cup. However, the Argentinian coach will not have available his most in-form player, Levi Garcia (two goals against Panathinaikos, nine in total in the last eight matches), but also the injured, Costas Galanopoulos, as of course the internationals, Mukudi, Zini, Hadjisafi and Mohammadi. “Union” did not announce a mission.

Possible compositions:

Aris (Akis Manzios): Houtesiotis – Odubazzo, Brambetz, Fabiano, Montoya – Darida, Ducoure, Dzurasek – Saverio, Suleimanov, Moron.

AEK (Matias Almeida): Athanasiadis – Sidibe, Vida, Mitoglou, Pelios – Jonsson, Pineda, Eliasson, Pissarro – Zuber, Ponce.

Referee: Nikola Dabanovic

Assistants: Todorovic, Jovanovic

4th: Polychronis

VAR: Zebets

The best moments from the tie between the two teams in the first game: