AEK temporarily rose to the top of the standings by beating Aris 3-0 at the OPAP Arena in the 20th round of the Super League.

Goals were scored by Amrabad (18 minutes, penalty), Gacinovic (76 minutes) and Pineda (89 minutes) with Araujo assisting, giving Union 47 points, two more than Panathinaikos, whom they will face tomorrow (30/ 1). ) Asteras in Tripoli.

There were some surprises for AEK as well, which, according to its favorite tactic, started pressing high early to make it difficult to place the opponent.

Aris, despite the defeat, managed to prove himself quite competitive in the first half and complicate the task for the Union, which did not create many chances and did not have a large percentage of ball possession.

However, the hosts managed to take the lead thanks to… a stupid penalty missed by Odubayo, who fell to Araujos in a harmless phase.

Nordin Amrabat took over the execution and made it 1-0 in the 18th minute. With the exception of a Szymanski projection after a corner in the 12th minute and Garcia’s attempt from a side position that Cuesta “carried out”, AEK did not find corridors into the box.

Like Aris, who created a very good phase in the 40th minute, but Gray’s header disappointed (also from offside).

In the 51st minute, Aris missed an incredible double chance to equalize, first with a header from Iturbe, which Hadjisafi deflected on the line, and then a hopeless wide shot by Gray.

A little later, Aris lost a player when Etebo saw a second yellow card for Szymanski shutting down. However, even this “failure” did not stop Pardew’s team, who “touched” the equalizer in the 68th minute, when Athanasiadis very strongly blocked a Brambetz header in his corner.

The match was decided in the 76th minute when Araujo fired a cross at Gacinovic and the Serb coolly edged Cuesta 2-0. With ten players on the field and four members of K19 on his bench, Aris couldn’t have hoped for something better.

The 3-0 final score in the 89th minute was also normal progress due to AEK’s defensive error, which Araujo took advantage of, gave a “ready goal” to Pinedas and ended the match with a hat-trick in… helps!

Thus, AEK extended its streak at the OPAP Arena to 11 games (in the league and cup), where it has not yet suffered the slightest defeat.

REFEREE: Godinho Luis (Portugal).
Yellow: Hadjisafi, Amrabad, Mukudi-Etembo, Piersman, Fabiano, Dabo.
Red: 61′ Etembo (second yellow)

AEK (Matías Almeida): Atanasiadis, Rota, Vida, Mukudi, Hadjisafi (Sidibe 79), Simanski (Gacinovic 70), Johnson (Mandalos 79), Amrabad (Amrabad 70), Pineda, Garcia (Zumber 80) . , Araujo

ARIS (Alan Pardew): Cuesta, Odubayo (Masiko, 71), Piersman, Fabinho, Brumbetz, Darida, Etembo, Mateo Garcia (Suros, 90+6), Ducuré, Gray (Dabo, 61), Iturbe

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