Panathinaikos entered the league by stepping on the gas pedal.

After defeating Ionikos in the premiere (1:0), the Greens defeated OFI 2:0 away in the context of the 2nd round, “expelled” the “curse” of Heraklion (7.5 years without “doubles”). ” to “Th. Vardinogiannis”) and established themselves early on at the top of the Superleague standings. Palacios and Sporar scored two Greens goals that show a very serious face at the start of this season.

Panathinaikos started the match with a desire to control the pace from the very beginning and took the lead in the first good moment. In the 15th minute, Ruben saw a gap in the OFI defense very well and played a great ball to Palacios, who knocked the ball down and made it 1-0 in favor of Panathinaikos with a direct right corner.

In the 32nd minute after the transfer of Aitor, Sporar tried to shoot from outside the penalty area, but his shot went wide of Stevens’ right post.

Already in the next minute (33 minutes) Aitor made a great cross to Sporar, who found the ball enough to hit the left post and deep into Stevens’ goal, making the score 2-0 in favor of Panathinaikos.

In the 35th minute, Serin shot into the penalty area, but the ball went towards Vouros, and in the second minute of stoppage time, Sporar headed past Aitor from close range.

In the fifth minute of stoppage time in the first half, Larson took advantage of the momentum in the Panathinaikos defense and hit Brignoli’s post with a left hand.

In the second half, Panathinaikos decided not to risk too much and confidently manage their advantage, holding more ball and again looking for places to attack. In the 57th minute, Palacios took the ball into the box and shot from the left, but Stevens blocked it.

In the 70th minute, due to a misunderstanding by Panathinaikos defenders, Diko entered the penalty area from the left flank and shot hard, but his shot went wide of Brignoli’s right post.

In the 82nd minute, Staikos found space outside the penalty area and shot, but Brignoli showed very good reflexes, saving a corner, and in the 86th, Bouzoukis narrowly missed the target from a good position.

Panathinaikos were close to 3-0 in the last minute of stoppage time, but both Verbić’s shot and Vayannidis’ new shot were stopped by Stevens and the Greens got a very big double.

Referee: Vassilis Fotias (Pellas).

Yellow: Diko, Marinakis – Kourbelis

OFI (Nikos Nioplias): Stevens, Marinakis, Yochou (Diamantis, 64), Vouros, Yannoulis (Buzoukis, 46), Doucet, Meiyado, Larson, Neira (tr. Diko, 11), Thorarinson (G. Apostolakis, 64), Toral (69′ tr. Staikos).

PANATINAIKOS (Ivan Jovanovic): Brignoli, Kotsiras, Sarliya, Pugouras, Huancar (Gania, 77), Ruben, Kourbelis (Lt. Verbic, 68), Tserin, Palacios (Vagiannidis, 86), Aitor (Frokou, 87), Sporar (76 ‘ Ioannidis).