Panathinaikos’ loss at Agia Sophia, the first after 17 matches where he failed to score a goal, deflated without emptying the airbag he had from his pursuers, staying on top with “air” 4 points from AEK and 7 from PAOK and Olympiacos, in a season full of tension and accordion-like differences.

It was the 4th time in a row that the Greens had hit the post and been denied a goal in a match decided on detail, and also the 3rd time in four games since the league restarted that they conceded a goal in the first innings for their rivals at a key turn of the period followed by difficult matches such as Sunday in Ioannina.

Panathinaikos are looking for reinforcements for a transfer, Adun’s case seems to have stalled for good, and with South Korean international (Seoul captain, who played in two games at the World Cup in Qatar) Sang Ho-Na is at the top of the list. In the position of a creative midfielder in the foreground is the midfielder of the Hungarian national team (44 matches – 3 goals) Laszlo Kleinscheiler from Osijek. The Greens lose Magnusson with a concussion for 10-15 days and Juancar is also out with tendonitis.

AEK took a deep breath after winning the final derby and looks set to take the next steps to close the gap with Benjamin Kikanovic always at the top of their transfer list.

PAOK and Olympiacos have narrowed the gap from first place to single digits and while -7 looks ‘tough’ they hope they can close it, especially if they are right in their transfer options. The Red-Whites appear to be close to an agreement with Colo Colo to sign the 25-year-old Chilean international defender Suazo, putting Valencia’s Lato case behind them. Ahri’s victory over Asteras Tripoli took them into the top 5 in the standings for the first time, ahead of Volos, who began to fall precariously and sees Atromitos poised to take his place in the top 6 and into the playoffs. In the battle for the tail, the last three in the standings (Ionian, Lamia, Levadeiakos) were defeated, while PAS Ioannina and OFI noticeably retreated.

Decisive OFI passage from Agrinio

OFI decisively put the postscript of the record-setting match at the top and bottom of Superliga 1. The Cretans went through Agrinio like a siphon and with an impressive 4-0 victory over Panaitolikos, they got out of the danger zone keeping the home side away from playoff points. The protagonist was Dicko, who opened the scoring with a stunning scissors kick back in the 27th minute and made it 2-0 in the 52nd minute, a minute after Neira’s crossbar. The risk of Panaitolikos did not materialize, and the guests found places to secure the victory with goals from Toral in the 73rd minute and Tsilianidis in the 90th+3. PANAITOLIKOS: Anestis, Apostolakis (Liavas, 71), Mladen, Malis (Silva, 70), Juhumis, Xenitidis (Kolovos, 46), Flores, Dias, Sengelia (Martenson, 78), Karelis, Dago (Hatziteodoridis, 60). REFEREES: Mandas, Vouros, Pasalidis, Diamantis, Larson, Meiados (Perea, 76), Dius, Baloyannis (Thorarinson, 70), Toral (Guerrero, 76), Neira (Cilianidis, 69), Diko (Tzu, 85).