Nikifora started the second round of the Superleague Championship PAOK. Razvan Lucescu’s team, with goals from Nelson Oliveira (45’+5′) and Douglas Augusto (86′), beat Panaitolikos in Agrinio 2-0 in the 14th game, returning to -4 in the second AEK and reaching -10 from pioneer Panathinaikos. A few things from the “canaries” that they will have to say about the 57th minute phase.

In an open, fast-paced match, PAOK scored a goal in the 14th minute, which, however, was not counted after (again) using VAR: Oliveira made a good move and a vertical pass to Kaled Narey, who slipped past the outgoing Giannis. He got up. Omar El Kadoury was also involved at the start of the conceded goal phase and was injured and was substituted. The guests did not move forward and intensified their efforts to score before the end of the first half.

In the 35th minute, Anestis found it difficult to parry Oliveira’s drifting shot, while he also helped Giannis Constantelias in the development of the phase. Once again, Anestis stopped a deflected shot by Narej (39 minutes) and Andrija Zivkovic (41 minutes) to reach the third minute of stoppage time when the Serbian world champion won a free kick from a side position. Narey crossed and Oliveira scored with a header. However, the residents of Panaitolikos strongly protested as Augusto pushed Dimitris Kolovos on a foul and the break ended amid great tension.

The Canaries missed a great double chance to equalize in the 57th minute when first Dominik Kotarski made a difficult save from Johan Martensson’s cross, and then Nikos Karelis sent the ball wide of the target into an empty net. Four minutes later, three PAOK players counterattacked with one from Panaitolikos, but Zivkovic made the wrong choice, missing a unique opportunity. Narey also squandered an opportunity in the 72nd minute, coming out of the net after a pass from Constantelia.

Finally, the second goal for the “black and white” came in the 86th minute. Augusto stole from Kolovos, traded with Oliveira, and the Brazilian made the final score 0-2 with a hard left foot. A result that gave PAOK their fourth consecutive Super League victory and left them only in third place. Giannis Anastasiou’s team, on the contrary, dropped to eighth place, having won only one victory in the last six league matches (1-2-3).