“Lion” Panserraikos, bit Asteras AKTOR and reached him in the standings

Panserraikos prevailed over Asteras AKTOR 2-1 for the 13th and final matchday of its first round Stoiximan Super League after an exciting game in Serres.

Both teams took advantage of their sets, with the usual suspect Betancourt and him Fares to score for the hosts, while he had temporarily reduced the score for the visitors Maceda.

With this victory, Panseraikos caught him Asteras AKTOR in the standings with 16 points and showed that he is capable of challenging for a place in the top eight.

In the minds of the coaches:

THE Juan Ferrato chose Gugesashvili under the goalposts and Deligiannidis, Bergstrom, Davidson and Fares in the back four. Zelen and Staikos were the duo in midfield with Hadjistravos a few meters in front of them. Salazar started on the left of the attack, Deletic on the right and Betancourt at the top.

On the other hand, Savvas Pantelidis lined up Asteras AKTOR with a trio in defense and Tsintotas under the posts. Deli, Triantafyllopoulos and Alagbe were the trio in the stoppers, with Garthia on the right and Houhoumis on the left covering the sides. In the center were Mumo and Yablonski, with Kaltsa on the right end of the attack and Palasios on the left. The tip of the spear was Federico Maceda.

The match:

Although the pitch didn’t help, having collected a lot of water due to the rains in the area, both teams came in strong and eager to attack from the start.

Before well over a minute in the game, o Maceda shot through the small area, but o Gugesashvili saved for a corner.

Next Panserraikos was the one who took over the reins of the matchas taking advantage of the long distances of Asteras AKTOR’s lines, he moved the ball with ease and he easily reached the area of ​​Tsintota.

Something that led to the home team’s first goal. In the 13th century Hadjistravos shot from outside the area, Tsintotas failed to block the ball firmly and in his attempt to clear in the second period he overturned Betancourt.

The Spanish striker took charge, struck and opened the scoring, taking his tally to 10 league goals and El Kaabi to top the scorers’ table. Yes, that was it the 8th consecutive match that Betancourt scores!

Pantelidis changed the system and moved Alagbe to the midfielders. The Arkades improved, balanced the game and in the 34th minute they equalized.

Kaltsas executed the corner and Makeda… mistakenly made it 1-1with the ball first finding his teammate, Triantafyllopoulos, then his head and ending up in the net.

A few minutes later Panserraikos missed a great opportunity to retake the lead, but Staikou’s shot found Tsintota’s crossbar. Another phase for the hosts, product of a proper build-up and a nice rotation of the ball.

This was also the last good phase of the first half, with the two teams going to the locker room tied 1-1.

In the second half Asteras AKTOR entered better and seconds after the start missed a huge chance to take the lead.

At another corner, Bergström failed to clear well, the ball went against Triantafyllopoulos and headed for goal, with Gugesashvili clearing inches before the ball crossed the line.

Pantelidis’ team had entered with a clear plan to go on the counter-attack, taking advantage of the fact that the hosts were bringing up many players in the attack phase.

Both Palacios and Regis who took his place in the 58′, constantly created problems for Deligiannidis, with the biggest phase for the Arkades being a shot by the second in the 76′ from inside the area, which was again saved by Gougesashvili.

However, against the flow of the match, Panserraikos found the winning goalas after the corner kick by Tomas in the 82′, Fares took the header and gave the three points to his team.

Victory with which the home team caught Asteras AKTOR in the standings at 16 points and they took an important step towards the octave.

MVP:

For one more game o Hadjistravos he was amazing and was the “metronome” for Panserraikou, as whenever the team decided to raise or at the same time drop the pace of the match. Up close and Staikoswhile for Asteras AKTOR o Maceda he played a good match, giving many duels, while also scoring his team’s goal.

The whistle:

The game didn’t have hard markings but neither did it have any contested phase, with him Papapetrou not having to intervene several times, giving only 2 cards in the match. Fairly good refereeing that helped keep the pace of the match from going down.

The elevens:

Panseraikos (Juan Ferrado): Gougesashvili, Deligiannidis, Bergström, Davidson, Fares, Zelen (89′ Karasalidis), Staikos, Hadjistravos, Deletic (61′ Thomas), Betancourt, Salazar (70′ Kaptum)

Asteras Tripoli (Savvas Pantelidis): Tsintotas, Garthia (72′ Tzandaris), Triantafyllopoulos, Deli, Houhoumis, Yablonski (72′ Alho), Alagbe (82′ Bile), Mumo, Kaltsas, Makeda (82′ Tzimas), Palasios (58′ Regis )

Referee: Papapetrou

Assistants: Papadakis, Mousiadis

Fourth: Booty

VAR: Evangelou

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