PAOK became the fourth team to secure a spot in the semi-finals of the Greek Cup after a 1-1 draw with Panathinaikos in the second quarter-final of Apostolos Nikolaidis.

The two-headed “North” withstood the pressure and the quick goal of the “shamrock” (18′ Cherin) and scored their “golden” goal in the 78th minute with a well-placed penalty by Nelson Oliveira, getting a ticket to “4”. , where Lamia is waiting for him in doubles matches.

Panathinaikos started the match with full tension aiming for an early goal and it wasn’t until the 5th minute that they entered the box with Vagiannidis who moved the ball into a spot that the PAOK defense cleared towards Tsokai who shot with one but Kotarski securely blocked.

PAOK “absorbed” the initial pressure of Panathinaikos and in the 17th minute got its first successful moment in the match, when, after a quick counterattack and the first chase in Constantelia’s effort, Andrija Zivkovic shot hard just above the Lodingin post. .

Panathinaikos took the lead in the 18th minute. Pukhac knocked the ball over to Serin, who landed a great shot into Kotarski’s corner to make it 1-0 for the Greens.

PAOK tried to balance the match and get closer to the Panathinaikos zone, but did so mainly through static phases. In one of these moments in the 39th minute, Oliveira caught the ball from the penalty area, but Lodinin got in a good position and blocked the ball.

In the second half, Jovanovic tried to make his team more aggressive by releasing Mancini. On a 54′ cross from Palacios on the right, Mancini caught the ball with his head on the first post, but shot wide.

In the 64th minute, Kotarski blocked a long-range shot from Cerin, and in the 74th minute, after a PAOK cross from a left corner, the defense of Panathinaikos did not sort it out, Ingason struck, but Sanchez hit the ball back into the corner with a sliding tackle.

In the 76th minute, PAOK earned a penalty in Serin’s hand from a header from Schwab, which was confirmed by VAR, and Oliveira calmly took the score to the final 1-1 in the 78th minute, securing his team’s qualification.

Referee: Willianen (Finland).
Yellow: Kurbelis, Vagiannidis, Sporar, Sarlia, Tserin-Oliveira, Augusto, Rafa Soares, Schwab, Constantelias, Taison
Sent off: Brandon Thomas (90ft + 1ft straight red)

Lineups of the two teams:

PANATINAIKOS (Ivan Jovanovic): Lodinin, Vayannidis, Kourbelis (Sanchez 66), Sarlia, Pusats (Juancar 80), Ruben, Tsokai (Mancini 46), Serin, Palacios (Kleinheisler 80), Bernard (Ioannidis 66) , Sporar.

PAOK (Razvan Lucescu): Kotarski, Sastre, Ingason, Coulierakis, Rafa Soares (Vieirania 85), Augusto (Schwab 46), Dadas, Narey (Taison 79), Constantelias (Bisesvár 87), Andrija Zivkovic, Oliveira ( 87′ Brandon Thomas).