Aris returned to victory by leaving Peristeri with a cynical double

He left with a cynical double from Peristeri and Aris returned to victory!

After their two away draws against Panserraikos and PAS Ioannina, the Thessalonians did not want to with their performance, but presented themselves flawlessly defensively against Atromitos, celebrating the victory with 2-0!

THE Moron opened the scoring in the 34th minute, slotting home a penalty awarded after VAR intervention for Kuen’s handball and netting for the 12th time this season, while Darida he was the one who… put the icing on the cake of the visitors’ victory, with his own goal just before the finale (90’+4′).

Thus, Aris scored 38 points, firmly consolidating its position in the top five, while Atromitos, which despite being behind in the score, threatened little in the second half, experienced its fifth consecutive defeat and remained ninth.

In the mind of the coaches

By Sasha Ilyich to be punished with his helper, Velitchko Kaplanovich to replace him, Atromitos lined up with 4-3-3, having Acevedo and Ender out of the mission. Tsintotas started under the posts of the home team, Keshrida, De Bock full back, Tsakmaki, Tzavella were the stopper duo, while Kuen, Erlingmark and Kunde were the trio in midfield. Robbie started on the right wing of the attack, Aguibu Kamara on the left, behind the more forward, Andrzejski.

On the other hand, Mr Akis Manzioswho did not have Ondubatzo, Djurasek, Fabiano, Zul, Rupp, Delizisi and Christodoulopoulos available, lined up his team with 4-2-3-1. Cuesta goalkeeper, Montoya, Rose, Brumbetz, Ferrari four defense, Veleth and Darida duo in midfield. Manu García in the role of ten, having next to Suleimanov, Bennett, while Moron started at the top of the attack.

The match

The match was ambiguous in its first minutes, with both teams trying to take possession of the ball and create. The first final attempt was for Atromitos, with a long and very strong shot by Kunde ending up high, while in the 8th minute Andrzejski shot just outside the large area of ​​Aris, without particularly worrying Questa. Aris threatened Tsintota for the first time in the 17th minute, when Moron committed a free-kick he took and the Atromitos goalkeeper made an impressive save in the corner.

In the 22nd minute, Manu Garcia went to score a… crazy goal with a long shot that he attempted while off balance, but the ball went just wide of the home goal, while in the 25th minute, Andrzejski shot, falling under the pressure of Rose, over the horizontal beam.

In the 29th minute, Atromitos counter-attacked quickly, the ball ending up in Kuen, who shot from a wide position to see Questa deny him a goal, while before the corner was taken, VAR, Katikos, alerted Cecsila of a possible penalty in his favour. Mars at the beginning of the phase, for Kuen’s hand. After seeing the replay, the referee signaled the final penalty, with Moron slotting home his 12th goal of the season to give Aris the lead.

Atromitos then took more of the initiative and threatened in the 43rd minute when Kuen raced down the left and found Romay, who switched sides for Keshrida but he shot at Cuesta. In the closing stages of the first half, the very active Kunde took a free-kick past the corner flag, with Tsakmakis getting a header from a very advantageous position, but sending the ball high.

As both teams returned from the dressing rooms, it was the home side who came in stronger, but it was Aris who threatened first in the 47th minute, with Moron taking Suleimanov’s beautiful pass and shooting after one touch with the ball, on Tsintotas.

With Atromitos unable to create any chances in front of Cuesta’s goal, it was Aris who came close again in the 62nd minute when Suleimanov broke into the box with a beautiful individual effort, slotting just wide of the Spanish keeper’s right-hand post .

Absolutely efficient defensively, Aris managed his lead with relative comfort. At 90’+1′ the Atromitos players called for a penalty for Drinda’s hand after Valencia’s long-range shot, but the VARs saw no foul, with the visitors finally making it 0-2 at 90’+4′, when Saverio made a beautiful individual effort and shot onto the crossbar, Darida being in the right place at the right time to take the… rebound and send the ball into Tsintotas’ net.

MVP: In another packed performance, Darida was omnipresent for Aris, being the one trying to create while also excelling in his defensive duties. He also scored for the final 0-2, thus taking the title of the most valuable.

The whistle: Kostas Tsetsilas, the referee of the match, responded with… plenty of yellow cards in the rather tough game of the two teams. In the 34th minute, Katikos was warned by the VAR, correctly giving the penalty to Aris for Kuen’s handball, while the VARs did not see a penalty in the 90’+1′ phase, in which the home team protested for a Darinda handball.

Team compositions:

Fearless (Kaplanovic, 4-3-3): Tsingling – Keshrida, Tsakmakis, Tzavellas, De Bok – Kuen (84′ Vergos), Kunte, Erlingmark (55′ Valencia) – Robaille (73′ Jubitana), Kamara, Andielski

Marcheziani, Athanasiou, Kivrakidis, Fridjonson and Vrakas remained on the bench.

Aris (Manzios, 4-2-3-1): Cuesta – Montoya, Rose, Brumbetz, Ferrari – Veleth (83′ Ducouret), Darinda – Suleimanov (83′ Zamora), Garcia (63′ Verstrate), Bennett (46′ Saverio) – Moron (70′ Ansarifard)

Houtesiotis, Fatore, Fetfatzidis and Pardos remained on the bench.

Referee: Chetsilas

Assistants: Stefanis, Savvas

Fourth: Jealousy

VAR: Resident, Karagiozopoulos

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