He was stressed by the worthy Kifissia, but OFI secured a place in the quarterfinals!

Sail to his quarterfinals Greek Cup Betsson put o OFI! The Cretans found it dark in Kaisariani against Axiomachi Kifissiabut ultimately his penalty Felipe in stoppages he set up the final 1-1 and gifted to his team Pepe Mel the qualification to the eight.

THE Constantakopoulos had given the lead to Kifissia, who squeezed OFI and stressed them, reducing the total score to… goals (pp. 3-1 the first match in favor of the Cretans), but in the end they were hurt in the final and now turn their eyes to the championship.

By Panetolico in the quarter-finals, OFI will compete, which had a poor performance but got what it wanted and qualified with a total 4-2.

In the coach’s mind

David Nielsen lined up Kifissia with 4-2-3-1. Nikopolidis in goal and Parras, Vafeas, Spinos, Sbokos in defense. Soloa, Andunes in the midfield, with Iliev, Konstantakopoulos, Anderegen in the central attacking trio. Tetei at the top of the attack.

With 4-3-3, OFI was brought down by Pepe Mel. In the goal Bauman and Abada, Pasalidis, Vouros, Larson in the four defense. Glazer, Gagegos, Bakic in the axis triplet, with Mosquera, Riera on the wings and Diko the only forward.

The match

OFI was better in the first half, more active and dangerous, but unable to create the very long phases in front of their goal Nikopolides. Kifisia mainly played on the counter-attacks and had their first good moment in the 36th minute, which they failed to take advantage of and start… on fire. Specifically, Mr That’s right broke into the unmarked Anderogenwho managed to lose control through the small area.

As the minutes ticked by, the pace had dropped a bit, with the Cretans having a chance to open the scoring in the 43rd minute. After his nice collaboration Larson and his Bakitsthe latter took a shot from a difficult angle, but the ball went wide.

Nothing changed until the final whistle, with both teams going to the locker room tied (0-0).

Kifisia entered the second half with a knife in their teeth, determined to chase their chances and constantly pressed the OFI goal, wanting to find the goal to set the match on fire! In the 60th minute, the home team… did it and opened the scoring, adding stress to Pepe Mel’s side.

Specifically, Mr That’s right broke into Constantakopouloswho executed him in a nice way Bowman for 1-0. Later in the game, the home team had possession and traffic and were looking for a second goal to send the match to extra time. They pressed, they threatened but they didn’t have a clear mind in the last third of the pitch and as the minutes went by they got more and more up the pitch.

However, Kifissia’s dreams were extinguished in the delays, when o Parras overthrew him Baku and OFI won a penalty, with Felipe at 90+3′ to make it 1-1. Nothing changed until the last whistle of the game and the Cretans with a total score of 4-2 passed to the “8” of the Cup where they will face Panaitolikos.



MVP: THE Baku he made his debut and showed good signs, winning the penalty from Parras in stoppage time, which also sealed OFI’s qualification to the quarter-finals of the Cup.

The whistle: O Matsoukas he refereed well, correctly awarding a penalty in favor of OFI in the 90th minute in the reversal of Baku by Parras. He even did it without consulting VAR, since he was close to the phase and made the right decision.

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