Everything went wrong on his debut, but he was undaunted. Injuries, dismissal and competitive issues made their appearance on the grass of Agrinio, but the Claude Makelele made sure in his debut to present a well-groomed and soulful Asteras AKTORwho stood facing the Panetolico (1-1).
It is no exaggeration to say that the Arcadians had… a soul Makelelewith the “guts” of the French superstar as a footballer appearing in his team!
At the same time, Mr A pan-eater got a second draw in a row and can be down on themselves after not taking advantage of their numerical advantage and the phases they created in the last 20 minutes. He remains unbeaten in Agrinio since 2016 Star!
In the coach’s mind:
Yiannis Petrakis lined up Panaitolikos with the classic 3-5-2. Chaves in goal and a trio of stoppers Sielis, Mladen, Liavas. Mavrias and Torrejon the two full-backs and Bouzoukis, Peres, Belevonis on the axis. Twins in the attack were Dias, Lomonaco.
Claude Makelele on his debut took down Asteras AKTOR with 3-4-3. Papadopoulos in goal, with Kastanio, Triantafyllopoulos, Deli in the stoppers. Kaltsas, Yablonski, Mumo, Huhoumis were the four of the axis, having Bartolo, Crespi on the wings and Adam at the top of the attack.
The match
The first few minutes, with him, were recognizable Asteras AKTOR to take quick steps on the field and become a threat. In general, the Arkades in the first half had the initiative of the movements and controlled the match. In the 19th minute, his team Makelele had a great chance to open the scoring. THE Huhumis he took the shot just outside the area, with the ball not doing him any favors and stopping on his goal post Chaves.
THE Asteras AKTOR he continued to press and marred his supremacy in a goal in the 28th minute. After his corner Bartoloo Delhi got the head turned, o Chaves and the beam denied the goal but o Yablonsky took the rebound and scored with a shot on the move. However, the joy of the Arkadians did not last long, since in the 35th minute A pan-eater equalized. THE Torehon did the shoot, o Lomonaco he was forgotten by the visitors’ defense and executed from contact Papadopoulos for the 1-1.
The minutes passed, the nerves did not disappear, as a result of which the referee took the yellow card out of his pocket several times. Until the whistle of the first half, nothing changed and the two teams went to the locker room tied (1-1).
THE A pan-eater came on very strongly in the second half and constantly threatened the opposition goal. In the 56th minute, the hosts had a great chance to make it 2-1 when o Lomonaco made contact the finish, with Papadopoulos to instinctively chase away with the feet. THE Star in the 62′ he had a great chance, with Mumo to break to Sockhe went to give to Crespibut he was overtaken by Sielis who almost scored an own goal, with Chaves finally to expel.
And where everything was going well, the match went wrong for the Arkades. And this because in 67′ o Triantafyllopoulos got a yellow card for hard marking on Bellevonihowever, two minutes later he called him the VAR and changed the card to red, leaving Asteras with 10 players. THE A pan-eater then he pressed tooth and nail and in the 82nd minute he even had a crossbar, when o Liavas he took a long shot, but the ball stopped on the crossbar of Papadopoulos’ goal.
Nothing really changed until the finale, with the 1-1 that both teams share one point each.
The LIVE of the match.
MVP: Yablonski was the most valuable player. He scored the goal for Asteras, dominated the lane with multiple steals and helped move the ball and create for his team.
The whistle: Tsetsilas was constantly whistling, as a result of which the rhythm was broken, while he also had problems in disciplinary control. He was called by VAR in the suspension and changed the card to Triantafyllopoulos from yellow to red, right.
Panaitolikos (Petrakis): Chaves, Sielis, Mladen, Liavas, Mavrias, Torrejon, Peres 90+1′ Kountouris), Bouzoukis (76′ Luis), Belevonis (76′ Kouri), Dias (64′ Roa), Lomonaco (76′ Madevacs)
Asteras AKTOR (Makelele): Papadopoulos, Triantafyllopoulos, Deli, Kastanio, Houhoumis, Yablonski (88′ Zandaris), Mumo, Kaltsas (88′ Palasios), Bartolo (71′ Garthia), Adam (59′ Alagbe), Regis
Source: Sport Fm
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