With the same scoreline as in New Philadelphia, PAOK won 2-0 against AEK at Toumba in the Super League Championship Game 23 derby.

Kaled Narey (14′) and Konstantinos Coulierakis (62′) – the goals of Razvan Lucescu’s wards, who entered the title fight, forced the “Union” to the first defeat after a series of victories.

The hosts approached the match stronger. And they were lucky enough to take the lead in the 14th minute, when the fallen Giannis Constantelias perfectly found Narey and he beat Giorgos Athanasiadis with a score of 1:0 with a right foot kick. AEK stepped up, pressed, won corners in a row, was close to equalizing in the 22nd minute, Dominik Kotarski saved a cross from Orbelin Pineda.

The pressure of the guests continued until the end of the first half, except for a dangerous shot by Ehsan Hadjisafi (27′) without a receiver and a strong but missed Sergio Araujo (41′) from a height of the field. large area, the classical phase was not created.

There was a similar picture at the beginning of the second half, when Levia Garcia shot inappropriately from a closed corner in the 51st minute, but AEK as a whole failed to create a “clean” phase. Instead, the hosts found a second goal. After a corner kick and Athanasiadis’ inactivity, Culierakis jumped into the small area alone and headed to make it 2-0.

Matias Almeida has made changes in the search for a goal that will get his team back in the game. However, in the 73rd minute, Constantelias almost scored from a closed corner. Domagoj Vida threatened a header in the 83rd minute as Kotarski turned down efforts from Steven Zuber (87′) and Djibril Sidibé (89′).

The score was 2-0 to the end: PAOK returned to -7 from trailblazer Panathinaikos, leaving AEK at -4 but with less play, the one in Peristeri, whose fate is yet to come.

Referee: Espen Eskas (Norway).

Yellow: Narey – Araujo.

PAOK (Razvan Lucescu): Kotarski, Sastre, Ingason, Coulierakis, Rafa Soares, Douglas, Dadas (Schwab 81), Constantelias (Filipe Soares 90’+2), A. Zivkovic, Narey (Taison 88), Oliveira.

AEK (Matías Almeida): Athanasiadis, Mukudi, Rota (Sidibe 80), Vida, Hadjisafi, Simanski, Jonsson (Gachinovic 63), Pineda (Eliasson 72), Amrabat, Levia (Zuber 80), Araujo (80) van Wert).

*Before the start of the match, the fighters of the 2nd EMAK, who were in Turkey after the deadly earthquake that hit the neighboring country and Syria, were awarded the PAOK PAOK by the Turkish Consul. As it became known, part of the proceeds from the derby will go to help the victims.

** Twice during the first half AEK spoke about the red card to be given to PAOK players. Initially, in the 20th minute, Araujo scored Nelson Oliveira, the Portuguese stepped on the Argentine, and Espen Escas showed Araujo a yellow card. And in the 26th minute, for the mark of the last Inga Ingasson on Levia Garcia, while the Norwegian referee did not record a single violation.

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