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Chief and Tsintota … present!
Petros Mantalos came from the bench at the beginning of the second half, raised the AEK level and cleaned the … clothes in Agrinio (0-2). With an assist and a goal, the Union leader went ahead and gave the victory to his team that owes him a lot and to Panagiotis Tsintotas who took the penalty from Matsolas with the score 1-0!
An ideal premiere in the championship were the yellows and blacks, who had an excellent image in the second half and a bad image in the first. Now everyone at AEK is looking back at Thursday’s knockout match against St. Gallen in Switzerland for the Europa League third qualifying round.
Debut for Hnid, Insua, Ansarifard, with the first two moving in shallow water and the latter being mobile and AEK’s only threat on offense, as Oliveira was bad again and only came up in the last half hour. Bad game for an hour by Livagia who … appeared in the 68th minute and scored with a header, after the assistance of Mandalos!
It is excellent Vasilantonopoulos who took advantage of his opportunity and although he played in … an unprecedented position, midfielder, he did so in a famous way with terrible runs, many interceptions of the ball and a very good game in general, being one of the distinguished players of the Union.
This is how they started
Makis Chavos led Panetolikos with a 3-5-2 formation. Knet was under the rafters, with Liava, Karasalidis and Konstantopoulos in the trio of plugs. Tzanakakis and Wanderson are the two intermediates, with Tsigaras, Dalsio and Mazourek at the center and the latter has a more organizational role. Dias and Matsola were the duo at the top of the attack.
A similar arrangement for AEK by Massimo Carrera, mainly 3-4-1-2, having several surprises in the starting eleven. Hind, Insua, Ansarifard debuted, while Vasilantonopoulos was also used, with Mandalo on the bench. Tsintotas in the defense of the house, with Hind, Svarna, Czigrinski in the triple of blocks. Paulinho-Insua the two defenders, with Simoes, Vasilantonopoulos in the axis. In front of them in the role of organizer is Livagia, with Ansarifard, Oliveira is the duo of attackers
The match
With the voices of the locals in favor of a penalty in the hand of Oliveira in minute 6, the game started, in a phase in which the Portuguese made a play to hit it and hit it to the body and with the referee showing “you are playing “. The match was tough and with many duels, Hnid and Svarnas “yellowing” early, as did Karasalidis, with the former playing to the limit and taking a mark on Mazourek in the 24th minute that brought new voices from the hosts for a second yellow.
AEK was playing with the plugs on the axis, putting players on the field and pushing, trying to steal balls in the opponent’s half. Vasilantonopoulos made several plays from the left and in an extra role, consistently outscoring Insua, while he was excellent at blocking, blocking the ball many times and with terrible runs. Livagia, on the other hand, was negative again, he could not play the role of organizer and … he got lost, going left and right, while Ansarifard and Oliveira tried to meet, being at the same time supports for their teammates to touch the ball.
Panaitolikos for his part was well organized, had his lines closed and did not let the guests threaten, while he played with the benchmark Matsolas who won almost all the duels he gave, constantly going to the ball first, winning fouls and giving breathe to his Teammates. Somehow, the 0-0 in the first half was absolutely fair in a game without a phase and with … nothing remarkable!
Carrera saw that his team was harmless and … he shouted that Mandalos should enter the game! Something he did, taking out Hind who was strong in every phase despite having a card and changed his system to 4-4-2. The arrival of Mandalos to the field drastically changed AEK’s image, which was transformed, it became aggressive and starred by its leader, constantly stepping on the area and creating dangers. In the 47th minute, Ansarifard failed to beat Knet, while a minute later Livagia did not shoot early and dribbled over the top. In the 54th minute, Ansarifard couldn’t find a home, after Konstantopoulos cut him off and didn’t allow him to score. Three phases in almost ten minutes, all created by Mandalos with the last one having as … to highlight the 25-meter race of the Union quality midfielder.
Mandalos’ perseverance in the 67 ΄ and the corner he won brought great benefit to the Union that preceded it. The Greek midfielder executed it, with Livagia defeating Mazurek in the air and heading to Knet 1-0. Livagia … appeared for the first time in the match where he should have, owing a lot to Mandalos.
Somewhere, though, AEK seemed to drop the gas and took a step back, something that almost paid off. Mazurek made an excellent vertical on the back of Paulinio who forgot and Dias bit the ball in front of Czigrinski who flipped it in the area, with Zachariadis giving the penalty correctly. A point from where Matsola couldn’t score after Tsintotas … caught him and took him out to keep it 1-0. As the minutes ticked by, Panaitolikos made desperate efforts to equalize. Instead, he conceded his second goal and AEK locked up the triple shortly before the final with the player who transformed him: Petros Mandalos! After Oliveira failed to score from close range and the post-collision ball ended up in the Greek midfield, he made an impressive, close, dribble and ideally finished the phase 2-0!
PANAITOLIKOS (Makis Chavos): Knet, Liavas (81 ‘Medina), Karasalidis, Konstantopoulos, Tzanakakis (72’ Matsola), Tsingaras (81 ‘Tahar), Dalsio (85’ Vergos), Wanderson, Mazourek, Matsola (81 ‘Arigibi), Dias.
AEK (Massimo Carrera): Tsintotas, Svarnas, Tsigrinski, Hnid (46 ‘Mandalos), Paulinho, Simoes (90’ + 2 ‘Botos), Vasilantonopoulos, Insua, Livagia (90’ + 2 ‘Albanis), Ansarifard (80’ López).
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