PAOK’s impressive 3-0 victory over Panathinaikos in Leforas ignited a fire in the top tiers of the standings, squeezing four teams into just 6 points, a wholly unusual condition for a championship that many years ago was a one or two race. commands.

The “Greens” are still at the top, but they already feel the hot breath of AEK, who escaped in 1992 … a heart attack in Naples from the tail of the Ionian. With the victory in the derby, PAOK again caught up with Olympiacos in 4th place and with the difference reduced to -6, enters the fight for the title, quite unpredictably, one can say, based on its dynamics until last Sunday, after 0-0 with OFI in Toumba .

The Red-Whites suffered a similar defeat with a 1-1 draw in Peristeri, where they again showed weakness in both defensive and offensive functions. Despite the two points lost, they were consoled by the fact that they had reduced the gap to Panathinaikos by half compared to a month earlier, when the league resumed.

As the numbers show, this month-long hiatus has created a very different landscape in the league from what it was until the end of the first round, when games were halted due to the World Cup in Qatar. Prior to this, Panathinaikos had sported 12 wins and one draw in 13 matches, providing a difference of 8 points from second AEK and 12 from PAOK-Olympiacos. In the six games that have followed since the start of the second round, the “greens” are a small and medium team, taking 8th place in this unofficial rating! First comes AEK with 15, then PAOK – Olympiacos with 14, Aris with 10, OFI, PAS Ioannina, Atromitos with 9 and Panathinaikos with 8!

PAE Panathinaikos fined Shankfeld heavily for unprofessional behavior.

The calm reaction of everyone on the Avenue, despite the shock, looks like a good sign as the Jovanovic team is trying to calm down and find themselves again. The big losses shook her psyche half way through, but the schedule is quite layered and provides an opportunity to regroup, especially now that the games between other contenders begin. The critical point for Panathinaikos will be its image on Thursday in the 2-0 rematch against PAOK and on Monday in Tripoli.

However, the administration’s reaction – an electric shock – to punish Senckefeld with a €20,000 fine for unprofessional behavior made a splash: he received two unnecessary yellow cards, depriving him of participation in the second leg of the Cup, due to which the injured Magnusson would also be absent. Panathinaikos are also waiting for a transfer respite with the acquisition of a right winger (they are close to the player from La Liga, on loan and purchase) and a central midfielder, with Ludogorets’ Kauly back in the spotlight.

AEK made … an internal transfer with Zuber, who scored the winning and very important goal in Naples, showing that he expects better days after recovering from injury.

In addition to the huge psychological boost that the victory in Leforos gave him, PAOK expects a lot from the 20-year-old Constantelias, who in the decisive game showed the qualities of a great footballer, living up to high expectations. Given that the derby with Olympiacos and AEK at Toumba, the difference of 6 points does not look like a mountain for Lucescu’s team, especially if all this positive aura is not spoiled by Thursday’s “mistake” in the Cup. Olympiacos is also at -6, but in Peristeri he showed again that he has a long way to go before he finds the stability that will take him to the top…