The return to play after the World Cup, which also marked the start of the second round of Super League 1, saw “little” Ionikos and PAS Ioannina “slow down”. Panathinaikos and Olympicand AEK which prevailed over Lamia to reduce the difference with the top, however without significant data differentiation in the first place. Panathinaikos and AEK are at the start of the second half of the league and with the January transfer window remaining six points apart and appear to be the top two contenders for the title.

Ivan Jovanovic’s team was forced to lose points for the second time this year after the derby against Olympiacos, playing Ionikos 1-1 in Nice. Despite taking the lead with Bernard in the 14th minute, scoring a goal from Palacios in the 16th minute and other opportunities with Ioannidis (58th minute), Tserin (67th minute) and Sporar (80th minute) minute), he failed to finish the match, and paid for it in the end with Aosman’s goal in the 84th minute in one of the few phases created by the hosts.

AEK found in Van Firth the man who banished the danger they faced against Lamia and at the same time banished the curse of the last years that kept them from winning on Christmas Eve. For 67 minutes, nothing worked for the Union, which had nothing to do with the team before the World Cup. Five minutes after entering the match, the Dutch striker Mandala opened the scoring and released his team, which “fixed” the victory with Garcia in the 88th minute. Van Firth, in stoppage time, again in the same way, formed the final score 3-0, forcing Matias Almeida, who celebrated his birthday, to declare that “that’s why we took Tom in the summer. He’s a scorer.”

Kostas Fortounis came back stronger, but not Olympiacos, who saw PAS Ioannina punish him for his brilliant performance in the second half and forced him to draw (2-2).

The 30-year-old midfielder scored after 19 months (May 5, 2021) and the match with Ari at Kleanthis Vikelidis (1: 1) for reaching the playoffs.

In the 34th minute with a strong kick and in the 44th minute with a direct free-kick, he signed the absolute dominance of the Red-Whites in the first half. In the replay, however, without energy and tactical plan, the Piraeus gave way, as a result of which they conceded two goals (64′ Pamlidis, 76′ Liassos) from the energetic home team, who tried to make a full turn with the crossbar. (63′ Liassos).

The game was stopped at 15 minutes for 22 minutes due to incidents by PAS fans with police and flares and seats being thrown on the pitch, and before kick-off, Olympiacos fans clashed with police. Until the 15th minute there were only four breaks.

Draws in Livadia and Tripoli

Just five days after the match between them for the Greek Cup, where Aris took the lead in qualifying (1-2) with a victory, Levadeiakos and the Yellows met again, this time for the championship, with a draw (1-1) marking the match. The main reason for this was the inefficiency of the Thessalonians in the finishing effort, as the hosts may have taken the lead in the 38th minute thanks to Hammond’s long-range shot, but after Palma equalized in the 64th minute, Alan Pardew’s team missed out on excellent opportunities ( 66 Garcia, 67′ Maziku, 87′, 90’+4′ Grey) per turn. In Tripoli, Asteras and Volos played a draw (0:0), as in the first round match. The guests had an excellent main character, their goalkeeper Boris Kleiman, who cleared all the dangerous moments.

Today the game day ended with the matches of OFI – Atromitos and Panaitolikos – PAOK.