He threw a half time, showed character, but Panathinaikos was excluded

His European trip Panathinaic stopped in Florence … The “Greens” were slow to raise rhythm and fatal lost 3-1 by Fiorentinacontinuing in the quarter -finals of Conference League.

Poor in the first part Rui Vitoria’s team, conceded two goals from Mantrago and Goodmudsonwith the “clover” changing face in the second half and wasting many opportunities before accepting against the flow of the match third from the goal of KEN.

THE Ioannidis He reduced with a penalty and turned into a thriller in the last minutes, but the 3-1 did not change and Panathinaikos stayed out of Europe.

In the coach’s mind

Formation 3-5-2 chose the Rafael Paladinowith De Hea in the finish and Pongrachic, Komoutsos and Ranieri in defense. The five in the huffs was composed of Dondo, Madragora, Katali, Fatzoli and Gozens, with Ken and Goodmundson at the front.

And Rui Vittoria He walked with 4-3-3with Dragovsky and Vagiannidis, Arao, Ingason and Mlansovic in defense. Maximovic, Cherin and Unaai played a trio in the huffs, with Tess-Juricic at the ends of the attack and Sfiderski at the top.

The match

The “viola” wanted a quick goal and found it, with the mantragoras catching a terrible long shot in the 12 ‘and sending the ball into Dragovsky’s nets after the inaction of the’ green ‘defense.

Five minutes later, the Polish goalkeeper stopped the Italian’s effort, but in the 24 ‘he was unable to react when Gudmunson pressed the area after Vagiannidis’ mistake and scored with the help of Arao.

Seconds later Panathinaikos ‘goalkeeper said “no” to KEN, while in the 29’ he also fouls his foul Mantrago – Something that was repeated in 34 ‘…

Opportunities for Fiorentina continued, with KEN Had a header in the 35 ‘, before threatening, at last, the guests in the 41’, with a nice long shot by Tero but passed out.

Just before the break, the Dragowski He measured yet another great operation, stopping Ken with his foot.

The second part started with the ‘Greens’ being better and get pushing from the entrance of Ioannides. Seconds after passing in the match, the Greek forward saw the Perch to stop him before performing from a peel position (58 ‘), while in 65’, Flop changed course on his header Arao.

Panathinaikos pressure intensified and three minutes later Ioannidis lay in There Inside the area, with Komoutsos saving again at the last minute.

THE Gozens It was he who prevented 2-1 at 73 ‘, catching him Vagiannidbut at 75 ‘, against the flow of the race, the KEN He made it 3-0, perfectly finishing the phase in a quarter and hurt the welcoming.

In spite of the shock, Panathinaikos reacted and in the 80 ‘won penalty with Unai, who transformed into a goal Ioannidis.

The last minutes evolved into a thriller, with the Mladenovic To be eliminated with a second yellow card at 90+3 ‘and the’ clover ‘does not find the goal that would send the match to the extension …

MVP: THE He was moaning Ken It caused several problems in Panathinaikos ‘defense, while it was the one who scored the goal that essentially sent Fiorentina to the next phase, scoring with excellent energy in the 75’.

The … whistle: THE Bendton He did not do well in the discipline, giving enough cards to the hosts. In two cases there were voices on the side of Panathinaikos for a penalty shoot -out in Ingason and Sfiderski, with the infringement of Unai being given immediately.

The eleven of the groups



Fiorentina (R. Paladino): De Hea, Pongrachic, Komoutso, Ranieri (Gianolo), Dondo (90+4 ‘Moreno), Madragora (78’ Pump), Katali (60 ‘Folouruno), Fatzoli, Gozens, Ken, Gudmun (60’)

On the bench: Teratsiano, Martinelli, Richardson, Barondeli, Caprini, Parisi

Panathinaikos (R. Vitoria): Dragovsky, Vagiannidis, Arao (87 ‘Cherry), Ingason, Mlenovic, Siopis, Maximovic, Tem (87’ Pelistri), Unai, Juricic (57 ‘Ioannidis), 75



On the bench: Lodigkin, Lilo, Max, Mancini, Gentvai, Fikai, Bregu, Dabiza

Referee: Bitton (Scotland)

Assistants: MacFarlan, McGitsi (Scotland)

4th: Robertson (Scotland)

VAR: Dallas, Maclin (Scotland)

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