For an hour, Panathinaikos played with their fire and luck until they found a way to get the ball into the Panahitolikos goal and chase the dark clouds from the sky of Leoforos.

In the end, the solution was proposed by two of his Argentine wingers, first by excellent and yesterday’s Mancini in the 62nd minute after an empty net pass by Kourbelis (preceded by Graterol’s unstable save from a Palacios shot), and then by Palacios, who in Graterol’s excellent save from a header Ioannidis made the final score 2–0 from close range in the 84th minute. So the Greens single-handedly returned to the top with one game more than AEK, who is now at -2 again.

Yesterday Panathinaikos had an opponent and his evil demon. He netted Graterol three times, two with Huancar (42′-58′) and one with Courbelis (39′), he had two conceded quads from Sporar, a choke hold and several opportunities for more goals that didn’t come, but this is why he lived with anxiety to the end.

PANATINAIKOS: Brignoli, Kotsiras, Senkefeld, Magnusson, Huancar (Pushats, 87), Kurbelis (Tsokai, 86), Peret, Tserin, Palacios, Sporar (Ioannidis, 77), Mancini (Kleinheisler, 71).

PANARITOLIK: Graterol, Apostolakis, Malis, Larson, Hadziteodoridis (Khushumis, 86), Mladen, Martenson (Noshiru, 86), Sengelia, Huanpi (Buzoukis, 72), Duarte (Morsi, 72), Karelis (Joao Pedro, 72).

The other three opponents of Panathinaikos in the fight for the title finished the 25th and penultimate round of Super League 1 with a very high flight. AEK had the highest hurdle and easily overcame it with a convincing 3-0 victory over OFI in Heraklion.

“Devil Week” for AEK, who will play Atromitos tomorrow and Olympiacos on Sunday.

With this win, they remained top of the table for 24 hours until yesterday’s game against Panathinaikos and will return to the top if they beat Atromitos at Peristeri tomorrow in their delayed and adventurous game due to lower goalposts. Draw or lose AEK will face Olympiacos, runners-up at Agia Sophia on Sunday, in the league’s last regular-season derby and the first of many to follow in 10 play-off matches.

Olympiacos will head to N. Philadelphia with an impressive 6-0 victory over Levadeakis in K.K. Karaiskakis,” with the full understanding that a potential loss would seriously undermine his title hopes. With the same noise, PAOK closed its games on Tumba.

An impressive 6-0 victory over Ionikos also came with a historic record as 17-year-old Tzimas became the youngest player ever to score in a league match. This record was held by the iconic Giorgos Kudas for almost 55 years!

Since the playoff battle is “closed” to Volos and Ahri, the next… lane that remains open is the one that determines stay in the division. Considering the big difference in points, it will be a big surprise if any of Atromitos, Panaitolikos, Astera Tripoli, OFI and PAS Ioannina fall into a black hole and have an adventure.

The score and image of the competition show that the battle for survival will be in the case of Lamia, Ionian and Levadeako, with one of the three teams saving the party and the other two being eliminated. Lamia got the kiss of life this weekend, not only because they beat Aris and went at least marginally above the relegation line, but also because Ionian and Levadeiakos have to deal with the ice brought to them by the sixes against PAOK. and Olympiacos…