Mars and Panathinaikos they came to a draw 0-0in the context of the second match of this year’s play-offs of Super League 1, at “Kleanthis Vikelidis”.
The “greens” stood decently, given their many problems, while on the one hand they were not particularly threatened, on the other hand they were the ones who had two classic goal opportunities, with Cuesta to say no to Πουγγουρα in the 27 ‘ and the Sanchez to fail at 66th minute!
On the other hand, Thessaloniki “blocked” from Ivan Jovanovic’s plan, staying with the useless possession and the pressure without counterattack, while they found only one phase to score, however Brinioli impressively repelled his contact header. Intiage in the 48 ‘…
The two teams remained at a distance of two pointswith the fourth Aris now having 46 points and the fifth Panathinaikos counting 44 points, leaving open the claim of a European “ticket” and while there is the … their rematch on the Avenue in the second round.
In the… minds of coaches:
Mars “came down” having as its formation 4-2-3-1, Cuesta at home and Sudgren, Mrabets, Fabiano and Ganea at the back. Sasha and Matija were the central midfielders, with Iturbe, Entiaye and Gama playing behind Kamaras, who was the center forward.
Panathinaikos, on the other hand, lined up for the first time this year with a 3-4-3 system, Brinoli under the goalposts, while Schenkefeld, Sarlia and Pougouras were the trio in defense. Kotsiras took the right side, Sanchez the left, while Alexandropoulos-Vigiafanies played on the axis. Aitor, Carlitos and Palacios were the three players who moved in the attack.
The match:
Aris took possession with the start, tried to move the ball quickly, but did not find corridors to Brinioli’s home, having at the same time a “problematic” game from the axis.
With Panathinaikos waiting mainly behind the ball, having its lines close and looking to hit in a counterattack, betting on the speed and quality of Palacios-Aitor.
This resulted in no significant phases until the 14th minute and the nice effort of the hosts, but with the execution of Sasha through the area and left to go out.
After 20 ‘, the “clover” began to take advantage of the measures he won on the field and, having cut off all attempts to create his opponent, tried to take advantage of the empty spaces.
However, the dangerous and… unexpected cross-shot of Kotsiras in the 26th minute found Cuesta ready, as a result of which he chased even with difficulty in a corner!
From the execution of which the biggest opportunity of the first half was recorded, on behalf of Panathinaikos. With Pougouras taking the lead at the edge of the small area, but Cuesta repelling impressively again…
The tempo remained low afterwards, with both teams unable to find the goal that would put them ahead of the score, going to the locker room tied.
With the image of the guests, in combination with their many problems, however, to be better than expected.
In the second half, Aris came in stronger and only in the 48th minute had the great opportunity for 1-0, but Brinoli said “no” to Entiage, rejecting his contact head with tension!
The “yellows” continued to push high, to release more energy while they also won three corners but beyond that – nothing.
On the contrary, it was Panathinaikos who found the next opportunity for a goal, when from a long phase Sanchez received the ball in the area, however his place went next to the left crossbar of Cuesta’s goal!
From that point on, the game began to “extinguish”, nerves and hard markings prevailed, with the team of Herman Burgos wanting but μπορεί not being able to reach 1-0.
At a time when Ivan Jovanovic’s players continued to effectively keep zero to finally ensure a one-point minimum rather easily.
MVP: The blockade of Aris and the control of the… traffic in the midfield bear the “signature” of Lucas Vigiafanies! The Argentine midfielder managed to control the rhythm, helped with suspensions, while as long as he had endurance he tried to pass a few shots towards Aitor and Palacios.
The “whistle”: Many whistles from referee Bognar, justified by most of them, should, however, show less tolerance for disciplinary control of the home players, as happened with those of Panathinaikos. However, he did not have a difficult phase to manage.
The compositions of the two groups:
Aris (Herman Burgos): Cuesta, Sundgren, Fabiano, Brabets, Ghana, Sasha, Matija, Iturbe (86 ‘Garcia), Entiage (67’ Bertoglio), Gama (86 ‘Palma), Kamara.
They stayed on the bench: Ciambanis, Empakata, Dukoure, Lopeth, Hairovic. Benalouane.
Panathinaikos (Ivan Jovanovic): Brinoli, Sarlia, Senkefeld, Pougouras, Kotsiras, Alexandropoulos, Vigiafanies (75 ‘Mauricio), Sanchez, Palacios, Carlitos (83’ Vagiannidis), Aitor.
They stayed on the bench: Dioudis, Ayoub, Sideras, Theocharis, Tsirigotis, Sardelis, Hatzigiannakis.
Referee: Tamas Bognar (Hungary).
Assistants: Tryfonas Petropoulos (Arcadia), Athanasios Kollias (Epirus).
4th Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa).
VAR: Gustavo Korea (Portugal).
AVAR: Vassilis Nikolakakis (Lassithi).
See here the description of the match from Match Center
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