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Great protagonist of the Union o Petros Mantalos, who did not start as a key player, but happened with the start of the second half and made the difference for his team, scoring a goal and sharing an assist with Marco Livagia who proves to be … a Panetolikos executioner, with four goals in total.
The Croatian gave the ‘yellow-blacks’ the lead against a well-read and well-placed Panaitolikos, but Panagiotis Tsintotas was the one who kept his team on their feet with a penalty in the 75th minute, at a critical point in the match.
HE ENTERED THEM AND CHANGED THE PARTY
Massimo Carrera made the surprise and handed a basic jersey to Stavros Vasilantonopoulos, who went to the side of André Simoes, in a 3-5-2 formation, leaving Petros Mandalos on the bench. With the start of the second half, the Italian coach corrected his mistake, passed the captain on the field in place of Nassim Hnid, changed the line-up to 4-3-3 and changed the whole game for the better for the Union.
In six minutes, the ‘yellow-blacks’ had two finals (the ones they had in the entire first half), the most important being Ansarifard in 47, which was blocked by Christopher Knet. In general, Mandalos and Ansarifard seemed to have a good partnership, which may prove important for the rest of the season.
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Furthermore, the Iranian’s move from the right freed Oliveira, who had a good header at 62 and a powerful shot at 64. Finally, the solution was given by Panetolikos’ executioner, Marco Livagia four minutes later with a header after a corner kick from Mandalos. The Croatian has “built” a tradition against Agrinio’s team, as this was his fourth goal.
However, Mandalos also opened the scoring, scoring the first goal against Agrinio’s team, in the 87th minute, with a nice “emptying” of his rival and a position from the height of the small area.
TSINTOTAS CORRECTED CZIGRINSKI’S ERROR
Of course, for AEK to win 2-0, Panagiotis Tsintotas was also needed. The Union goalkeeper, for the second consecutive game after the Cup final, stopped a penalty and more specifically from Matsolas in the 75th minute and while the score was 1-0 in favor of his team. Penalty won by Jorge Dias in his overthrow of Dmitro Czigrinski in the large area.
The Argentine, who had just moved to the left end of the attack, after the entry of Javier Mendona, accepted Dalsio’s excellent vertical and skillfully took the penalty from the steel mark of the Ukrainian stopper.
So, Tsintotas may have been in dispute after the sale of Barça to Celtic, but it is proving – so far – decisive. In fact, in the only phase he had to intervene, he was there for his team.
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VASILANTONOPOULOS IS NOT A MANDALO
The truth, according to the image of the game, is that Stavros Vasilantonopoulos is not Mandalos. The 28-year-old midfielder seized his chance, perked up, raced, but it was obvious he couldn’t help creating the final effort.
At the same time, the duo in the attack were the two “towers” Ansarifard – Oliveira, who failed to meet in the first 45 minutes. It is characteristic that the Union had only five contacts in the rival area and only two finals, which did not worry Christopher Knett.
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