Each of its kind and… o Hefte Betancourt in goalsas for another match he found the net and gave a huge victory to Panserraikos, who prevailed 2-1 against Athens Kallithea at Leoforo, in the match that opened the curtain of its 12th matchday Stoiximan Super League.
His team Juan Ferrato got a very important one win-six points against her Massimo Donati and it went up to 13 points, at the moment when the home team, although for one more match they managed to reach a tie having been behind in the score, they were finally defeated and left with 7 points.
Athens Kallithea ended the match with 10 players due to the expulsion of Motokin a match with a lot of hard marking and a total of 11 cards!
In the minds of the coaches:
THE Masimo Donati he chose his favorite 3-5-2 and the Bernabé under the posts. Isimat-Meren, Pasalidis and Ediage composed the trio in defense, with Manthati covering the right side and Kainourgios the left. Matthias and Mercati the duo in midfield and Vasilogiannis behind the promoted Gianni and Loukina.
On the other hand, Mr Juan Ferrato lined up his team with 4-3-3. Gougesashvili found himself under the goalposts, with Deligiannidis, Bergstrom, Karasalidis and Fares forming the back four from right to left. Zelen acted as a cutter, with Staikos and Hatzistravos in front of him in a free role. Tomas on the left, Deletic on the right and Betancourt at the top of the attack.
The match:
THE Panserraikos started the match very strongly and just in the 4th minute he missed a great double chance to take the lead. Hadjistravos, after a nice cross from Staikos, found himself in front of Bernabé, but was beaten, with Betancourt’s rebound missing from a very favorable position.
The visitors controlled the pace of the match in the first minutes, with Athens Kallithea unable to find an antidote to their very good circulation and vertical play. Hadjistravos and Staikos did a very good job in breaking the home team’s pressing and Panserraikos operated with a plan against the disjointed Kallithea.
However, after 15′ Massimo Donati’s team equalized and with Lucina in the 19′ missed a huge opportunity to open the scoring, when he missed with a header from an advantageous position.
This phase seemed to… ignite the blood in the fightas the two teams became much more aggressive in marking, which is reflected in the 5 yellow cards that Zambalas showed in the first half.
A few minutes before the completion of the 45′, Panserraikos opened the scoring with the best player on the field, Hadjistravos. The Greek midfielder carried the ball for several meters and when he arrived just outside the box he shot, with Bernabé bearing the responsibility.
Athens Kallithea could have leveled the match right after the crossbut Gianni missed a huge double chance. Initially, he was defeated by Gugesashvili in four-four and then Deligiannidis pushed his place over the line, sending his team to the dressing room early.
Massimo Donati was not at all satisfied with his team, which is why he made three changes at the break. More important is that of Mathieu Valbuena, who completely took over the organization of his team’s game.
The match in the second half had no rhythm and the two goalkeepers were not threatened. Until the expulsion of Motok, who had replaced Pasalidis, came to drastically change the image of the match.
Although one would expect that with 10 players and with the score against them, Athens Kallithea would not be able to find the mental reserves to react, Donati’s team not only managed to balance the match, but they equalized immediately. Manthatis stepped into the area and shot with Gugesashvili deflecting. However, his defenders were inactive, Valbuena took advantage and made it 1-1 from close range.
The momentum had changed and the ball had turned to Athens Kallithea, who, despite having 10, was the one urgently looking for the goal! Massimo Donati’s players were giving everything to get their first win in the league. In the first minute of stoppage time they came very close to making it, but Ediage’s header from the small area went wide.
Everything looked like the match would end in a draw, but the class of the top scorer of the Greek league, Hefte Betancourt, came to speakwho with an amazing inspiration gave victory to his team and reached 9 goals in the league. Once again, of course, the Bernabé is also responsible for being surprised by the performance of the Spanish forward.
MVP:
It could well be Hadzistravos who played an amazing match or Mathieu Valbuena who came in and changed the image of the game. However, the title deservedly goes to Hefte Betancourtthanks to whose inspiration Panserraikos celebrated a very important victory.
The “whistle”:
THE Zabalas he started handing out yellow cards very early on, which created a situation where every foul equaled a card. The red one he gave Motok is correct. Just the three minutes of delays he showed at the end.
The elevens:
Athens Kallithea (Massimo Donati): Bernabé, Manthatis, Kainourgios, Pasalidis (46′ Motok), Isimat-Mirin, Mathias, Ediage, Vasilogiannis (46′ Valbuena), Mercati (46′ Diba), Gianni (68′ Demetrius), Loukinas (76 ‘ Uldrikis).
Panseraikos (Juan Ferrado): Gougesashvili, Deligiannidis, Bergstrom, Karasalidis, Mohamed Fares, Zelen (82′ Liassos), Staikos, Hadjistravos (63′ Peruzzi), Tomas (54′ Salazar), Deletich, Betancourt.
Referee: Spyridon Zabalas (Epirou)
Assistants: Christos Psyllos (Lesvos), Konstantinos Liontos (Epiros)
4th Referee: George Balachoutis (Piraeus)
VAR: Alexandros Tsakalides (Halkidiki), AVAR: Alexandros Katsikogiannis (Epiros)
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Source: Sport Fm
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