After one match… grand guignolwhich had everything but a goal in its normal duration (0-0), o Panathinaikos he proved too tough to die after eliminating him Olympic in the process of penalty kick with 7-6 and secured his qualification to quarterfinals of the Greek Cup Betsson!
The “clover” had three good moments to score in regular time, but fell in all of them to Paschalakis, who repelled the efforts of Sporar and Verbic, while he managed to soul deposit in the replay but also the extension to send the match to Russian roulette…
With Kotsira in front who played in… four positions, coped with the problems that – along with several pre-existing ones – led to Akaidin’s debut, in a … center forward role in the second half of the extra half and more -forced- “alchemies” on the part of Terimto get her epic qualifier in the next phase of the organization where he will meet him Fearless.
As the “red and whites” could not take advantage of all of the above, especially in the second half of extra time where they had the chance to find a goal and saw Kamara become the… fatal, knowing an exclusion that it plunges them into greater introversion and forces them to deal only with the championship now.
In the minds of the coaches:
THE Olympic lined up in formation 4-3-3 and Paschalakis under the goalposts. The Rodneys. Biancone, Doi and Ortega four in defense. Ese, Alexandropoulos and Kamara formed the three midfielders on the axis, with Masoura-Fortounis on the wings and Navarro at the top of the attack.
THE Panathinaikos on the other hand it “went down” with a system 4-3-3, Lodingin in goal and Vaiannidis, Arao, Jedvai and Mladenovic four at the back. Kotsiras was the “six”, Vilena and Bernard were the inside midfielders, with Mancini-Verbic playing on the “wings” and Sporar at the top of the attack.
The match:
Both teams tried to impose their pace at the start, with Olympiakos pushing highmainly with Alexandropoulos, at the same time going on attacks mainly from the left, with Masoura and Ortega.
From one such, in the 8th minute, the first phase was recorded, as Masouras passed to Ortega, who made the turn parallel to the goal, but Navarro did not manage to find the ball well…
THE Panathinaikos on the other he had his lines closedisplayed the familiar patience in moving the ball, but struggled to create gaps and become a threat with claims.
All this, until the 13th minute, when Kotsira’s steal and Mancini’s cross from the right, Sporar got the bloody head a bit out of the small area, but Paschalakis repelled with over-intensityin the biggest opportunity of the derby until then!
The “greens” balanced the situation from then on, they also targeted their right side in the attack, with the Piraeus, however, maintaining possession of the ball and the notable phases being… absent.
With tactics and mutual neutralization to prevail, as well both preferred not to take any chanceswhile there were plenty of mistakes on both sides and some hard tackles, in a generally poor game.
It is typical that we had to get to… 39′for the next opportunity to come and Verbic’s goalwith a header from Mancini’s free-kick which was disallowed but, correctly, for offside.
While, three minutes later, Panathinaikos had another remarkable phase for to open the scoring. When Juancar’s accurate cross from the left, at the far post, the unmarked Mancini volleyed but sent the ball wide.
The second half started with no changes from the coaches and Olympiakos side to enter hard and to threaten first, in the 48th minute. With Fortouni’s foul with a cross and Doe’s header, which was blocked by Lodingin.
The players of the “clover” not only suffered more from the pressure up high they received, but they also made quite easy mistakesgiving second balls and attacks to the “red and white”…
A long shot by Alexandropoulos in the 57th minute went over Lodingin’s goal, while two minutes later Olympiakos’ greatest opportunity came. With Rodinei passing vertically into the area, Fortounis shooting from the inside right, only for Lodingin to save for a corner!
Carvalhal brought on Pontense for Alexandropoulos, turning his team’s system into 4-2-3-1with Terim “responding” with her double change of Ruben-Zeka and for Kotsira to stay higher, to balance the situation and get his team a little better circulation.
Even so, however, it was the hosts who had one more chance to score. In the 65th minute, Masoura’s diagonal shot, from a pass by Podense, goes just wide.
The pace then dropped, but that didn’t stop Olympiakos from pulling off a nice counter-attack with Masoura in the 75th minute and Lodingin collecting his dangerous spin for Navarro, only to be injured in the process and need stitches.
Panathinaikos went up in the last part of the match and found it his third big goal chance in the derby at 81′from the “heel” of Kotsiras, with which Sporar came out against Paschalakis from the side and the left, but the latter blocked the shot he made “with one shot” in a corner…
In fact, he was the one who had the last one very big stage of regular time, in the 10th minute of extra time. When from Sporar’s pass, Verbic fired the shot from inside the area, with Paschalakis holding onto new impressive operation intact his home and to send matches to extension!
The “red and white” started the extra half hour with Jovetic in the grass and new formation, the 4-4-2. In fact, he was the one who starred in the 99′ phase, when he missed with a header from Pontense’s cross. While in the 105th minute, Lodingin saved Ortega’s cross.
On the other side, the visitors saw several of their players suffering from muscle injuries and were forced to make changes. By Akaidin to debut, playing… center forwardKotsira right winger and Senkefeld passing to the stoppers, next to Jedvai, with Arao going up to the midfielders!
The second half of extra time found Panathinaikos playing with 3-5-2, now, and a triple of Schenkefeld, Arao, Jedvai, while Aitor and Akaidin were the duo in front. Phases did not take place during this time and the two teams resolved their differences in the penalty shootout…
The penalty shootout procedure in detail:
Aitor 0-1
Rodney 1-1
Pereth 1-2
Martins 2-2
Arao 2-3
Jovetic 3-3
Jedvai 3-4
Pontense 4-4
Mladenovic – save by Paschalakis
Carvalho – save by Lodingin
Kotsiras 4-5
It rains 5-5
Vaiannidis 5-6
Ortega 6-6
Schenkefeld 6-7
Arch out
MVP: Started as a ‘six’, switched to right winger role. He also played as a left midfielder, what else could Yannis Kotsiras have done? He wore the armband of the captain of the “greens” and … honored it, performing well in all his roles, with passion, self-sacrifice, runs and a formidable “heel”. Plus a well-placed penalty, confirming that it is the “revelation” of Fatih Terim!
the “whistle”: Referee Higgler did not affect the outcome of the derby. It didn’t have any disputed phase, after all, and in the phase of the annulled goal by Verbic, there was an offside at the start. Maybe, just, he should have been a little stricter in the disciplinary control, especially during the period where there were some harsh markings in the first part.
The compositions of the two teams:
Olympiakos (Carlos Carvalhal): Paschalakis, Rodinei, Biancon (115′ Ibora), Doi, Ortega, Ese (100′ Carvalho), Alexandropoulos (63′ Pontense), Kamara, Masouras (91′ Jovetic), Navarro (106′ Martins), Fortounis (115′ Brushai).
They stayed on the bench: Papadoudis, Kini, Porosso.
Panathinaikos (Fatih Terim): Lodgin, Vagiannidis, Arao, Jedvai, Huancar (96′ Mladenovic), Kotsiras, Vilena (67′ Ruben), Bernard (67′ Zeka), Mancini (105′ lt. Senkefeld), Sporar (105′ lt. . Akaidin), Verbic (98′ lt. Aitor).
They stayed on the bench: Xenopoulos, Fikai, Kyriopoulos.
Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands).
Assistants: Julien Van Maarten, Dion Henk Fickert (Netherlands).
4th referee: Aristotle Diamantopoulos (Arkadias).
VAR: Martinus Van Beckel (Netherlands).
AVAR: Vassilis Nikolakakis (Lassithiou).
See here the description of the match from the Match Centre
Source: Sport Fm
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