AEK And Panathinaikos were reduced to a goalless tie in the big derby of the first round of the play-offs, in a game marred by very poor refereeing Montenegro referee Nikola Dabanovich.

Panathinaikos remains at the top with a two-point difference from Union, but given the victories of Olympiakos in Volos (0-3) and PAOK over Ari (1-2) in “Cleanthis Vikelides“, the distance that separates the four teams in contention for the title is five points, which makes the continuation of ranked matches even more exciting.

IN “OPAP Arena” and in the shadow of his death Imitation Papaioannou, AEK and Panathinaikos remained at 0:0. The negative hero was the match referee, who, in the delays of the match, indicated a non-existent penalty in favor of AEK in a claim for the ball between Araujo And Palacios. He eventually reversed the wrong decision and the match ended smoothly. Panathinaikos rightly shouts about his refereeing Dabanovich who didn’t send him off with a second yellow card Amrabad twice (32′, 43′) and on 35′ he did not award an arm penalty Hadjisafi in area. In fact, he wasn’t invited either. from VAR to check the phase.

The game picked up a fast pace after 30 minutes. AEK had a great chance to get into the dressing room early for the break with Rota in the 42nd minute, who scored from a vantage point outside.

From its beginning Second half, the two goalkeepers were the protagonists. Initially, the guests missed a unique triple chance. Athanasiadis deflected their shots one by one. Mancini And Ioannidis while his shot cherin from the penalty mark he passed by.

AEK responded with two consecutive moments Johnson within a minute. In the first O. Brignoliin the second, the ball went wide of his header.

After 60 minutes the pace dropped and both teams seemed to agree to a draw.

PAE PAO: Playoff Changeover

PAE Panathinaikos made a statement against the referee at half-time Dabanovich. As he used to say: “His judging Dabanovichappointed to serve the match, despite the unanimous decision of the Superleague to appoint referees of the “Elite” category for the matches of the “Big Four”, not only challenges, but also changes the course of the playoffs from the 1st round.

In addition to general service in relation to AEK, the following phases are most characteristic:

-IN 32′ for his foul Amrabad To huancaryes, an offense is imputed, but they don’t give a 2nd yellow.
-IN 35′ his hand Hadjisafi no penalty is awarded in the penalty area and the referee is not even called by the VAR system.
-IN 43′ in his hand Amrabad in an attempt to cut his volley Brignolithe violation is imputed, the 2nd yellow card is not given again”

Afternoon walk

In Volos, in the play-off curtain opener, Olympiacos had an easy day without fear of the local side. Open score only in the 7th minute with Kasami who first started in the starting lineup at this year’s championship, doubled them ends him with him Bakaboo V 36 minutes later from his foul Luckwho on 81′ after a new foul made the final 0-3.

Twist and tension in the final

In “Cleantis” Vikelides“, in a very episodic game, PAOK, despite being behind in the score, managed to fully turn around and score an extremely important victory.

OUR Mars preceded by scorer Palm on 12′, in an unlikely first half, where the Yellows scored two goals from Iturbe (38′) and Fabiano (39′) and PAOK had two great opportunities with Karga (34′) and Oliveira (44′).

The Two-Headed Northerner improved his performance in the replay, scoring two goals in five minutes (68 handle. Tampon, 73 Zivkovic), turned the game upside down. The finale was marked by incidents on the playing field, where the negative protagonist again Razvan Lucescu. The Romanian coach of PAOK tried to throw an object towards the platform, for which he was sent off by the Swedish referee. Al Hakim.

Right after being fired Lucescu Pandemonium ensued between the benches of the two teams and the policemen. Its president also took part in the dispute Ari Theodore caripidwho asked the PAOK coach to stop provoking.

Lamia won

In the battle of the play-outs, the winner of the premiere was undoubtedly Lamia, who, by defeating PAS Ioannina, took advantage of both the defeat of Ionikos in Peristeri and her draw Levadeyka in Heraklion, thus rising to 12th place in the standings.

Fthiotida’s team with two of his goals Vergo (12′, 45’+1′) PAS won 2-0, who is also now in a dangerous position. Ionikos in Peristeri missed most of the chances, but it was Atromitos who scored three points, moving up to 7th place. With his purpose Agibu Arch (19′) and his Erlingmark at the end of the match his team Chris Coleman won 2-0.

OUR Levadisky although he was ahead of Nika in Heraklion (48′), he saw him Buckits with a direct free kick in 73rd to equalize 1–1 to OFI and determine the final score.

In Tripoli Asteras with a goal Alvarez on the exhale he won second Panetoliko. He took the lead from the penalty spot barrels in the 34th, and Agriniotes equalized with Kolovos (50s).

RESULTS
(1st game day)

Playoffs
Volos – Olympiacos 0:3
Mars – PAOK 1-2
AEK 0-0 Panathinaikos

play out
Asteras W. pot eater 2-1
OFI – Levadisky 1-1
Atromitos – Ionian 2-0
Lamia – PAS Ioannina 2-0

GRADE
TEAMS/MATCHES/GRADE
1. Panathinaikos/27/62
2. AEK/27/60
3. Olympiakos/27/59
4. PAOK/27/57
5. Mars/27/40
6. Volos/27/39
PLAY OUTSIDE
7. Fearless/27/32
8. pot eater/27/29
9. Asteras Tue/27/28
10. OFI/27/27
11. P.A.S. Yanina/27/23
12. Lamia/27/20
13. Levadisky/27/18
14. Ionian/27/18

NEXT COMPETITION
Playoffs (2/4)
Panathinaikos – Volos (18.00)
PAOK – AEK (19.30)
Olympiacos – Mars (21.00)

Playoffs (1/4)
Levadisky – Fearless (17.00)
pot eater – Lamia (17.30)
PAS Yanina – OFI (19.30)
Ionic – Asteras Tue (21.00)