Sweeping PAOKchecked the qualification with five points and left for the semi-finals!
The “black and white” won 5-0 Panseraikou in Toumba for the second leg of the quarter-finals of the Betsson Greek Cup, getting the ticket for the “4” where they will face the Panathinaikoswith the grand final in the background.
THE Razvan Lucescu rested several of his key players, but saw energy and intensity of those who competed, having five different scorers. Specifically, the way to the net was found by Jimas, Zivkovic, Ricardo, Thomas and Konstanteliaswith the “double-headed of the North” taking the obligation with a spectacle, while on the other hand the Serrai paid for their inefficiency, since they had enough opportunities to score.
In the minds of the coaches:
PAOK lined up with the familiar 4-2-3-1 formation Razvan Lucescu. Zivkovic was in goal, with Michaelidis and Nasberg in the stoppers, while Sastre was on the right end of the defense and Rafa Soares was on the left. Twins in the midfield were Tsigaras and Schwab, ahead of them was Marcos Antonio while on the right “wing” was Zivkovic and on the left was Constantelias. Tzimas is the only promoted to the top of the attack.
On the other hand, he chose a 4-2-3-1 system for Panserraikos Pablo Garcia. Under the posts is Katsikas, with a four in defense from right to left of Dankerloui, Gotzamanidis, Petavrakis and Pileas. In the midfield, Moreira and Oikonomou took the starting jerseys, with Mourgos playing the role of staff midfielder, while Maskanakis moved to his right and Sofianos to the left. At the top of the attack was Aleksic.
The match:
With the score (0-4) of the first game largely deciding the qualification, the two teams entered the Toumba pitch without the foot on the… accelerator. The first good moment came in the 6th minute and belonged to Panserraikos, with Sofiano to take advantage of Nasberg’s mistake, however he was then unable to beat him Zivkovic on two occasions, with the Serb impressively telling him “no”.
Then PAOK turned up the volume and was trying to find the corridors in the area of Serrai, with Jima to open the score at 20′! Constantelias took the ball well on the wing, Živković saw the movement of Sastre who broke into the area and the young Greek striker with a nice execution made it 1-0.
Mourgos tried to threaten with a direct execution, but Zivkovic blocked and in the 26th minute the home team “doubled” their goals! Mistake by Panserraikos, Michaelidis became the owner of the ball and distributed to Zivkovicwho crossed meters with the ball and with a place from inside the area achieved 2-0.
The pace of the match dropped noticeably in the following minutes, with the phases not decreasing in the two centers. Gotzamanidis took the header in the 39th minute from a free kick, however, it was misdirected and went wide and that’s how the first half ended with the “black and white” going to the locker room with a 2-0 lead.
In the second half, the Serrai came on strong and had several moments to score. In the 48th minute from the corner kick, o Alexic took the powerful header, with Živkovic telling him “no” with his feet, while Maskanakis then took the shot, with the ball going wide. A minute later (49′) Maskanakis again avoided Marcos Antonio and tried his legs, but this attempt also ended up out.
In the 56th minute, Tzimas failed to send the ball into the net from close range, while in the 58th minute, Aleksic stepped well in the area, but the shot he attempted went over the posts. In the 71st minute, Katsikas took out Zivkovic’s finish with one hand, while in the 82nd minute, PAOK made it 3-0! Pass by Marcos Antonio to Rafa Soares, who made the shot and o Andre Ricardo with a powerful shot from close range he sent the ball into the net, scoring his first goal this season.
Three minutes later (85′), the “two-headed man of the North” extended the score to 4-0, with Brandon Thomas trying the shot from a distance, Katsikas misjudged the phase and saw the ball go into the net, while at 90+2′ the final score was 5-0 with impressive way: The Konstantelias he slipped out of the hold and passed to Živkovic, who found the 20-year-old nicely in the area and he made a superb finish, ending the period in ideal fashion.
MVP: THE Stefanos Tzimas he took advantage of another opportunity given to him by Razvan Lucescu, scoring the goal that opened the scoring for PAOK. At the same time, he had energy, asked for the ball in the area and made many moves, showing that he is more and more ready for the Romanian coach to give him more playing time.
The “whistle”: He didn’t have any difficult phase to manage Panagiotis Tsiaraswho gets a good grade for his refereeing.
PAOK (Razvan Lucescu): Z. Zivkovic (86′ Talikhmanidis), Sastre (46′ Bamba), Nashberg, Michaelidis, Rafa Soares, Tsigaras, Schwab (62′ Ricardo), A. Zivkovic, Marcos Antonio, Constantelias, Jimas (75′ Brandon).
Panserraikos (Pablo Garcia): Katsikas, Dankerlouis, Gotzamanidis, Petavrakis, Peleas, Moreira, Oikonomou (62′ Staikos), Sofianos (77′ Gouleri), Mourgos (62′ Tomas), Maskanakis (61′ Warda), Alexics (72′ Betancourt).
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Source: Sport Fm
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