Hero Koulouris, pulls Atromitos on the eve

With the absolute protagonist him Efthymi Koulouriswho scored the winning goal in the delays, o Fearless prevailed with 2-1 of Volosescaping from the last places of the rating and making big stay jump!

In 12th place of the score, at +10 from the tail of Apollo of Smyrna and at +5 from the penultimate Lamia, now Atromitos, has lost just one of his last four games. On the other hand, Volos was left for the third consecutive game without a win, falling to 10th place and losing its last hopes of entering the playoffs.

In the minds of coaches:



With 4-4-2 in diamond presented Atromitos o Chris Coleman, with Gianniotis under the beams, Kivrakidis left back, Hatziisaias and Kyriakos Papadopoulos as center back and Tzovaras on the left. Erlingmark started as a six, Kartalis on the left and Denic on the right. Nabi had the role of the top ten, with Koulouris and Alibek being the attacking duo.

On the other hand, o Costas Bratsos chose to leave Van Feert on the bench, starting without a “clean up” and with a system 4-2-3-1. Papadopoulos started in the goal, Purita right back, Ferrari left and Riner, Gulen in the center of defense. Tsokanis and Oros were moving on the axis, Regaten on the right, Bartolo on the left and Ninis behind the only forward Soares.

The match:



The first minutes of the match in Peristeri are recognizable, with Atromitos being the first to visit the opponent’s area of ​​the guests with claims, at 9 ‘, when the Tzovaras shot with force from a side position, but Papadopoulos repulsed with over-tension. In the 12 ‘ the goalkeeper of Volos had an answer again, in his close place Bunwith Volos counterattacking seconds later and Bartolo shooting out from the left.

In the 19 ‘ The guests “reached” 0-1 when after a foul, the promoted Gulen made the projection, but sent the ball cm next to the right vertical beam of Atromitos. In the 23 ‘ It was Atromitos’s turn to take a “breath” from opening the scoring, after a nice combination of his players and Denic’s shot at horizontal beam Papadopoulos, while three minutes later (26 ‘) the hosts took the lead, when Denitz created correctly after Nabi magic assist with heel. Alibek went on to score the goal of the year at 29 ‘trying to “hang” Papadopoulos from the center of the field, but the goalkeeper of the guests managed to chase in a corner.

Atromitos had the initiative of the moves and elevated psychology after the 1-0, however Volos reacted and equalized in 37 ‘When the Ferrari made a great cross from the left and the Regaten took the head alone, sending the ball into the nets of Gianniotis, who made a wrong exit.

Clearly slower pace and fewer good phases in front of the two hosts, in the second half. In the 56th minute, Ninis made an impressive individual effort and a cross from the left, but Atromitos ‘defense moved away, while a minute later, Korea made an inverted scissor, with the ball stopping in the defenders’ bodies.

In 74 ‘Ninis made a nice long shot, but the ball went a little next to the home of Gianniotis, while in 84 ‘the goalkeeper of Atromitos repulsed impressivelystrong shot by Korea.

Finally, the fight phase came at first minute of delaysWhen the Munith takes a corner kick from the right and’s Koulouris with a header scored his eleventh goal this season and formed the final 2-1causing furious celebrations on the part of the hosts.

MVP: Without a second thought, Efthymis Koulouris. He scored the winning goal for Atromitos in the first minute of the delays, giving his team a victory which can prove to be “gold” in the battle of the stay. In addition, he was present in every offensive action of the hosts.

The … whistle: Tzovaras’s refereeing has no particular problems. In two cases where both teams requested a penalty, the VAR was consulted and did not indicate the end of the penalties.

The compositions of the groups:



Fearless (Chris Coleman): Gianniotis – Kivrakidis, Chatziisaias (46 ‘Mavromatis), Papadopoulos (79’ Salomon), Tzovaras (46 ‘Casteliano) – Erlingmark, Denic (64’ Munith), Kartalis, Nabi (64 ‘Rotariou) – Koulibek.

The following were left on the bench for the hosts: Maric, Klonaridis, Spiridonovic, Vasilantonopoulos

Volos (Costas Bratsos): Papadopoulos – Purita, Rainer, Gulen, Ferrari – Ninis (81 ‘Tereziou), Tsokanis (64’ Barrientos) – Bartolo (46 ‘Korea), Regaten (81’ Rosero), Seros (89 ‘Sielis) – Soares

On the bench for the guests remained: Kleiman, Metaxas, Van Weert

Referee: George Tzovaras

Assistants: Mavroudis, Vergetis

Fourth: Angelakis

VAR: Zampalas, Fotopoulos

Watch the live of the match here.