Bulgarian Georgy Kabakov was appointed by CED to manage the derby between Panathinaikos and AEK in the fourth round. Superleague. Thasos Sidiropoulos was originally chosen, but this decision caused a storm of reactions among the teams.

At noon on Thursday the appointment of the Greek referee was canceled and CUD started the race to find a replacement. Georgy Kambakov is a UEFA First Division referee and has officiated in the Greek League in the past.

In particular, he managed PAOK – AEK in the playoffs of last year, Atromitos – Apollo Smyrnis and Apollo Smyrnis – Atromitos in the regular season of last year’s championship. Of particular interest is the fact that Panathinaikos – AEK has blown the whistle for the 2020-2021 season.

His assistants will be compatriots Martin Margaritov, Diyan Valkov, 4th Papapetrou and in the VAR Ivaylo Stoyanov, Petropulos.

Judges of the 4th round

• 18:30 OFI-Panaitolikos: Papadopoulos (Nikolaidis, Patras, 4th Resident, VAR: Perrakis, Spyropoulos)
• 19:15 PAS Ioannina-Levadiakos: Gamaris (Fotopoulos, Samoilis, 4th Angelakis, VAR: Gortzilas, Aptosoglu)
• 21:30 Ionian-Athromitos: Tsovaras (Buxbaum, V. Musiadis, 4th Tsilos, VAR: Tsakalides, Nikolakakis)

• 18:30 Olympiacos-Ionikos: Photias (Kourompilia, Meidanas, 4th Maloutas, VAR: Zambalas, T. Mousiadis)
• 21:30 Asteras-Aris: Tsetsilas (Kula Hassan, Konstantinou, 4th Matsukas, VAR Kutsiavtis, Psaris)
• 21:30 Panathinaikos-AEK: Kampakov (Margaritov, Valkov, 4th Papapetrou, VAR: Stoyanov, Petropoulos)

• 19:00 PAOK Lamia: Tsagarakis (Vassilopoulos, Kolliakos, 4th Tsimenteridis, VAR: Koumbarakis, Papadakis)