A huge victory that brings him a breath from the coveted stay in Super League 1 was achieved by Fearlesswith Efthymis Koulouris being once again the golden scorer against the fighter Apollo of Smyrna in Peristeri (1-0). Great performance by Andreas Gianniotis who caught a penalty!
After this result, the “blue and whites” went up to 26 points and left eight points away from the penultimate Lamia (it has fewer matches), while the guests remained at the bottom of the standings with 13 points and see things dramatically difficult.
In the minds of coaches:
THE Chris Coleman chose the now known 4-4-2, with Gianniotis as usual at home. Hatziisaias and Mavrommatis in the stoppers, with Kivrakidis and Kastegiano in the backs. In front of them in a quartet from right to left were Denic, Harisis, Salomon, Munith, while Alibek-Koulouris at the top of the attack.
THE Babis Tennes lined up his team with 4-2-3-1 and Kotsaris under the beams. Four in the defense are Dentakis, Vitlis, Bruno Alves, Rogne and in front of them Dominguez, Castro, Slivka. Chimsbach, Ioannidis and Daouda started the attack.
The match
After a great … suffering of the ball in the midfield in the first minutes, in the 14th minute, Kivrakidis headed the ball to Harisis, who caught a strong volley, which, however, went quite high from the horizontal bar of Kotsaris. A little later (23 ‘), Alibek, who seemed to be in the mood, crossed with force from the left aiming at the small area, but Rogne came out first and removed saves in a corner, before Koulouris entered the path of the ball, with increased chances to send her to the nets.
Apollon for his part started as expected to take action on the field and look for an opportunity for goals. Initially, in the 33rd minute, Bruno Alves undertook to commit a foul just outside the opponent’s area, but his fake strength, went quite high from the home of Gianniotis. While, in the last “real” phase of the half, Ioannidis caught in the 39th minute a header in the small area with good conditions, however he did not find a target!
In the second part, the guests had some good moments with their protagonists Daounda and Ioannidis, but their shots and heads did not manage to pass through Gianniotis! Atromitos could not phase with anything, while the many changes slowed down and Tenne’s team seemed more dangerous.
In 84 ‘and after Rogne’s head that was blocked by Gianniotis, the VAR called the referee of the match to control the phase and finally gave a penalty to Casteliano in the previous phase. Pamlidis executed from the left, but the goalkeeper of Peristeriota fell correctly and “grabbed” the ball! Somehow, the usual suspect Koulouris with a place through the area in 92 ‘, found a target, sent the ball into the net and scored the final 1-0 in a furious celebration!
MVP: Who else; Efthymis Koulouris once again this year, proved that in difficult times he has the ability to come forward, giving a terrible three points to his team. If everything goes as shown and Atromitos quickly untangles from the issues of stay, he will have a huge if not the biggest share in the success.
The “whistle”: The Portuguese Korea, although he did not have a difficult job since the match was bad, made small mistakes, but also a big one that almost judged the match. The VAR yells at him to see the hand-penalty that he has “lost” in the first year and finally gives it, however he does not see that before the violation there is an aggressive foul in the claim.
Fearless (Chris Coleman): Gianniotis, Kastegiano, Kivrakidis, Mavrommatis, Chatziisaias (64 ‘Strouggis), Harisis (79’ Erlingmark), Solomon, Denic (66 ‘Nabi), Alibek (67’ Klonaridos), Mipounito Koulouris.
Apollon Smyrnis (Babis Tennes): Kotsaris, Dentakis, Vitlis (82 ‘Baxevanidis), Bruno Alves, Rognne, Dominguez, Castro, Slivka, Tsimsbach (72’ Martines), Ioannidis, Daounda ‘.
Referee: Korea (Portugal) Assistants: Papadakis (Heraklion), Triantafyllou (Arcadia) Fourth: Tzovaras (Fthiotida) VAR: Bognar (Hungary) AVAR: Samoilis (Athens).
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