The mistakes of the goalkeepers “signed” the draw in Peristeri

Its premiere ended without a winner Fearless and his Mars in this year’s Stoiximan Super League, with both teams staying at 1-1 at the Municipal Stadium of Peristeri.

In a game where a lot is judged balanced with few good moments in front of the two teams, but there was enough intensity and energy from both teams, those who judged the result it was the two goalkeepers…

And that’s because, Koselev’s mistake in the 66th minute and the unfortunate Brorsson’s own goal for the “yellows” 0-1, followed a few minutes later by clumsy exit by Cuesta who drove him Ward in the white bullet from which he formed it final score in the 74th minute.

Result based on the image of the two teams deemed fair, as neither of them could impose their pace and claim the first three points of the season.

In the coach’s mind



THE Pablo Garcia lined up Atromitos with a 4-2-3-1 system. Koselev found himself under the goal, with Athanasiou, Brorson, Mansour and Kini in the defensive four. Ender and Ouedraogo started in the axis positions, with Warda and Baku playing on the two “wings” and Carlitos in the role of ten, behind the only promoted, Van Feert.

On the other hand, Mr Akis Manzios chose to field Mars with a 4-3-3 system. Cuesta started in goal, with Mayo, Veleth, Brambetz and Friedek making up the defensive four. Monchou, Manu Garcia and Montoya competed in the axis, with the latter in the role of a defensive midfielder. At the top of the attack was Loren Moron, with Fetfatzidis and Saverio flanking him in the midfield trio.

The match

Enough the pace was good at the start of the match as both teams tried to play their game and impose their own tempo. The first phase of the match did not take long to come, when in the 6th minute, o Fetfatzidis from the right he converged towards the shaft, but his shot found Ouedraogo and ended up in a corner. The Intrepid’s response was immediate, as in the 11th minute, Baku was initially beaten 4-on-4 by Cuesta after Ward’s excellent vertical pass, himself taking the rebound failing again from a difficult angle.

A few minutes later, specifically in the 17th minute, the hosts threatened again with his weak header Mansoor from a corner kick. Three minutes later, the Peristeriotes they protested strongly about a penalty of Veleth on Athanasios, with the referee, Tsakalides, but also the VAR, Papapetrou, saying “you’re playing”.

From that point until the end of the half, Atromitos was the one who had a slight upper hand, having brought the match into measure and at its own pace. Despite everything, the Thessalonians were the ones who recorded better phases. In the 25th minute, his ambitious goal Moron from a distance after a misguided exit by Koselev, he went wide, while in the 34th minute, o Mansour with self-sacrifice cut off the Spaniard’s close range after an excellent turn by Fetfatzidis. Two minutes later, Pablo Garcia’s team made its presence felt in the opposition frames with the Ward’s shot to oppose the bodies, while, at 44′Mars wasted huge opportunity again with Moron to be defeated from a vantage point, with Brorson to prevent a certain goal with a tackle.

The scene was different at the beginning second halfwith the pace of the game dropping noticeably, as there were several fouls in the midfield area, but also many mistakes. THE Fearless he was the one in control of the match, trying to “build” a game from behind, at the time when o Mars was in a…waiting position, emphasizing its inhibitory duties.

It is indicative that the first final of the second 45 minutes was recorded in the 64th minute, when Warda, with a nice pace, converged towards the axis and with a drifting shot from the height of the large area found Cuesta ready. In the 66th minute, the “coolness” came for the hosts, as in an unsuspected phase they conceded the goal, with Ari unexpectedly takes the lead in the score! Specifically, after Mayo’s cross from the right, o Koselev makes a bad exit with the puncheswith the ball finds Brosson and ends up in the net for the own goal. And all this while the “yellows” had no phase until that point in the second part!

The shock for the home team did not last long, since six minutes later, the other goalkeeper of the match, Julian Cuestahe also made a childish mistake. The Spanish goalkeeper of Mars did bad and clumsy exit from his goalpostsfalling hard on Mihorl and while Veleth had cleared the phase with a header. The referee awarded a penalty, which brilliantly executed by Ward, equalizing at 1-1 in the 74th minute.

In the last period of the match, Akis Manziou’s team was the one that was searching with claims for the second goal that would probably give them the three points, taking advantage of course of the vertical drop in the game and retreat of the home team. It is indicative that within three minutes, from 84′ to 86′, Aris had three finals with Diadi, Manu Garthia and Zamora. Until the final, nothing changed with both teams to remain at 1-1 and to start their obligations in this year’s championship with a point.

MVP: The one who stood out in Peristeri was Amr Wardas, apart from the goal he scored from the white arrow, he was a constant source of danger to the Intrepid attack. In fact, together with Athanasios, they showed very good chemistry on the left wing of the Peristeriots.

The… whistle: The refereeing of Tsakalides, who did not have many difficult phases to manage, is judged to be quite good. In the 20th minute phase and in Atromitos’ “cries” for Veleth’s penalty on Athanasios, there did not seem to be anything that would lead to a violation. After all, the phase was also controlled by VAR.

The elevens:



Fearless (Pablo Garcia): Koselev, Kinney, Brosson, Mansour, Athanasiou, Ouedraogo, Ender (90+4′ Karamanos), Baku (76′ Yubitana), Warda, Carlitos (55′ Mihorl), Van Weert.

Aris (Akis Manzios): Cuesta, Friedek (69′ Diadi), Brambetz, Veleth, Mayo Hugo, Montoya, Monchou, Fetfatzidis (69′ Sifuentes), Manu Garcia, Saverio, Moron (74′ Zamora).

Referee: Tsakalides

Assistants: Papadakis, Stefanis

4th: Jealousy

VAR: Papapetrou, Buxbaum