Aris 1-2 Kolos Kovalivka: Painful exclusion – Europa League

The Thessalonians scored a goal with Javier Matija in the 36th minute, they were twice behind the scoreboard by defensive oligarchy and thus Bruno Gama’s excellent goal went wrong, with which they tied 1-1 in the 55th minute.

The match was historic for the Ukrainian team, as it was the first in Europe, while at the same time “breaking” the 28 undefeated matches of Mars in “Kl. Vikelidis” which has been celebrating since 1968!

1. WITH YOUR RIGHT BACK AND BASIC BERTOGLIO – LOPETH

Michael Enning made two changes to the lineup, related to the championship game with Lamia. The German coach gave a basic shirt to Facudo Bertoglio and Christian Lopeth that made the difference in the opening, while Lukas Sasha moved to the far right of the defense, leaving Emanuel Sakic on the bench. At the same time, the line-up changed from 4-3-3 to 4-2-3-1, with Bertoglio trailing Lopeth and Giannis Fetfatzidis – Bruno Gama on the “wings” of the attack.

2. UKRAINIAN WALL AND EYES

From the first minutes of the game it was evident that Kolos Kovalivka would try to close the spaces and “hit” the counterattack. As a result, Aris tries to create dangerous situations from the wings and more specifically from the right, with Sasha and Fetfatzidis very active. At the same time, Bertoglio came out many times as a hidden fork, but the … Ukrainian wall did not allow him to threaten the Volinets house with claims.

The only notable moment of the first 20 minutes was a long shot from Bruno Gama, which was easily blocked by the Ukrainian goalkeeper. On the other hand, Kolos played quite hard, on the verge of unsportsmanlike conduct, with the result that after 30 minutes, Switzerland’s Judy showed Bogdanov and Zandoia the yellow card. However, he could … give the hosts a heart attack, as in the 33rd minute he was close to the goal, but Julián Cuesta impressively repelled Smirni’s fish head.

Aris “answered” three minutes later, but the ball didn’t hit Javier Mathieu, as the Spaniard’s foul ended up on the crossbar and then came out. In general, Enning’s team threatened mainly through set phases, as there was no room for opportunities in playing sets.

3. THE “BETRAYED” DEFENSE THE GOAL OF GAMA

The second half did not start with the best omens for Thessaloniki, since in the 47th minute Novak took advantage of the oligarchy of the defenders in the execution of a foul by Bogdanov and with a header from the height of the small area made it 1-0. The ‘yellows’, despite the chill, tried to react and managed to equalize the games in the 55th minute with a goal from Bruno Gama. Bertoglio made the turn from the right, Kolos defenders could not chase and the Portuguese with a terrible shot defeated Volinets 1-1.

Aris wanted to take advantage of the momentum, but for the second time he was “betrayed” by his defense. Specifically, in the 62nd minute, the Ukrainians came out on the counterattack, Morozko made the cross, Bogdanov finished off, Cuesta rejected with a hesitant step and Antioch with a closed place sent the ball to the net for the 2-1.

4. FULL ATTACK OF ARIS, GREAT CHANCES OF KOLOS

The second goal obviously affected the hosts, who despite Enning’s system change (from 4-2-3-1 to 3-5-2), did not react and continued to face enormous back problems. In fact, Kolo in two cases could have raised the score more, but Cuesta denied the goals to Senesnyov (75 ‘) and Antioch (83’). However, in the delays, Daniel Mancini had a chance to save his team, but the shot on the Argentine’s play went just outside.

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