Serres liked it and Aris made a save!

He escaped from Serres with his first “three points” this year Mars!

The “yellows” won 1-0 Panseraikou for its 2nd matchday Stoiximan Super Leaguein a game that was superiors and were in control for most of the 90 minutes, reaching fairly within three points of victory.

Scorer and top scorer Jose Sifuenteswho provided the solution with a very beautiful shot in the 34th minute, while the Monchu-Manu Garcia in the center, with Diadi to be a permanent source of danger, but to… spoil it in the final effort.

Thus, the Thessalonians climbed – albeit temporarily – to second place with four points, while Michalis Grigoriou’s team has not taken any points in the first two, admittedly difficult, matches against PAOK and Ari.

On the next (3rd) matchday, the team of Akis Manziou faces in Harilaou Asteras AKTOR (31/08, 17:00), while Panserraikos is hosted in Agrinio by Panetolico (31/08, 19:00).

In the… minds of the coaches:

With 4-2-3-1 he lined up Panserraikos o Michalis Grigoriou. Gougesashvili was under the posts, with a back four from right to left of Deligiannidis, Bergstrom, Hadakia and Petavrakis. Twin in the center Staikos and Liassos, with Salazar-Deletic on the sides and Thomas moving behind the only forward, Bedacore.

On the other side, he chose a 4-3-3 formation for Aris o Akis Manzios. Cuesta in goal, with Veleth-Brabets as stoppers and Mayo (right) and Friedek (left) on the sides of the defense. Manu García, Sifuentes and Moncu in the midfield, with Diadi on the right wing and Sisto on the left. At the top of the attack is Moron.

The match:

Both teams entered the game with an aggressive attitude and the first phase came in the 2nd minute for Aris. Veleth cleared Deletic’s free-kick, Diadi saw brilliantly in the center Moronwho tried to score just in front of the center after seeing that Gugesashvili was not in his goal, but the ball went wide. Five minutes later (7′) the “yellows” had another good moment, with Diadi excellently avoiding his personal opponent on the left, but his finish Manu Garthia in the area was not good and ended up out.

Panserraikos “answered” a minute later (8′) when o Thomas attempted a powerful shot from outside the area, with Cuesta impressively clearing for a corner. The home team equalized the good start of the “yellows” in the 10th minute Bedacor missed a great chance from close range.

The continuous fouls on both sides dropped the tempo, with the next phase coming in the 31st minute: the Monchu smartly took the free-kick from the right, with Gugesashvili clearing. Aris was better at that point and in the 34th minute opened the scoring when Sisto converged towards the area and passed to Sifuenteswho with an excellent shot outside the area sent the ball into the net for 0-1.

Five minutes later (40′) the guests had another good moment, with him Moron to fire a fireball, Gugesashvili said “no” and for the second time the Georgian won the Manu Garthia up close. In the six minutes of stoppage time, Panserraikos won three corners, all of which went untapped and the first half ended with the “yellows” in front of the score.

The Serrai tried to catch Aris asleep and threatened in the 48th minute with Deletebut Cuesta blocked. From then on the pace of the match was slow as there were back to back interruptions and the negating each other well… held. Grigoriou and Manzios shuffled the deck with changes, which favored the visitors.

In the 76th Diadi scored but the goal was disallowed for offside, with the Thessalonians having their moments in the 80′ and 82′ with Saverio and Diadi, but Gugesashvili was on hand.

The Georgian goalkeeper kept Panserraikos in the match with new saves in Diadi bis (87′, 90’+4′) and Moron (90’+2′), however, Aris was not threatened at the final whistle found a winner for his first “three point” this season.

MVP: THE Jose Sifuentesnot only for the nice goal – and unique in the game – he scored, but also for his general presence in the center, both in the creative part and in his blocking duties.

The whistle: He correctly cancels Tsimenteridis Diadi’s goal, however, could have avoided the many whistles that spoiled the pace of the match. In general, he did not make a serious mistake and did not affect the final score of the match.

The compositions of the two teams:

Panserraikos (Mihalis Grigoriou): Gougesashvili, Bergstrom, Deligiannidis (86′ Koutsogoulas), Petavrakis (77′ Farez), Hadakias, Liassos (64′ Perutsi), Staikos (64′ Kaptum), Salazar, Tomas, Deletics (77′ Gigits), Betancourt.

Aris (Akis Manzios): Cuesta, Mayo, Veleth, Brambetz, Friedek, Moncu, Sifuentes, Manu Garcia (74′ Darida), Sisto (74′ Saverio), Diadi, Moron (89′ Zamora).

Referee: Tsimenteridis

Assistants: Spyropoulos, Armakolas

4th Assistant: Tsiaras

VAR: Koumbarakis, AVAR: Kollias

See HERE the live of the match