The referee’s blanket was littered with spikes, it was again clumsily laid and caused great inconvenience throughout the entire period of the break in the championship due to the obligations of our team. At the center of the fuss are the next 9 and final play-off games that will determine the title and the rest of the European tickets, one of which gives way to a second team (other than the champion) in the Champions League qualifiers. The general requirement of the teams, regardless of whether they could not even agree in writing on this, is to appoint to all responsible games the playoffs with the assistance of UEFA, if QED has no options, mainly elite referees or even A ‘ class of the best European leagues.

The most important game of the second round of the playoffs is undoubtedly the “two-headed” derby between PAOK and AEK, in which the elite Belarusian Aleksey Kulbakov was appointed, and the Dane Morten Kroch is in charge of VAR. With accumulated losses of 5 points in the last two games, AEK goes to Toumba with his back to the wall, hoping only to win, so as not to lose positions again. Something similar applies to PAOK. They are already -5 behind leaders Panathinaikos and if they don’t win tomorrow they risk falling further behind.

The second match between the Big Five teams closes the program on Sunday evening at the G. Karaiskakis, where Olympiacos meets Ari, along with Portuguese category A referee Fabio Verissimo and his compatriot Vasco Santos in VAR. The Red-Whites are counting on their 4th win in a row to take advantage of a lucrative schedule ahead of a hard-fought derby against head-to-head rivals. Aris is vying for a European ticket with rival Volos, who is being tested in a packed Leoforo (another sold out) against trailblazer Panathinaikos. The referee here was Vangelis Manoujos and Spyros Zambalas was VAR. Schedule: 18.00 Panathinaikos – Volos, 19.30 PAOK – AEK, 21.00 Olympiakos – Aris. Tournament table (27 matches): Panathinaikos 62, AEK 60, Olympiacos 59, PAOK 57, Aris 40, Volos 39.

PAOK – AEK dominates the derby – In the battle for salvation from today Lamia, Levadeikos, Ionikos.

In the playoffs (with Greek referees), who judge only relegation positions, everyone continues peacefully, and the three directly participating teams (Lamia, Levadeiakos, Ionian) meet opponents without strong motivation for the score and try to take advantage of it. state .

Program: SATURDAY: 17:00 Levadeiakos – Atromitos, 17:30 Panaitolikos – Lamia, 19:30 PA – OFI, 21:00 Ionia – Asteras.

Tournament table (27 matches): Atromitos 32, Panaitolikos 29, Asteras Tr 28, OFI 27, PAS 23, Lamia 20, Levadeiakos 18, Ionikos 18.