Win against… everyone and everything for him Panathinaikoswho won 2-1 and upset him Fearlessin Peristeri, qualifying for the quarterfinals of this year’s Betsson Greek Cup.
The western suburbs team led the way with Van Weert just in the 7th minute, while she was lucky after Arao had a crossbar in the 29th minute.
To these, add him not awarding a penalty against him, on Unai from Kaloskamis in the 25th minute, while Tsimenteridis and Papadopoulos “they closed their eyes” and in Brosson’s dismissal in the 44th minute!
However, the “clover” found the mental reserves initially to equalize with his first goal of the season Cherinin the delays of the first part, but also to do the total reset with him Unai to shape the final result, also by making… well, in the 54th minute…
The two of them will… say it again, in three days January 7-9in rematch of the “16” phase of the competition.
In the minds of the coaches:
THE Fearless lined up with a system 4-2-3-1Koselef in goal and Moude, Tsakmaki, Brorson and Athanasiou four at the back. Ouedraogo and Karamanis were the two “cutters”, while Kaloskamis and Vrakas fought on the “wings” and Mihorl behind the promoted Van Weert.
THE Panathinaikos on the other hand, he also “came down” in formation 4-3-3Lodingin under the goalposts, while Kotsiras, Schenkefeld, Jedvai and Mladenovic were the four of the defense. With Maksimovic, Tserin and Bakasetas being the three in the axis and Pelistri, Mancini and Ioannidis triple in attack.
The match:
Panathinaikos took possession of the ball from the start, circulated the ball patiently in some cases, while he found opposite Atromitos willing to press high and “hit” with a direct transition.
The “clover” had the first final, with Geremegev’s header just in the 2nd minute, for the coolness to come and 1-0 in favor of the home team, in their own first chance…
As Mihorl shot with power, Lodingin didn’t save as he should have, keeping the ball “alive” and Van Weert took the “rebound”, scoring in the 7th minute!
With the psychology in favor of Atromitos and many wrong decisions in the last third of the pitch, which did not allow them to threaten effectively, Panathinaikos “raised the gears” after the 20th minute.
Managing to find from that point onwards the way to press the area and create the conditions to equalize, mainly from his right side with Pelistri.
However, even though in the 25th minute Unai was knocked down by Kaloskamis in the area, Tsimenteridis and Papadopoulos did not indicate the offense and the penalty, “yellowing” the former instead!
At the same time, he was also unlucky, since four minutes after Cerin’s cross, Arao headed in but saw the ball stop at the left post of Koselev’s goal!
The visitors should have gained a numerical advantage from the 44th minute but, instead of a red card for the brutal marking on Unai, Tsimenteridis only booked Brosson with a yellow…
Finally, Panathinaikos reached the – fair – equalizer in the second minute of stoppage time in the first half. When in a nice counter attack Unai passed to the left to Mladenovic who produced a precise cross and Cerin nailed a header at the far post to make it 1-1!
The “greens” entered the replay with the right aim, despite the previous setbacks. With the exception of the first phase where Atromitos saw Mihorl unable to beat Lodingin, they dominated and immediately looked for the upset.
They “warned” in the 49th minute, with Mladenovic’s “sweet” cross at the second post and Pelistri taking the header from close range but under pressure, missing.
To achieve the 1-2 five minutes later, with a very beautiful goal, product of perfect teamwork! As Pellistri leaves from the right, he plays the “one-two” with Cerin, steps into the area and at the right moment turns to the oncoming Unai who with a nice spot gave his team the lead!
Many changes followed from the two coaches on both sides, the pace of the game fatally dropped and we had to reach the 69th minute, for the next remarkable phase.
With Koselev impressively taking out Limnios’ cross shot that he had countered and onto Munde, changing course.
Panathinaikos won a penalty in the 87th minute, with Papadopoulos calling Tsimenteridis to an onfield review and withdrawing his decision, giving an offensive foul by Tete to Ender.
While the team from the western suburbs went to “steal” the tie in the 90th minute, but there was a decisive intervention by Maksimovic who headed away Baku’s shot, keeping the score 1-2.
MVP: “Stamp” tonight by Azedin Unai in the “double” of Panathinaikos! With the Moroccan central midfielder having a hand in his team’s equalizing goal, but also being the one to score the 1-2. At the same time, Unai also won a penalty, regardless of whether it was not awarded, while he had a great contribution to the good circulation of the ball…
the “whistle”: They did it… soaked Tsimenteridis and Papadopouloswho… managed within a half-time not to “see” the penalty on Unai and the dismissal of Brosson, while the referee from Kozani whistled many reverse fouls. Had it not been for the visitors’ victory, it would undoubtedly have shaped the result. And he took back his own decision to assign a penalty in the 87th minute, after a hint from the VAR…
The compositions of the two teams:
Fearless (Pablo Garcia): Koselef, Mundes, Tsakmakis, Brosson (46′ Stavropoulos), Athanasiou, Ouedraogo, Karamanis (61′ Ender), Kaloskamis (61′ Baku), Mihorl, Vrakas (46′ Warda), Van Weert (68′ Carlitos).
They stayed on the bench: Saltas, Pomoni, Jubitana, Tsandilas.
Panathinaikos (Rui Vitoria): Lodingin. Kotsiras, Schenkefeld, Jedvai, Mladenovic, Arao, Cerin (73′ Maximovic), Unai (84′ Bakasetas), Pelistri (84′ Tete), Geremegev (72′ Ioannidis), Mancini (64′ Limnios).
They stayed on the bench: Dragovski, Fikai, Zeka, Dabizas.
Referee: Stavros Tsimenteridis (Kozanis).
Assistants: Dimitris Samoilis (Athens), Nikos Torosiadis (Macedonia).
4th referee: Dimitris Bekiaris (Corinth).
VAR: Yannis Papadopoulos (Macedonia).
AVAR: Kostas Katikos (Athens).
See here the description of the match from the Match Centre
Source: Sport Fm
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