Yesterday was the night of the Greek Cup favorites as Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and AEK achieved the desired results in the first legs for the 16 to secure their early presence in the institution’s next stage by beating Atromitos 4. -1.3-0 to Volos and 2-0 to Kifisia, respectively, making rematches an easy process.

At Karaiskakis in particular, Olympiacos, in which Marcelo resembled the player he was at Real Madrid, reached a 4-1 score over Atromitos thanks to a great performance in the second half.

The Red-Whites opened the scoring already in the 7th minute with Biel, while Peristeri’s team equalized in the 11th minute with Chiartanson.

In the second half, Mitchell’s moves changed the image of Olympiacos when Marcelo kicked into action and scored two beautiful goals in the 50th minute at 2-1 and in the 65th minute when he made the final score 4-1 to rock the stadium. In fact, this is the first time that the Brazilian star has scored two goals in one match. El-Arabi’s goal in the 64th minute also interfered.

At Leoforo, Panathinaikos picked up where it left off a month ago. The Greens did not seem to be affected by the suspension of the championship and easily beat Volos 3-0 with… the Slovenian signing.

Sporar in delays of the first half (40 minutes + 6 minutes) opened the scoring, followed in the second half by Serin at 54 minutes and Verbic at 59 minutes, who cemented the dominance of the cloverleaf and, in fact, the ticket to the next phase of the tournament where, apart from the shocking prospect, he will face PAOK.

Finally, at the Rizupoli stadium, AEK had no problem with the leader of the second group of Superleague 2, Kifisia, whom they beat 2-0, a result that took shape in the first half.

Garcia opened the scoring in the 34th minute and Van Wert made it 2-0 from a stoppage time penalty, scoring his first goal in a Union shirt. In the second half, despite the possibilities of both teams, the score did not change.

• The Cup Round of 16 round ends today with two more matches. In particular, Panserraikos salutes Apollo Pontus and Levadeikos salutes Aris.