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Livai García, Gevgen Sakhof were used for the first time in the starting line-up, with the former scoring his first goal in the yellow and black jersey and the second with an excellent presence in the center. Bright Enobacare also debuted, who came on as a substitute in the 75th minute and ten minutes later made the final 3-0. However, the player who managed to stand out and fill the Union’s friends with enthusiasm was Theodosis Macheiras.
OF THE 30 MINUTES OF PARTICIPATION, KEY AGAINST LAMIA
The 20-year-old winger was Carrera’s surprise in the starting eleven, and the Italian rewarded him for his image in training, as happened a week ago with Stavros Vasilantonopoulos. The young midfielder made his first appearance in the starting lineup, since until Sunday (09/27) he had only 30 minutes of presence in the League, Playoffs and Cup. However, from the first minutes it became clear that he was not the only wounded.
He entered the field in a good mood, faced many times, created cracks in Lamia’s defense and showed composure and seriousness in his game, despite his young age. She had pluralism in her movements, as is clear from the numbers we presented with the help of Opta. Specifically, in 71 minutes of participation, there were 44 ball actions. Here is the graphic with its full appearance.
What is most impressive, however, is that although he moves in a space where it is easy to make a wrong pass, Macheiras had 88% passing success (22/25), as well as 8/10 successful passes in the last third of the field. From there, he had a successful dribble, 3/7 duels and 1/1 aerial duel, two possession recoveries and a winning foul. Numbers that obviously do not cause … dizziness, but are more than satisfactory for a footballer of their experiences.
In addition, based on the opportunities he created, he had 0.21 expected goals, while creating a great opportunity for his teammate and more specifically for Karim Ansarifard, but the Iranian sent the ball to the crossbar against an empty goal. A phase, of course, that enters 3/4 times, according to Opta’s statistical analysis. Of course, the god of football did not leave him complaining, since 14 minutes later Nenad Kristisic transformed his excellent stratification into a goal.
ACTIONS THAT MAKE LIVAGIA AND OLIVERA
However, the element that deserves special mention and comment are the actions of the 20-year-old winger in the rival area. Macheiras, then, during the time that he fought had 8 actions in the Lamia area. A very high number, if one considers that in the 3rd match, the only players who had the same number of contacts in the rival area were Youssef El Arabi and Adrian Sardinero who scored two goals and was the protagonist of OFI in the 2-2 with Atromitos. Nobody had more.
See in the Opta chart how the stocks were recorded on the corresponding heat map.
Overall in this year’s championship, the only one who has done more action in the rival area It’s Christos Tzolis (10) who impressed at the premiere, being one of the highest of the PAOK in the victory over AEL. The other two players who have the same number of shares as Macheira, but in previous matches are his teammate Nelson Oliveira against Panetolikos and Lazar Romanic in the defeat of Lamia by OFI (1-2).
If we want to focus on AEK and take a look at last year’s statistics, then it is obvious that Macheiras’ achievement is not small. This is because in an entire league, only two AEK players (Oliveira, Livagia) had more action in the rival area (11). The Croatian 1-0 against Panetolikos in Agrinio for the 4th game, where he had scored the “golden” goal for his team and the Portuguese 5-0 against Panionios in OAKA for the 13th game, where he had scored a hat trick.
Of course, for the Portuguese it makes a lot of sense, since it is a for, who constantly pressures the area and is driven by his teammates. On the contrary, for Macheiras it is also a sample of what we can expect from him in the long term. Perhaps AEK fans were looking forward to Livai García’s debut, but the real … García in the match against Lamia was Macheiras. The Union bought an expensive end that it so missed, but found another remarkable one from … nowhere.
Photo credits: Eurokinissi
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