Mandalos and Zini took it on AEK’s premiere, before the European … final!

After the endless European qualifications, the premiere of domestic institutions for him was ideal Marco Nikolic On the “yellow -black” bench.

AEK hosted Panserraikos for the start of the Stoiximan Super League, with the Union easily dominated by 2-0, celebrating the first three-pointer of the season. Terrible Zini With participation in both goals in his team, winning the penalty shoot -out that transformed into a goal Latch In the 23 ‘while in the 27’ he also put his own name on the scorer table. A goal that has long been looking for AEK jersey.



Unlikely once again the leader of AEK; Petros Mandalosas he was passing through the whole game of the team, but this is no longer news, as in the season Nikolic It is one of the most important gears of the “biceps”.

Now everyone’s eyes are turning the crucial game with Under that will judge the European future of the group while there is a great deal of anxiety about the condition of Zini which has been forced to change in the 36th minute.

In the minds of coaches:

THE Marco Nikolic chose to fight with a system 4-4-2 and Storm under the beams. Left played the Pineright or Routewhile we saw a central defensive twin from the old, with a Vida and Mukoundi. The center entered the Mandalos and Pinedawith his Olive to fight on the right, the Bump Left and in the attack together the Pierre and Zini.

On the other side the Cristiano Batsiof course, was not sitting on his bench because of the red he received in the Cup match against the Ridingchose to line up on the “Opap Arena” pitch with a system 4-3-3 and Tinalini At the end. Left played the Tsaoussisright or Lyratzis and in the center of the defense Gellasville and de Marco. The huffs were placed the Liasos, Omenga and Guillate. While the trio in the attack were the Wage, Greene and Ivan.

The match:

The first great opportunity of the match belongs to Panserraicwith the Serres trying to freeze the “OPAP ARENA” in the 5th minute of the match. Her defense AEK did not react properly and the Greene left in the empty space, going out against Storm. But the Albanian cyprus was on alert and kept the union upright.

There the “yellow -blacks” took their tops and They started slowly to fully control the clash. The answer to opportunities came in the 10th minute, with Eliasson to make a very sweet cross from the right, sending the ball registered to Latch. There, the union leader from the small area and without even having to jump, he failed to find his head.

Just two minutes later and specifically at 12 ‘ AEK threatened again. THE Pine After beautiful atomic energy passed to Zini And from the small area with a back to the finish he tried to run with a heel so as not to waste time, with the goalkeeper’s opponent being difficult to push.

Can the Zini Not to score at that stage, however, in the 22nd minute he won the penalty for his team. THE Route left quickly from the right and passed the right time to the coming with forums Zini. Before performing, Angolans accepted an irregular mark of De Mark With the referee showing the white bullet and the Slovak stopper not to complain.

THE Petros Mandalos He took the execution, fishing the goalkeeper, sent him to his right corner, shot on the left and made it 1-0.

OR AEK He did not waste time and hit immediately to do immediately 2-0. In the 27th minute the Pine did yet another very good energy with the ball and made a great cross to them Pierre and Zini. There, the two strikers of the Union were somewhat confused, but Angolezos did not leave the opportunity to go missing, perfectly executed and doubled his team’s goals.

The second half began even more dynamically, than the first was completed. After a corner of Mandalus Vida attempted to beat Tinalinihe fired, with Croatian taking the rebound and shot again, with opponent Kipper once again putting a thunderous “stop”.

OR AEK Continue with the foot in the throttle and at 49 ‘ Eliasson made the cross with the Mukudi Take the head to move, but for a while sending the ball over the horizontal beam. The referee subsequently, after VAR’s suggestion, stressed that there was a penalty on the Cameroon defender, but the offside is preceded by Eliasson was exposed.

THE Panserraic Little in the 63 ‘to get into the match again. The Serres left the counterattack and after a mess of it Pine with the ball after the spin of Greenewas laid on the Ivanbut he failed to target properly, with the ball going out.

The last remarkable opportunity of the game belongs to the AEK. In the 78th minute the Latch passed on to Pine And the Mexican tried to defeat the goalkeeper from a sideline, but the ball didn’t make him a joke and went a little out.

MVP: The top of the stadium could be the Zini If he did not leave the field so early. Therefore this prize must go to the Peter Mandalo that once again was the ultimate midline metronome for the AEK.

The whistle: The referee is excellent without problems, and where he had to intervene he did so with great success.

The 11s of the match:

AEK: Strakosa, Rota (84 ‘Odubajo), Vida, Moukoundi, Penrais, Mandalos, Pineda, Koita (71’ Koutesa), Eliason (84 ‘Ljubicic), Zini (36’ Marin), Pierre

Panserraikos: Tinalini, Lyratzis, Gellasville, De Marko, Tsaoussis, Omeonga, Liasos (65 ‘Banzaki), Goymieu, Wage (46’ Fales), Green, Ivan (84 ‘Doiranlis)

Referee: Fotis Polychronis (Pieria)

A Assistant: Ioannis Minoudis (Pieria)

Second Assistant: Christos Flellos (Pieria)

4th: Stavros Cementeridis (Kozani)

VAR: Konstantinos Poulikidis (Drama)

Avar: Thanasis Tzilos (Larissa)