Show characterreturned to winning ways and maintained his contact with the top o Panathinaikosas he won “only” 2-0 him Mars at “Apostolos Nikolaidis”, for the 25th matchday of the Stoiximan Super League.
Playing the best soccer in days Terim in the first half hourthe “clover” opened the scoring in the 3rd minute with Bakasetahe had beam by Ioannidis in the 18′ and several phases to score.
Something that happened in the replay, with the Greek centre-forward hitting the target in the 52nd minute from the white bullet and shaping the final result, as the “yellows” did not find a way to “get back” into the game.
Panathinaikos was kept in Third Place, with 55 points and goes to Crete to play with OFI in the last game. Ares remained fifthhaving 41 points and welcomes the pioneer AEK next Sunday.
In the minds of the coaches:
THE Panathinaikos lined up with six changes, in formation 4-3-3 and Dragovski under the goalposts. While Kotsiras, Arao, Ugo and Mladenovic made up the quartet in defense. Zeka, Tserin and Bakasetas were the three of the axis, with Palasios-Bernard at the ends and Ioannidis at the top of the attack.
THE Mars on the other hand it also “went down” with a system 4-3-3, Cuesta in goal and Odubajo, Brambetz, Roz and Montoya four at the back. Zul and Djurasek were the two “cutters”, with Darida in front of them. With Suleimanov-Samora playing on the “wings” and Moron in a center-forward position.
The match:
Panathinaikos he came in with the… knife in his teeth, looking for the goal early on. Goal which came just in 2′from the nice collaboration of Palacios-Bacassetta and the powerful shot of the latter, while it was initially canceled to correct Al Hakim’s decision, through VAR!
Mars on the other hand he seemed… out of sorts, making easy mistakes as a result of which he is immediately in danger of conceding a second goal. However, Questa made it four with Bakaseta, three minutes later, from the nice “breaking” of the ball by Ioannidis for the captain of the national team…
The “greens” continued to follow their plan, aiming at the opponent’s left sidepressing properly and… suffocatingly, starting from the Cuesta area.
For them to miss another classic scoring opportunity in the 14th minute, when, from a nice exchange of the ball in the visitors’ area, the unmarked Bernard shot high from the height of the penalty…
Panathinaikos continued to be dominant on the pitch, but the recital of missed opportunities continued. As from Zeka’s fine vertical ball for him Ioannidisthe second one did it shovel from position inside rightagainst the outgoing Cuesta but the ball stopped at crossbar, at 18′!
A quarter of an hour passed without any notable phase, for Aris to make his presence felt for the first time in Dragovski’s frames in the 29th minute. With the Polish goalkeeper, however, impressively punching past Moron and saving his team from the unwritten law of football.
The home side… responded two minutes later when Cerin passed vertically to Ioannidis, who entered the area, evaded Odubatzo nicely but opted to shoot from a difficult angle, instead of passing, sending the ball wide.
From that point in the match until the break, the “yellows” they managed to balance the situationmoving the ball around better now and trying to hit some quick transition.
They won some corners, and had a good moment in one of them to equalize, albeit with… a moment, in the 41st minute, with Zeka hiding the danger of an equaliser. With 1-0 holding, though.
The second half started with a double change, people not in shape, as well as a great opportunity for 1-1 from the side of Mars. However, Samora’s header from outside the small area, from Suleimanov’s cross, in the 47th minute, went over few outs!
Panathinaikos proved to be more accurate, in his own first good moment, which also came via VAR, as Van Beckel called on Al Hakim to signal Suleimanov’s handball. With Ioannidis if he succeeds in the execution and makes it 2-0 in the 52nd minute!
In fact, after two minutes, the “clover” missed the opportunity to clean up the “three points” early on, as Ioannidis saw Palacios’ center-forward movement, fed him in the area but Cuesta saved the second’s place in the movement with his body.
The Thessalonians found spaces afterwards, but they also proved to be ineffective in the phase they were given to “return” to the match. Upon completion of an hour of competition, as well as the shot under good conditions of Moron went out.
This was followed by management and changes on both sides by the two coacheswith the pace fatally falling, to reach the new double missed opportunity of Panathinaikos to give dimensions of triumph to the looming dominance of…
Initially in the 86th minute, with the nice combination of Bacacetta, Bernard and Mladenovic and the shot from the left into the area of the latter, which Cuesta pushed into a corner.
While two minutes later, from another very fine piece of work, Arao came into the area from the right, shot with power, the ball slipped out of Cuesta’s hands but Zamora pushed over the line, keeping it 2-0 until the end.
MVP: The Light Ioannidis took… the opposing defense by storm, today. He was in almost all the dangerous phases of the “greens”, having the goal (s.s. 5/5 penalty in the league) that sealed the victory, a crossbar, but also almost assisting Palasios. At the same time, he helped hold the ball, while offering energy until he lost his own and a change was made…
the “whistle”: The referee Al Hakim he needed the help of VAR to secure the first goal of Panathinaikos, with his assistant of course having indicated offside. But also to attribute the hand-penalty to the second, even though it was close to the phase… Otherwise, he went rather unnoticed, having few whistles.
The compositions of the two teams:
Panathinaikos (Fatih Terim): Dragovski, Kotsiras, Akaidin, Hugo, Mladenovic, Zeka, Cerin (80′ Arao), Bakasetas (89′ Vilena), Palasios (80′ Mancini), Ioannidis (80′ Sporar), Bernard (90’+2′ Limnios) .
They stayed on the bench: Lodgin, Vaiannidis, Ruben, Geremegev.
Ares (Akis Manzios): Cuesta, Odubajo, Brambetz, Rose, Montoya (71′ Ferrari), Jules (71′ Veleth), Darinda, Djurasek (46′ Garcia), Suleimanov (84′ Fetfajidis), Moron (46′ Ansarifard), Zamora.
They stayed on the bench: Houtesiotis, Fatore, Verstrate, Panagidis.
Referee: Mohamed Al Hakim (Sweden).
Assistants: Fredrik Cleaver, Mehmet Cullum (Sweden).
4th referee: Tasos Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese).
VAR: Paulus Van Beckel (Netherlands).
AVAR: Reinhard Buxbaum (University of Attica).
See here the description of the match from the Match Centre
Source: Sport Fm
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