AEK was losing, Lamela put it in and gave Union a qualification advantage!

In her best appearance this year, AEK beat him PAOK 1-0 at the OPAP Arena in their first quarterfinal matchup Greek Cupwith Erik Lamela to score the only goal of the match and his first in Greece, giving his team a qualifying lead against Toumba (09/01/25).

Union lost a sack of goals, with Martial to miss a penalty in the 21st minute Mukudi and Lamella not to find a home from half a meter in big opportunities in the first part!

PAOK finished the match with ten players, due to his suspension Lovrenwhile injured he left for the Union o Levi Garcia.

The Union was not deterred, however, and continued at the same pace, with Lamela missing a huge opportunity in the 30th minute, when after a turn by Pineda, he sent the ball out from half a meter.

The triad in the center of AEK was working flawlesslywhile Lamela also converged many times, creating very nice collaborations with his teammates.

Seconds before the end of the first part, o Mukudi he was favored by the opposition, but through the small area he was unable to find a goal and both teams went to the locker room tied without a score.

In the replay, PAOK missed the first good chance, with Brandon Thomas to leave at the back of the defense, but to block Brignoli in his closed corner.

In the 53rd minute Union turned their first good phase of the second half into a goal, with Martial making the parallel turn and Lamela putting Kotarksi for 1-0.

THE Lucescu he immediately made corrective moves, passing Schwab and Samata in the match, with PAOK gaining yards on the field and becoming threatening.

In the 66th Daddy missed a great chance to equalise, but his shot from the corner of the box went wide, while Samata's goal in the 71st minute was correctly ruled out for offside.

Almeida replaced Simanksi on the pitch in the scorer's place, AEK closed the spaces well and took the lead ahead of the match against Toumba.

MVP: THE Erik Lamela he played his best game against AEK and scored the only goal of the match. Close by and Pereira, Pineda.

The whistle: THE Socha he let the hard play go and generally helped the game to have a pace. However, he did them... mandar in the disciplinary control, not punishing several unsportsmanlike markings with a yellow card.

The elevens:

AEK (Matias Almeida): Brignoli, Hadjisafi, Mukudi, Mitoglou, Rota, Jonson, Pereira (80' Fernandes), Martial, Lamela (73' Simanski), Pineda (80' Mandalos), Levia (64' Piero)

PAOK (Razvan Lucescu): Kotarski, Sastre, Kenziora, Lovren, Baba, Ozdoev, Kamara (56' Schwab), Zivkovic (74' Despodov), Tyson (88' Tisundali), Constantelias, Brandon (56' Samata)