AEK qualified for the quarterfinals Greek Cup for… foot Anthony Martialas after the goal he scored in OPAP Arena and gave Union victory in the first match, he also scored in the second leg against Aris for the final 1-1this time also giving the “ticket” to the “yellow and black”.
THE Mars preceded the delays of the first part thanks to Lorraine Moronwho scored minutes after coming on as a substitute Diadibut the executioner of his group Akis Manziou, Martialfound the net for the third time against the “yellows” in as many matches.
Determinant o Matias Almeidawho with his changes made the Union more threatening, which led to the equalizer in the 80th minute, which also gave qualification. In the next round, AEK will face him PAOKwho welcomes Aegaleo tomorrow (04/12) and having won the first match 3-0the rematch is a formality.
In the minds of the coaches:
THE Akis Manzios he had a surprise in mind for the Aris lineup, as he started the match without his top scorer, Lorraine Moron! Specifically, Cuesta started under the posts, with the foursome of the defense made up of Mayo, Brambetz, Fabiano and Montoya. Moncu, Cifuentes and Manu García the trio in midfield, Sisto on the right end of the attack, Suleimanov on the left and Diadi in the role of “false nine”.
On the other hand, Mr Matias Almeida made many changes, according to his favorite tactics in the Cup matches. In particular, he lined up AEK with 10 different players compared to Saturday’s match against the “yellows”. Brignoli found himself under the goalposts, with Odubajo, Mitoglou, Mukudi (the only one who kept his place) and Hadjisafi forming the back four. Jonsson and Pereira were the midfield duo, with Koita starting on the right, Gacinovic on the left and Lamela in a free role behind Piero.
The match:
Both teams started the game very strongly. First o Mars he was the one who threatened, when in the 4th Suleimanov he came out on the back of the defense but was beaten at four by Brignoli.
Two minutes later, AEK scored with Gacinovicafter a steal in the home half and Lamela’s assist, but the goal annulled for Coitas’s hand at the beginning of the phase.
The tempo remained high, with AEK in the 18th minute beam with Odubajowhile in the 37th minute, Diadi missed a huge opportunity to take the lead, when after a stunning cross into the area by Manu Garcia, the Senegalese found himself in front of Brignoli, but he made a bad finish.
What Diadi failed to do, the man who replaced him in the 40th minute due to injury did. The man who has scored the most goals for Aris this year. THE Lorraine Moronwho found himself alone in the area after a foul by Monchus and opened the scoring in stoppage time of the first half.
At the start of the second half, Aris missed a great opportunity to take the lead, but his very strong shot Sisto impressively repelled by Brignoli!
THE Matias Almeida he saw that his team could not become threatening and for this reason he made a triple change, bringing on Martial, Pineda and Eliasson and transferring Pereira on the left side of the defense.
The Union became more dangerous, moving the ball more directly and reaching the area of Mars more easily. All she was missing was the final pass.
Something that happened in the 80’s, when the Eliasson played very nice one-two with him Pieroshot, but Cuesta blocked. THE Martialhowever, was there for the restart and scored 1-1 in an empty net.
Union found another goal with him Pinedawhich was disallowed, however, for offside. Something which, however, did not deprive her of qualification, since in the remaining minutes Aris did not manage to create any noteworthy phase, apart from the direct execution of his foul Monchuwhich was firmly blocked by Brignoli.
MVP:
Monchou and Manu Garthia played a very good game for Aris, while Piero and Odubazzo were good for AEK. However, more valuable is the one who gave the qualification to the Union, that is, Anthony Martial.
The whistle:
Fotias had a difficult match to manage, but he generally made the right decisions. He could avoid, of course, so many yellow cards, especially on the away side. He disallowed Gacinovic’s goal after VAR intervention, deeming Koita to have controlled with his hand at the start of the phase, while Pineda’s goal was also correctly disallowed after Levia Garcia, who provided the pass, was exposed.
The elevens:
Mars (Manzios): Cuesta, Brambets, Fabiano, Mayo, Montoya, Moncu, Cifuentes (86′ Darida), Garcia (90′ Fetfatzidis), Diadi (41′ tr. Moron), Suleimanov, Sisto (86′ Saverio).
AEK (Almeida): Brignoli, Mukudi, Mitoglou, Hadjisafi (56′ Eliasson), Odubajo, Jonsson, Pereira, Gacinovic (56′ Pineda), Koita (56′ Martial), Lamela (82′ Simanski), Piero (86′ Garcia).
Referee: Fire
Assistants: Maidanas, Buxbaum
Fourth: Inhabitant
VAR: Papapetrou
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Source: Sport Fm
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