Historical implications in the victory of Panathinaikos over Olympiakos

THE yesterday’s victory of Panathinaikos over Olympiakos (1-3) for the premiere of the playoffs it was the third streak in the league, something that had to happen 46 years. The previous one had happened with the 2-0 victories on 11/4/1977 at Leoforo, 1-2 at… old “G. Karaiskakis” on 9/10/1977 and 1-0 at Leoforo on 12/2/1978. The current streak started on 22/10/2023 in Faliro with the game decided on paper (0-3) after the injury of Juancar, and continued in “Apostolos Nikolaidis” with 2-0 on 4/2/2024, until yesterday’s 1-3.

At the same time, it is about first victory of Panathinaikos with an upset at the home of Olympiakos for the championship since 24/7/1960, when he had prevailed in “G. Karaiskakis” with 4-1. Then the “red and whites” had taken the lead with Kostas Papazoglou in the 15th minute, but with three goals by Andreas Papaemmanouil (22′, 71′, 83′) and an own goal by Giorgos Laimos (42′), the “greens” had won . In fact, at that time Panathinaikos had tied with AEK after their 3-2 defeat by Panionios and they finally won the title in a play-off with 2-1.

THE Fotis Ioannidisin fact, became the first player after that match of Papaemmanouil who scores twice in “G. Karaiskakis” for the championship. The other three who succeeded were at OAKA, which Olympiacos used as a home base for certain seasons: Dimitris Saravakos with 1-2 on 9/11/1985, Vangelis Vlachos with 1-4 on 8/11/1987 and Emmanuel Olissadebe at 2-2 on 1/12/2001.

“Clover” had to see victory in “G. Karaiskakis” for the championship with different Greek scorers since 25/2/1990when he had defeated Olympiakos 4-3 with goals scored by Kalitzakis, Maragos, Antoniou and Samaras.

Finally, Panathinaikos scored two goals in the first half of the league match against Olympiakos in Faliro from 28/1/1962when he had won 2-1 with scorers Mimi Domazos in the 10th minute and Andreas Papaemmanouil in the 24th minute.