He took the thriller with Panionios and Panathinaikos finished in the final

In a terrible first semifinal with very suspense and consecutive scoring alternations, Panathinaikos dominated Panionios 11-10 at the Volos Indoor Swimming Pool and closed a place in the Cup final (22/02, 17:30), where he will face the winner of Olympiacos-Panionios.

Rasovic and Papasifakis (4 goals each) are excellent for the “clover”, while fur missed the opportunity to equalize in the end.

Return to a Panathinaikos Cup final after 2023 and its third participation in general (2015 the first time). Awesome atmosphere of about 100 fans of the “greens”.

The match:

Land -launch for both teams, with Panathinaikos managing to find nets first with Papasifakis after about 4 minutes. The Greens, playing a very good defense, sometimes press and when a zone, did not allow Panionios to pass the ball into the furrist and shot him in the last second of the attack. The “cyanos” temporarily tied with Souzouki (1-1) in a counter attack, but Panathinaikos with Rasovic and Nicolaides scoring closed the first eight minutes at +2 (3-1).

In the second period, the Neosmyrnians became more effective and quickly reached the equalizer, with Guvetsi and Bouzala. The “clover” went back to the score with Papasifakis, but Panionios, with a weapon of his very good defense and the excellent Galanidis, was the first in the match (5-4), with Funa and Kopeliadis being the scorer.

Panathinaikos came in louder in the third eight minutes and with two magnificent Kourouvani executions took the lead again (6-5). Panionios equalized with the fur 6-6 five minutes before the end of the season and with Suzuki in the counter he passed 7-6. Kourouvanis missed two consecutive attacks and Bitsakos then made 8-6. Papasifakis, with his third personal goal, set up 8-7 of the third eighty.

The fourth eight minutes started with quite a few… nerves and miscarriages for Papasifaki and fur. Rasovic, unmarked 5 minutes before the end, made it 8-8, with Guvetsi again taking the lead to Panionios with a beautiful goal at the end of the attack. Equally beautiful was Rassovic’s goal, with his third goal brought the semifinals again (9-9) four minutes before the final.

Panathinaikos, with a clearer mind, managed to take a strong 2 goals (11-9), with his two protagonists, Papasifakis and Rassovic. One minute before the end of the match and the player above, Panionios reduced 11-10 with Suzuki. The “Greens” missed their attack and the municipality called for the last attack. Due to the elimination of Kourouvani, the “cyanostas” played for the last 7 seconds with a player above, but the fur shot did not find a goal, so Panathinaikos qualified for the final.

Eight minutes: 1-3, 4-1, 3-3, 2-4