With “golden” change and scorer Tsouba AkpomThe PAOK managed to overcome the obstacle of the fighter PAS Giannina (1-0) thanks to a goal by the Englishman in the delays for the first match of the playoffs and goes to Belgium for the rematch with Ghent with a different air!
The bad thing for the hosts was that it was Michailidis leaving injured with the news is worrying, while from the side of the guests who lined up without Iraklis Metaxas on the bench, they saw him Perea misses a terrible opportunity at the end and have complaints from Diamantopoulos for not expelling Soares at the end of the first half.
After this result, PAOK went up to 53 points and remained at -12 from Olympiakos, while PAS Giannina did not manage to break away from 40 degrees and sixth place.
In the minds of coaches:
THE Razvan Lucescu chose 4-2-3-1, with Zivkovic under the beams and Siddklay, Michailidis, Mihai, Sastre, four in defense. Soares-Kurtic was in front of them and in front of them in the role of a tithe was Biseswar. Murg and Zampa started in the extreme, while Zolak was at the top of the attack.
THE Thanasis Staikos led the team from Giannio 4-4-2, selecting Lodigin at the end and Economopoulos, Karga, Eramuspe, Gardafski in the defensive line. Four in front of them were Stanko, Dominguez, Snyder, Brenner, with Perea and Moreira at the top of the attack.
The match
Just in the 1st minute, Zampa shot but the ball ended up in Lodigin’s arms, while five minutes later, Sastre crosses from the right, Zampa’s turn, Soares’s weak play, with the PAS goalkeeper blocking again. The forced change of Michailidis slowed down a bit, with PAS having in 29 ‘the his first final with a long shot by Moreira going high from the crossbar of Zivkovic who was… spectator in the first half.
In the 31st minute, a shot by Soares from outside the area, with the ball to find in bodies and Zampa then can not do much. Another good moment came in the 36th minute when Cholak stepped on an area but his finish went right on Lodigin! In the last minute of the delays, the Soares who had received a yellow card in 43 ‘, went to claim the ball and kicked in the abdomen Dominguez. The players of the guests protested strongly to Diamantopoulos who wrongly did not expel the PAOK footballer and sent the two teams to the locker room.
With the beginning of the second part Zampa asked for a penalty, without however there is anything. In the 48th minute, Zolak missed another huge opportunity to open the scoring, as his close shot was terribly powerful, for Brenner to come in the 49th minute and make a shot from outside the area for PAS, which, however, did not make it difficult for Zivkovic. . In the 64th minute, initially a lasting phase in the area of PAS, with the defenders of Epirus removing. Mitritsa then operates outside the area with Lodingin moving away not steadily and Zampa to shoot but not find a target!
In the 71st minute, the home team won a foul just outside the area, with him Kurtic to thunder, but the imaginary Lodigin to drive away in a corner the ball that went… nail for his nets! The shots of Crespo (79 ‘) and Sastre (84’) stopped in the bodies, with PAOK not being able to find the coveted goal. In 88 ‘PAS had his biggest chance in the game, when after a corner kick, Dominguez grabbed his head alone but from an advantageous position could not find a target! In 91 ‘Akpom he was to be the one to score the goal, however, since after a cross by Zampa, nailed with his head the people of Giannio all alone! At 90 + 5th Perea out of the blue found himself alone with Zivkovic but failed and so the Thessalonians celebrated the victory!
The MVP: The title was going … a nail for Yuri Lodigin, however Tsuba Akpom who came on as a substitute in the match and scored the decisive goal in the 90 ‘, wins deservedly in the relevant category and again fails to be a game changer if he is in a good day .
The “whistle: Aristotle Diamantopoulos did not have several difficult phases in the game of Toumba, however in the delays of the first half he “closes” his eyes for a second yellow card to Soares for the blow on Dominguez.
PAOK (Razvan Lucescu): Z. Zivkovic, Sastre, Mihai, Michailidis (17 ‘Crespo), Siddklay, Kurtic, Soares, Murg (46’ Mitrica), Biseswar (73 ‘A. Zivkovic A), Zamba 66) .
PAS Giannina (Thanasis Staikos): Lodigin, Economopoulos, Eramuspe, Kargas, Gardavski, Stanko, Dominguez, Snyder, Moreira (85 ‘Pantelakis), Brenner (73’ Lolis), Perea.
The race was led by Mr. Diamantopoulos, with the help of Mr. Nikolakaki, Stefani and fourth Mr. Perrakis. In the VAR would be Tzilos and Kourombilia.
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