Niki knew Levadeiakos and made an appointment with Ari!

The puzzle of the quarter-finals of the Betsson Greek Cup has been completed, with the Victory of Volos to get the qualification on him Levadeikou.

The Magnesia team prevailed 1-0 at the Panthessaliko Stadium and in combination with Viotia’s 1-1 draw, he reserved a place for the “8” – where he will face the Mars– for the 7th time in its history and the first since the 2005/06 season, when it was disqualified by AEK.

“Golden” scorer for the winners o You’re from Lithuania in the 17′with the hosts – who had around 3 thousand of their friends on their side – to have two beams in three minutes (57′ and 60′). On the other hand, the guests had more opportunities, among them two disallowed goalsthe second for offside in very limiting phase.

The match:

Close game in its first minutes, with Levadeiakos taking the initiative of the movements and having the first phases with the foul executions of the Cough (3′) and Mejia (14′).

However, against the flow of the match, it was Niki Volou who opened the scoring (1-0). Specifically, at 17′ Gavrielidis crossed from the right, the ball went against Giora and reached the I was Lithuanianwho scored with a spin.

The guests tried to answer immediately. In fact, they saw him in the 20th minute Nika to send the ball into the net, though the goal was disallowed for a foul of Tsirigotis in Garavelis.

About twenty minutes went by without the big moment, with Garavelis clearing a corner in 42′ after the lightning struck outside the area o Gianniotas. THE You’re from Lithuania responded in the next minute, also with a shot from outside the area, with the ball going wide. Thus, the two teams went to the locker room with the score at 1-0 in favor of Niki, although Levadeiakos was more threatening.

The Viotia team tried to react in the second half and bring the game to a level. Nevertheless, the Voliotes created more good moments. Since, therefore, Niki threatened to 48′ in two periods, initially with Groff blocking Litena’s shot and then Tzioras missing with projection, Dimitris Eleftheropoulos’ team had two beams in three minutes! In the 57′ with its projection Giora and to 60′ with his shot Kyriakides.

Of course, in between (60′) o Chirigotis sent the ball into the net for Levadeiakos, with the goal to be disallowed for offside. In one very limiting phase and while, it is recalled, that there was no VAR.

In the remaining minutes, Levadeiakos intensified his pressure. He had phases, such as Nika’s header in the 83′ and Belmont’s direct free kick in the 88′, without however being able to equalize. Thus, the Volos team qualified for the “8”.

The compositions of the two teams:

Niki Volou (Dimitris Eleftheropoulos): Garavelis – Kassos, Stikas (81′ Voukelatos), Andreou, Anastasiou – Kyriakidis, Politis (68′ Kritikos), Gavrielidis, Leo Ribeiro – Tzioras (59′ Bahanak), Litinas (68′ Panagiotidis).

Levadeiakos (Socrates Ofrydopoulos): Groff – Dentakis, Liagas, Tselepidis (69′ Tsapras), Vichos – Nikas, Mechia (69′ Symelidis) – Gianniotas (82′ Belmont), Cuadra, Lopeth (46′ Poleto) – Tsirigotis.

Referee: Konstantinos Poulikidis

First Assistant: Pantelis Spyropoulos

B’ Assistant: Michael Nidriotis

4th referee: Panagiotis-Raphael Tsiaras