Aris passed through Kaisariani with Fetfatzidis and sinks Kifissia!

He got the “three points” in Kaisariani o Mars with signature Yannis Fetfatzidis!

The Thessalonians won 1-0 Kifissia for its 20th game Stoiximan Super Leaguein a game where they found the goal with the Greek midfielder (first in his second term with the ‘yellows) and then prioritized in the defense of the score in their favour, rather than trying to find a second goal. Very good the image of the home team in the second half, they had several opportunities to equalize, but they wasted them, as they lacked efficiency in Houtesiotis’ goal.

With the defeat in today’s match, David Nielsen’s team remains in last place top of the table with 12 points, level with PAS Ioannina, with their task of staying up even more. On the other hand, Mars in the 5th place, returned to winning ways -at the league level- after the defeat by Olympiakos and with 33 points, it was reduced to -5 by the “red and whites”.

The next match for Akis Manziou’s team is the rematch with Victory of Volos (3-0 win in the first match) in the “8” of the Betsson Hellenic Cup (30/01, 19:00) and in the championship has the exit with Panseraic (02/03, 19:30), while Kifisia gives a “final” in Crete with OFI (04/02, 16:00).

In the minds of the coaches:

With a 4-2-3-1 formation, the Kifisia lineup from David Nielsen. Anagnostopoulos was in goal, with Teixeira and Tsapan in the stoppers and Gobelic on the right end of the defense, while Milisevic was on the left. Twins in the midfield were Soloa and Peios, with Bifuma on the left “wing” and Mateu Santos on the right. In a staff midfielder role was Iliev, with Tetei competing at the top of the attack.

Aris’ lineup had many changes, with Aki Manzio to rest several basic units. Houtesiotis was under the posts, with four in defense from right to left Odubazzo, Rose, Fabiano and Montoya. Verstraat and Djurasek in the midfield, while in the midfield Suleimanov was on the right, Menendez on the left and Fetfatzidis in the “ten” role. Samora was the only forward on the attack.

The match:

Balanced the beginning of the confrontation, with Aris na does not find a fast pace in the first minutes, while Kifisia had closed its lines and in the 5th minute had the first good moment of the match. Wrong removal of Houtesiotis, o Peios he found space and took the shot, with the Greek goalkeeper making an impressive save. Peios in the 7th minute had another shot, which he did not threaten, while in the 12th minute Menendez saw a good shot Suleimanovwho stepped into the area and caught the header in the move, but the ball passed parallel to Anagnostopoulos’ goal.

The guests raised their lines in the 16′ they opened the scoring! Tetei’s wrong pass to Menendes, who took and saw the gap in the center of Kifisia’s defense, with Fetfatzidis to execute perfectly from a four-on-four position for the 1-0, which was also the first goal of the Greek midfielder in his second term at Aris.

Afterwards, the strong duels had their… honor, with the kinetic, Fetfatzidis, looking good in the 26th minute Samora, who lost control in the area and wasted a good chance to threaten. Towards the end of the half, Kifisia raised its performance with the main player Mateo Santos: in 38′ he moved well on the shaft, found space and took the shot, but the ball went wide.

In the 40′ o Fabiano undisturbed, he made the header, which Anagnostopoulos took with difficulty, while in the next minute the home team missed their biggest chance in the first half: nice action by Mateus Santos, he worked with That’s right and took the diagonal shot but missed from close range. In the 45th minute, Aris threatened Suleimanov from a nice pass by Fetfatzidis, but Anagnostopoulos kicked it for a corner, with the half-time ending with the “yellows” in front of the score.

Noticeably improved Kifisia at the start of the second half, being very mobile and in a mood to find the equalizing goal. In the 46th minute, Bifuma made the turn, Tetei found the ball with his heel, but did not threaten the goal of Houtesiotis. In the 48th minute, the hosts they “shouted” for a penalty to Tetei from a push in the area, while in the 53′ Soloa scored, but it was from offside position.

David Nielsen made several changes to provide more energy in midfield, while his team in the 56th minute worked together nicely, the Mateus Santos stepped into the area, but the shot he attempted went wide. Two minutes later (58′) Ozegovic took the header, however, the ball went just outside of Houtesiotis’ goal.

What Akis Manzios saw he didn’t like them and made several changes, putting Darida in the midfield to balance the situation and keep the ball more for his team. Kifisia may have had the upper hand and were around the frames of the “yellows”, but they were not finding the finals, in relation to the start of the second part.

In the 83rd minute Fabiano was injured, however, Manzios had finished his substitutions and opted to use Odubajo as a stopper and keep the Brazilian forward in order not to be left with 10 men. In the seven minutes of stoppage time, Kifisia tried to find the equalizing goal, but he didn’t have the big momentAris had closed his lines well and took the “three points” with 1-0.

MVP: Another great game from him Fabiano. The Aris defender cleaned up every phase he was involved in, successfully advancing the ball into the midfield, tallying 7/10 aerial duels won. He was injured in the 83rd minute, but did not leave the field after taking a forward position in order not to leave his team with 10 men.

The whistle: “Voices” from the side of Kifissia for a penalty on Tetei from a push by Montoya in the 47th minute, “it is played” said Gamaris and the VAR agreed with him. In phase there is contacthowever, the referee of the match considers it to be frivolous the downfall of the home striker. Otherwise, the Greek referee didn’t have another tough time to manage, while he issued several cards to deal with the tough marking on both sides.

Kifissia (David Nielsen): Anagnostopoulos, Tsapan, Gobelic, Soloa, Teixeira, Iliev (75′ Konstantakopoulos), Peios (90′ Anderegen), Milisevic, Bifuma, Barbosa, Tettei (54′ Ozegovic).

Aris (Akis Manzios): Houtesiotis, Odubajo, Fabiano, Rose, Montoya, Verstrate, Dzouracek (74′ Moron), Fetfatzidis (57′ Darida), Suleimanov (57′ Saverio), Menendez (83′ Ferrari), Zamora (75′ Garcia).

Referee: Gamaris

Assistants: Aptosoglou, Mousiadis

4th: Tsimenteridis

VAR: Tsagarakis, Kostaras

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