In recent years, PAOK have been gearing up for yet another final as their 2-0 win over Panathinaikos at Toumba gives them a clear lead in qualifying for the semi-final phase of the Cup where, if they finally clear the green hurdle, they It is logical to find Lamia, the winner of the Apollo Paralimni with a score of 2: 1 in Serra.

Lucescu’s side in the grand derby of Stage 8 of the institution took advantage of two (almost forced) halftime substitutions for Jovanovic, when the departures of Bernard and Courbelis cut his team in half and completely changed the balance of power. a picture of the game, which until then was played on a green background, where the “clover” completely controlled the course of the match and even had the opportunity to score a goal.

Although he appeared without Sporar (infection – he will play on Sunday against PAOK for the championship at Leoforos), Panathinaikos dominated the first half, where he had the crossbar on Serin’s shot in the 21st minute and a big double missed chance . Kourbelis and Ioannidis in the 27th minute when they failed to score from contact into an empty net.

PAOK’s momentum and heavy second-half pressure turned things around dramatically, even though Vayannidis made a childish mistake and Brandon opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. The young Panathinaikos player tried to pass to Lodingin, but he managed to give … an assist to a PAOK player who scored with almost no pressure. The goal gave extra momentum to the home side, who managed to…knock out Tyson in the 72nd minute, four minutes into the field in his first game against the Northern Double, when Jovanovic used Vayannidis and Juancar as extreme as Verbic . incendiary striker…

PAOK: Kotarski, Sastre, Ingason, Culierakis, Rafa Soares (Vieirania, 78), Augusto (Schwab, 68), Dadas, A. Zivkovic, Constantelias (Biseswar, 84), Naray (Tyson, 68), Brandon (Oliveira, 68).

PANATINAIKOS: Lodingin, Vagiannidis, Senkefeld, Punguras, Huankar (Kampetsis, 81), Peret, Kurbelis (Tsokai, 46), Tserin, Bernard (Verbits, 46), Palacios (Kotsiras, 81), Ioannidis (Pushats, 70).

Previously, AEK, with numerous substitutions, was worried only in the first half, but as soon as the scoring was opened with Mandalo in the 55th minute, everything became simple. As soon as Panserraikos opened up a little and the Soyuz 11 team was back to … heavy weapons, they left Hagia Sophia defeated 3-0, with two more goals from Levia Garcia in the 67th minute and Pineda in the 89th minute. .

Lamia also had a solid lead in qualifying with a 2-1 win (Elesi 41 – Tsandaris 28, Tsilulis 78) over Apollo Paralimni in Serra. All return matches will be played next week.

Olympiacos beat Ari 1-0.

Olympiacos took down Aris with carbon for the second time in four days at the G. Karaiskakis 1-0 thanks to Gary Rodriguez’s goal in the 30th minute. The visitors scored with Iturbe in the 16th minute, but it was listed as offside, while they had a post with Camacho in the 79th minute and an important opportunity with Etembo in the stoppage time final. The Red-Whites threatened El Arabi in the 56th minute and Buchalakis in the 89th and 90th + 1st.

OLYMPIC: Tsolakis, Retsos, Doi, Andrutsos (Reampchuk, 64), Vrusai (Buchalakis, 79), Samaseku, Inbom Huang, Kasami (James Rodriguez, 64), Masouras, Gary Rodriguez (Rodini, 69), Arabi (Bakabu, 69).

MARS: Cuesta, Odubayo (Embakata, 46), Maziku, Fabiano, Brambetz, Darinda, Mateo Garcia (Camacho, 46), Etembo, Mancini, Iturbe (Palma, 65), Abubacar Camara (Grey, 35).