Darinda… dressed as Moron and Aris embraced in the delays the qualification to the “4” of the Cup!

“Embrace” with the ticket for the semi-finals of the Betsson Greek Cup since Wednesday (24/1) Aris, who prevailed 3-0 her Victory of Volos. Thus, it effectively turned the second leg next Tuesday (30/1, 19:00) into a formality, where it is reminded that the away goal rule does not count.

Thessalonians were very productive. However, it had to come late to claim a wide victory by scoring two goals, having opened the scoring in the 61st minute. And this because, on the one hand, Moron he was not on a good day wasting many chances, on the other hand o Garavelis made important saves.

Great protagonist for Aris o Darida, who scored three goals, to count two. Correctly disallowed this one at 30′, correctly counted (via VAR) that at 61′to also score at 90’+3′. The final 3-0 was formed by Suleimanov in the 90’+6′.

The winner of the pair will play their counterpart OFI-Panaitolikoswith the Agrinio team winning yesterday 2-1 in Crete, in the first match between them.

First time main o Manu Garthiahelping with the creative part.

In the… minds of the coaches:

THE Akis Manzios lined him up Mars with system 4-2-3-1 and Cuesta at home. Montoya was right back, Ferrari left and Fabiano and Brametz in the center of defense. In the midfield, Doucure and Darida, with Manu Garcia in front of them in a free role. On the right end of the midfield line was Fetfatzidis, on the left was Saverio and at the top was Moron.

Same system and from him Dimitris Eleftheropoulos for the Victory of Volos. Garavelis under the posts, with Kassos, Andreou, Anastasiou and Stika making up the defensive foursome from right to left. Midfield duo Kyriakidis and Gavrielidis, with Politis, Litaina and Kritikos making up the midfield line behind Tziora.

The match:

The first few minutes were slow, with the home team moving the ball around and the visitors mainly having a defensive orientation, playing in their own half.

However, little by little, Akis Manziou’s team started to pick up the pace. In fact, he had three very good moments within five minutes (9′, 11′ and 13′). All express him Moron, but which was wrong. The first of these is top, with Manu Garthia taking it out nicely in a four-a-four position. In between (10′), the short midfielder’s shot was blocked.

Ares continued to threaten, at 20′ with Saverio after a fine action by the Thessaloniki winger, as well as in 23′ once again with Moron.

For her part, Niki Volou took her first chance at 25′by Quest to block the cross-shot caught by You’re from Lithuania from close range.

To get to 30′ when his goal was correctly disallowed Darida: After filling in the area of ​​Niki and after a first clearance, the Czech midfielder took a one-piece shot sending the ball into the net. However, the Moron -being exposed- during filling, it affected the phase. Violation found through VAR.

Thus, since not even the Ferraris found a net (40′) and Fetfatzidis (44′) and while earlier (34′) Gavrielidis had not fully caught the shot, the two teams went to the locker room without a score.

Akis Manzios proceeded to triple change at the start of the second half, with Suleimanov, Verstrate and Odubajo replacing Fetfatzidis, Doukoure and Montoya, respectively.

Aris continued to have the initiative of the movements looking for the goal. However, he also had a porter in front of him on a very good day, with him Garaveli to put a “stop” in his nearby place Moron in the 53′.

Finally, the “yellows” broke the Gordian bond with the completion of one hour of the match. In the 58th minute, his goal was disallowed again Darida for offside, which however after his intervention VAR counted on 61′. And this is because the experienced ace was not exposed, who took the “rebound” after Suleimanov’s shot, scoring from close range but also from a difficult angle.

Akis Manziou’s team tried to extend their lead, threatening with the Moron’s direct free kicks (70′) and Verstrate (76′), with Garavelis still having an impressive operation in the second case.

In the end, the delays had to arrive in order for… the home team to break out, scoring two more goals.

In the 90’+3′ The Saverio cross from the left with the right, with Darida to make a nice jump from the “heart” of the area by heading the ball into the net for 2-0. In the 90’+6′ after a corner kick, o Suleimanov he went down to the opposite side inside the area and with a terrible volley he sent the ball into the opposite upper corner for the final 3-0.

Watch the match live here.

MVP: THE Darida us… he served his executive skills on a plate and let two of the three goals he scored count after all. The distinction goes to the Czech midfielder.

The whistle: Darinda’s first goal is rightly disallowed after the exposed Moron influences, correctly counting the second based on the lines as well. Perhaps in the final the control was lost somewhere in the yellows (five from 84′ onwards), with the numbers of course being balanced between the two teams (3-4).

The compositions of the two teams:

Aris (Akis Manzios): Cuesta – Montoya (46′ Odubazzo), Fabiano, Brambetz, Ferrari – Ducouret (46′ Verstrate), Darinda – Fetfatzidis (46′ Suleimanov), Manu Garcia (57′ Zamora), Saverio – Moron.

Niki Volou (Dimitris Eleftheropoulos): Garavelis – Kassos, Andreou, Anastasiou, Stikas – Kyriakidis, Gavrielidis – Politis (83′ Topalidis), Litainas (56′ Ribeiro), Kritikos (73′ Na’ a) – Tzioras (56′ Panagiotidis, 83′ a.a. Voukelatos ).

Referee: Christos Vergetis

Assistants: Georgios Christakoglou, Achilleas Nikzas

4th referee: Konstantinos Tsetsilas

VAR: Andreas Gamaris