Aris and PAOK neutralized each other (0:0) in the first big derby of the season in the Super League. Kotarski saved Gray’s penalty.
The match started ten minutes late due to the suffocating atmosphere created by the smoke bombs lit by Mars’ friends. PAOK threatened for the first time in the 3rd minute, thin. Tsushis turned, Tomas opened for Narey, but his last shot was parried and got a corner.
In the 7th minute, Mateo took advantage of the confusion of the PAOK players, passed Kotarski, but the goalkeeper of the guests blocked the ball in the continuation of the phase. AT 12 minute Doukoure got hit, but his attempt went wide.
In the 23rd minute, Embakata cut off the decisive attempt by Kurtic, who went for a cross from Narey. In the 27th minute, Douglas headed the ball after a corner, but missed the target.
At 35 minute Mancini struck from a long distance, but Kotarski knocked the ball to the corner. The hosts again threatened Dukura, but his shot attempt went wide of the right post. In added time to the first half, Mancini took a free kick, but the ball was over the crossbar.
In the 49th minute, Brandon Thomas made a projection from a height onto a small area, but Cuesta shot for a corner. At 51 minute Aris won a penalty after Coulierakis upset Embakata.
Gray took over the execution, but Kotarski fell correctly to keep his clean sheet. Already in the next stage, the PAOK goalkeeper repelled Mancini’s rebound from the edge of the penalty area.
The hosts tried to step forward and threaten with long-range shots, but failed to hit the target. The pace of play slowed down considerably in the last quarter, with few chances in front of the two hosts.
The match ended in great tension. Oliveira fell to the grass, a fight ensued between the players, the referee removed El Kaduri and Dabo. There were also expulsions of members of the two benches.
Ares (Apostle Terzis): Cuesta, Embacata, Fabiano, Brumbetz, Maziku, Ducouret, Diop (Dabo 46), Manu Garcia (Iturbe 69), Mateo Garcia (Zervinho 81), Mancini (Camazzo 81), Gray (Palma 64)
PAOK (Razvan Lucescu): Kotarski, Lyracis, Ingason, Culierakis, Tsausis (Vierinia, 59′), Dundas (Biseswar, 59), Kurtic, Douglas Augusto, Narey, A. Zivkovic, Thomas (Oliveira, 63′).
Source: Kathimerini
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