Panathinaikos beat Lamia 2-0 in the eighth round of the Super League. Ivan Jovanovic’s team counts only victories and with 24 points continues to enjoy the loneliness at the top. Festa’s team is left with 7 points.
The Serbian coach made four forced substitutions due to player injuries. Both teams finished the match with ten players after Troyet and Slivka were injured and both coaches completed their moves from the bench.
Panathinaikos threatened Aitor for the first time in the 5th minute. Jovanovic’s team had another good moment with Palacios when the Argentine missed.
At 12′ Aitor made a left turn, but Saranov blocked. Panathinaikos controlled the match and in the 23rd minute opened the scoring with Palacios after a beautiful shot by Bernard. Clover continued to dominate the field and missed chances with Aitor and Ioannidis. The hosts had a good moment with Manousos in the 42nd minute, but his shot was unsuccessful.
Panathinaikos went into the second half and Aitor left with a hamstring problem. A little later, a second forced replacement was made, when Chokai took Cherin’s place. The Shamrocks appeared to fall out of action early in the second half.
On 57′ Lamia had a good moment. Tsilulis crossed from the right, but Manousos didn’t catch an accurate shot. Three minutes later, Jovanovic’s team had a great moment. Kokay spun, Verbic missed the ball and Adejo cleared the ball.
In the 73rd minute, the shamrock missed a great opportunity: Saranov knocked out Magnusson with a corner header. From a corner Bernard Sanchez made the score 0-2 with a double effort. There was little football in the last part of the match with constant interruptions due to many injuries.
In stoppage time, Romanić made a turn, but Brignoli was not embarrassed.
Lamia (Festa): Saranov, Saramandas, Simon, Adecso, Kornesos, Goranov, Jandaris (Slivka, 67), Bejarano, Askovski (Nunez, 46), De Vincenti (Marmentini, 82), Tsilulis (Yakumakis, 78), Manousos (Romanik, 78).
Panathinaikos (Jovanovic): Brignoli, Sanchez, Magnusson, Huancar, Perez, Serine (Tsokai, 52), Bernard (Ganya, 78), Aitor (Verbic, 46), Palacios (Vagiannidis, 78), Ioannidis (Trouillet, 71).
Source: Kathimerini
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