Bend Panaitolikos and finally… OFI celebrated!

Finally victory and smiles for him OFI!

The Cretans prevailed 1-0 against Panaitolikos in “Yendi Koule” for its 19th matchday Stoiximan Super Leaguein a match where they took advantage of the penalty won by Thorarinson by Bruno Duarte, with Felipe to execute it accurately for the only goal of the match.

A few phases on either side, with the tactics having their… honor from Mel and Petrakis, while in the second half when the Agriniotes took some measures and raised their lines, compared to the first half, they showed a weakness in creating threatening phases at the home of Sotiriou, who replaced Bowman who felt discomfort.

Thus, OFI took her first his victory after October 2nd and that 2-0 win over AEK, while he celebrated the first “three points” with the Spanish coach after six games in the Championship and Cup (three defeats, as many draws).

In this way, the hosts rose to 20 points, remaining in 10th place, while Panaitolikos also remained in 11th place with 14 points. The two teams will face each other next Tuesday (23/01, 18:00) in Heraklion for the first match of the quarter-finals of the Betsson Greek Cup.

In the minds of the coaches:

With 4-2-3-1 he lined up OFI o Pepe Mel. Bowman under the posts, with Bressan making his debut in the center of defense with Vouros next to him, while on the left wing was Thorarinsson and on the right was Larsson. Meyado and Glaser were the midfield duo, with Abada on the left “wing” and Baku on the right. Toral as a staff midfielder moved behind Felipe, who was at the top of the attack.

On the other hand, Mr Yannis Petrakis he chose a 3-5-2 system for Panaitolikos with Kapinos in goal and a defense trio of Liava, Bruno Duarte and Mali. Right back-half Mavrias and left Torrejon, while Peres, Hatzitheodoridis and Huanpi took the starting jersey. At the top of the attack was Karelis with Sengelia.

The match:

From the start of the match, OFI was moving the ball and had possession, while o A pan-eater closed his lines, trying to find the good moments on the counter attack. Thus, the first chance of the game came in the 4th minute when Karelis turned to Sengelia to the right, who singled, but Bowman blocked. The visitors had the second final attempt in the 9th minute, with Kareli to try his feet from distance, but the ball went high out.

OFI had the ball, but was unable to create threatening situations in the 13th minute Thorarinson made a shot, which was completely off target and harmless, while in the 25th minute Pepe Mel’s team won a penalty with Thorarinson! In particular, the full-back of the home team stepped into the area, Bruno Duarte did steel marking, seeing the yellow card from Gorchila. The execution was undertaken by Felipewho sent the ball into Kapino’s left corner, making it 1-0, for his fourth goal in this year’s league.

In the 34th Glazer he tried to threaten with a header from an OFI free kick, but it was off target and did not threaten Kapino’s goal, while afterwards there was no phase, with Panaitolikos taking some measures, but the long transfers he attempted did not lead to anything substantial .

In the first of three minutes of stoppage time the hosts had the final moment of the first half as Toral headed home the cross, Felipe he just nipped in with his head, with the ball going wide.

Before the start of the second half, OFI had a forced substitution, as Bowman felt discomfort and Sotiriou took his place. In the first minutes, Panaitolikos raised his lines and kept the ball at his feet for more time, compared to the first 45 minutes, and in the 49th minute, Bruno Duarte found himself in a dangerous position in the area, but he did not put his foot well, unable to to threaten the hearth of Sotiriou.

In the 56th minute, the Agriniotes had a good moment, after consecutive headers, the ball was placed in the Liava who took the shot with a free kick, but the ball went over the goal of OFI. The consecutive changes by Mel and Petrakis affected the pace of the game, while in the 60th minute, Mosquera saw an excellent vertical pass to Felipe, but Malis saved it in a corner.

In the 74th minute, Panaitolikos won a free kick from a good position, but Huanpi’s execution was bad, while the same player in the 81th minutehe pretended beautifully to Megiados and took the shot, however, the ball went just past the right vertical post of Sotiriou.

The final had strong duels, with OFI trying to keep the result in their favor and Panaitolikos the equalizing goal. However, Pepe Mel’s side were not threatened in the four minutes of stoppage time and the final whistle found them to celebrate the 1-0 victorywhich was the first since early October.

MVP: Excellent performance from Praxiteli Vouros, who “disappeared” Karelis and Sengelias, being effective in most of his markings, counting four steals, 6/11 duels won and 2/2 aerial duels.

The whistle: THE Gorchilas correctly showed the white arrow for marking Bruno Duarte on Thorarinsson and overall had a good refereeing, avoiding mistakes that affected the outcome of the match.

OFI (Pepe Mel): Bowman (46′ Sotiriou), Thorarinson, Bressan, Vouros, Larson, Meyado, Glaser, Toral (65′ Neira), Baku (58′ Mosquera), Abada (58′ Apostolakis), Felipe (83′ Diko).

Panaitolikos (Yiannis Petrakis): Kapino, Liavas, B. Duarte (75′ Bakakis), Malis, Mavrias, Peres (85′ Tsingaras), Hatzitheodoridis (46′ Fr. Duarte), Torrejon, Huanpi, Sengelia (65′ Bouzoukis), Karelis (65′ Joao Pedro ).

Referee: Gorchilas

Assistants: Kolliakos, Torosiadis

4th: Dude

VAR: Tsakalides, Patras

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