PAOK made a splash and overthrew Panaitolikos with a hat-trick!

He made a reaction and called out o PAOK!

The “double head of the North” prevailed with his 3-1 Panaitoliko in Agrinio for the 24th matchday of the Stoiximan Super League, in a game that was behind in the score, but with two goals in one minute managed to turn the match upside down and return to winning ways, after losing to Olympiakos in the league and being eliminated from Panathinaikos in the Cup.

THE Hatzitheodoridis scored in the fifth minute, with the “black and white” achieving the upset with them Tailor and Zivkovic in one minute (72′-73′), while o Konstantelias in the final, he sealed the “three points” for the Thessalonians, who had two goals in the first half with the 20-year-old Greek midfielder and Murg.

Thus, PAOK returned to the 2nd place in the standings with 54 points, reducing to -1 from the leader, AEK, while increasing its difference to +3 and +7 from Panathinaikos and Olympiacos respectively, but having a game more.

In the… minds of the coaches:

With a 3-5-2 formation, he lined up Panaitolikos o Yannis Petrakis. Chavez under the goalposts, with a trio of Mali, Mladen and Stajic as stoppers. At the two ends in a back-half role are Liavas (right) and Torrehon (left), with Huanpi, Tsingara and Hatzitheodoridis in the axis. Sengelia and João Pedro were at the top of the attack.

On the other hand, Mr Razvan Lucescu, he had a lot of absences to manage and his line-up had changes all over the pitch. With a 4-2-3-1 arrangement, Zivko Zivkovic was in goal, with Kenziora and Koulierakis in the stoppers, while Rafa Soares was on the left side of the defense and Sastre was on the right. Meite-Marcos Antonio duo in the midfield, Despontov moved on the right wing, while Constantelias moved on the left. Murg was in the role of staff midfielder and Tzimas was the only one promoted.

The match:

A better start Yannis Petrakis could not wait for Panaitolikos. Initially, the home team had the first good moment in the 3rd minute, when the Hatzitheodoridis and Joao Pedro worked together, the Greek midfielder received the ball from an advantageous position, trying the shot, which went just wide of Zivkovic’s right post.

Agriniotes continued to be high and in the 5th minute they opened the scoring with incredible goal of Hatzitheodoridis! The 26-year-old found space from long range and made a great shot, which left Živkovic no room to react, with the ball going into the net for 1-0.

PAOK, after the shock of the first minutes, took possession of the ball and tried to sets the pace of. In the 10th Rafa Soares sweet cross from the left, Despontov heads it, but Chavez makes a solid block. Two minutes later (12′) and from a static phase, o Murg he made a very nice shot, with the ball finding Chavez’s post.

The “canaries” committed many fouls on PAOK and gave them the opportunity to threaten through stationary phases (hence the crossbar), with Murg taking over the executions in the 19th and 23rd, but this time unable to threaten.

The Thessalonians were moving the ball around, but were unable to find the corridors in the area of ​​Panaitolikos, who had their lines close and were trying to attack the counterattack. In the 35th minute, Sengelia found space and tried his foot from a long distance, with Živković impressively clearing for a corner, in first good moment from the home team after the goal.

In the 41st minute, possession was at 79%-21% in favor of PAOK, a number that largely shows the image of the first half, with Meite threatening with a shot (41′) and a header (42′), while in the 45′ Constantelias made awesome energy in a closed space inside the area, with his shot finding the post in the last phase of the first half.

At the start of the second half Lucescu made his first change, taking Jima out of the match, with Samata to take his place at the top of the attack. Panaitolikos, on the other hand, had a correspondingly good start, just like in the first half, with Hatzitheodoridis trying the shot outside the area, with Zivkovic having difficulty clearing it.

In the 52′ Konstantelias threatened from inside the area, but his shot was weak, with PAOK scoring in the 59′ with Constantiahowever, his goal was disallowed because Despodov who made the assist was on offside position.

In the 63rd minute, Ozdoev and Andrija Zivkovic entered the field, with the “double-header of the North” equalizing in the 72nd minute at 1-1! Nice change of direction by Konstantelias, who broke to Tailor and took the cross, with Torrejon putting his foot in and changing the course of the ball, which ended up in the net.

The Thessalonikians, with the momentum given to them by the equalizing goal, managed to take the lead one minute later (73′)! Great left-footer by him Zivkovicthe ball hit Chavez’s crossbar and into the net for 2-1, with Razvan Lucescu seeing what he wants on the pitch from his players.

The pace of the match then dropped, with the “black and white” maintaining control, but not having the same frequency in creating chances. In the 80th minute, Torrejon headed in, but Zivkovic saved and in the 90th minute, PAOK sealed their victory with Constantia! The phase started with the 20-year-old passing to Ozdov, who crossed to Zivkovic, who saw the young Greek midfielder’s move and he finished the phase perfectly for 3-1, which was the final score of the match.

MVP: Živkovic may have come into the match and scored the game-changing goal, but the Konstantelias he was the leader of PAOK. He had the post with tremendous energy in the first half, scoring but having his goal disallowed for offside on Despodov, while he is instrumental in the equalizer with his change of direction. In the end, in the final with an own goal, the “black and white” sealed the victory.

The whistle: THE Alexandros Katsikogiannis he had no wrong decision and made a good refereeing, with VAR disallowing Constantelia’s goal for offside to Despodov who makes the assist.

The compositions of the two teams:

Panaitolikos (Yiannis Petrakis): Chaves, Mladen, Huanpi, Hatzitheodoridis (Duarte 68′), Torrejon, Sengelia (Dias 68′), Tsingaras (Peres 82′), Joao Pedro (Lomonaco 82′), Malis, Stagich, Liavas (Maurias 81′).

PAOK (Razvan Lucescu): Kotarski, Sastre, Kenziora, Koulierakis, Rafa Soares (Oto 71′), Markos Antonio (Ozdoev 63′), Meite, Despontov (Schwab 81′), Constantelias, Murg (Andria 63′), Tzimas (Samata 46′).

Referee: Katsikogiannis

Assistants: Kollias, Moysiadis

VAR: Manouhos, Psarris

Fourth: Tsimenterides

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