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He played with fire, but he didn’t get burned!
In another match AEK proved to be defensively vulnerable and nearly committed suicide, nevertheless they beat Apollon 4-3 in Rizoupoli and returned to victories three days before the derby with Olympiakos.
Many missed opportunities for Unión, which conceded 3 goals from the head (!) And was close to a heart attack in 95 ‘, but the penalty won by the locals was canceled -correctly- with the use of VAR.
Ansarifard (6 ‘, 25’), García (19 ‘with direct corner kick!) And Oliveira (88’) the goals of the ‘yellowish’, with Mark Fernández (8 ‘), Tsambouris (66’) and Baxevanidis ( 94) ‘) to score for the “light brigade”.
The match
AEK started with the offensive 4-3-3 and García-Livagia in the “wings”, while for Apollon Paraschos he chose a system with four in defense (4-5-1), although he is not used to it.
The ‘yellow-blacks’ took the initiative of the plays from the first minutes and were happy to get ahead in their first opportunity in the game: in the 6′, after a beautiful team collaboration, Mita returned to the small area, where he launched Ansarifard and sent the ball into the Verholst net for the 0-1.
However, they did not enjoy it for long, as the well-known defensive pathogens of Carrera’s team appeared 2 minutes later, with the locals equalizing with a Mark Fernández header from the height of the penalty.
After the first ten minutes, the guests completely dominated and increased their pressure on the opponent. The supremacy of Unión paid off in the 19 ‘, with Livai García’s 1-2 from a direct corner kick!
The Carrera players continued to push and move the ball in the right way. In the 25th minute, Ansarifard showed his executive skills and scored his second goal of the match with a powerful shot from outside the area (1-3).
From there, AEK “froze” the pace a bit, at a time when Apollon had no way to attack. It is characteristic that the only goal attempt by the Paraschos team came from a shot by Cole from outside the area (39 ‘), which went wide.
They somehow led us to the end of the first half, which found the Union 3-1 ahead of the hosts.
During the break, the Career He made a change, with Tankovic replacing the active Garcia. The “yellowish” had the opportunity to close the victory at the beginning of the second half, after finding many places in the more naive defense of the “light brigade”.
In the 53rd minute, Unión reached 1-4, but Ansarifard’s header from the height of the small area ended up in Verhulst’s arms. In the 65th minute, Mandalos came out from behind the rival defense and went four against four with the opposing goalkeeper, but tried, badly, to hang him.
The locals regained their confidence and sought the goal, which came with a header from Tsambouris on 66 ‘, in a phase that started with a static ball (2-3).
Three minutes later, the AEK He missed another opportunity, with Tankovic shooting through the area, however Verhulst drove impressively.
In the last quarter, the “light brigade” risked even more to equalize, but was sanctioned in 88 ‘, with Tankovic quickly leaving the counterattack and serving Oliveira, who created correctly and made it 2-4.
Despite the negative development, the hosts of the fight did not give up and showed self-denial, and the ending hid terrible emotions.
In 94 ‘, Baxevanidis reduced to 3-4 with a header and in the next phase Tsiloulis won a penalty with Paulinio’s handshake, but the infraction was correctly annulled with the use of VAR, which showed that Mounier was out of game at the beginning of the phase.
The last whistle of referee Gortsila was … a relief for the most naive AEK, who beat Apollon 4-3 and he is relatively calm in Wednesday’s derby with Olympiakos.
The compositions of the two groups:
Apollon of Smyrna (Paraschos): Verhulst – Baxevanidis, Lisgaras, Dominguez, Tsambouris (70 ‘Brusic) – M. Fernandez (80’ Mounier), Kol, Kitoko (70 ‘Daounda), Houhoumis (46’ Tsiloulis), Slivka – Ioannidis (90 ‘)
AEK (race): Tsintotas – Paulinho, Hnid, Svarnas, Mitai – Simoes (67 ‘Galanopoulos), Sakhof, Mandalos (67’ Kristicic) – García (46 ‘Tankovic), Livagia, Ansarifard (67’ Oliveira)
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