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Super League: AEK triumph at Toumba, Pao and Olympiacos stumble

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Super League: AEK triumph at Toumba, Pao and Olympiacos stumble

The chair for two top Super League 1 in the crossword for very strong solvers after the most exciting league game day since the last … millennium!

AEK flew out with his excellent exit (0:1) from Toumba and caught Panathinaikos in first place, who lost two more valuable points with a 0:0 scoreline against Volos in Leoforos, in a match that was under his complete control, with characteristic that he also missed a penalty in the 97th minute against Sporar. But that wasn’t the evening’s biggest surprise, as Olympiacos saw a 3-pointer slip out of his hands (for the second time this year) as he led Aris 2-0 at J. Karaiskakis had many opportunities as they conceded two goals in the last 20 minutes and drew 2-2!

The tangle remains very confusing: in the final of the 2nd game of the playoffs (and the 28th game of the league), three teams clashed at a distance of 3 points, and PAOK is -6 behind the top, which is still far from the top. return to arguably the most unpredictable and controversial league of all time. The fight for the 5th European spot also remains open, with Aris retaining a one-point lead over Volos, as well as the battle to avoid relegation that PAS Janina is in for good.

AEK had to score three goals to beat PAOK 1-0 in a crowded Toumba and return to the top after three matches. The first goal that he scored in the 6th minute against Amrabad, no one understood why he did not count, at least with the fact that the cameras caught, and not through the eyes of the elite Belarusian referee Kabakov, who blew the whistle for some unknown reason before final. try. While Pineda was out of position before the pass to the Moroccan, the ball reached him due to a clear error (deliberate pass) by a PAOK player.

This decision provoked a strong reaction from the AEK, who spoke with two posts on social networks about the “scandal of the century” and “the biggest referee massacre in the Greek league in recent years”!

The second time the assistant saw (correctly) that Zavela scored a goal from an offside position in the 76th minute, which VAR agreed with, but the third time proved to be a cure: Araujo took advantage of a beautiful pass from Mandalu in the 80th minute. , with the home team to take over the baton of high-profile protests, claiming possession was changed by a foul that was not listed. “This is a clear foul, the details are always at our expense,” said Ingason, who saw how the goal post stopped Oliveira’s shot in the 65th minute.

It was PAOK’s first loss since the North Philadelphia match in the first round and AEK’s first win at Toumba in 3 years. And he came at just the right time to gain confidence after dropping 5 points in his last two games against Olympiacos and Panathinaikos at Agia Sophia, ahead of games in Volos on Wednesday and against Ahri on Sunday in North Philadelphia.

Earlier on the (again sold out) Avenue, Panathinaikos once again gouged out his own eyes, losing another two points almost by a “burn” to the one who also lost them in games with OFI and Ionikos, with the difference that he scored there (1-1), and with Volos remained at the level of 0-0, not particularly threatening in the “clean” phases. In all three of these matches, he absolutely dominated, suffocatingly pressing in an attacking monologue, but missed many chances, and Sporar’s game against Volos was the most decisive, because it arose from a missed penalty (saved by Kleiman) in the 97th minute. the first this year, the “greens” lose after 10 executions.

Panathinaikos now exit without any airbag in three consecutive derbies: two against Ari, PAOK in Thessaloniki and another between Olympiacos next Sunday (from Vaios) at Leoforos.

Where Olympiacos had a clear chance to “fix” a victory over Aris and close the gap from top to bottom, they saw the nightmare they had experienced in Ioannina come back to life!

He led 2-0 in (nearly complete) “K. Karaiskakis with goals from Huang in the 36th minute and Papastathopoulos in the 52nd had a clear idea of ​​a winner playing dominant until the 60th minute, where he had many chances with 17 finals in the first half alone, but he lost his mind when Iturbe was reduced to 70 minutes at 2-1, the natural consequence of which was the conceding of Camacho’s second goal at 81 minutes with occasional defensive errors on both occasions.

Another “splinter” for the “red-whites” is the injury of Kanos, who risks missing the next two championship matches with PAOK, Panathinaikos and the rematch of the Cup with AEK at M. Nedelya.

OUR grade playoffs (28 games): Panathinaikos 63, AEK 63, Olympiacos 60, PAOK 57, Aris 41, Volos 40.

Game 3 playoff schedule next week Wednesday: 18:00 Volos-AEK, 19:30 Aris-Panathinaikos, 21:00 Olympiacos-PAOK.

The great battle also takes place in play a tricksince PAS lost 1-0 to OFI in Ioannina and got involved, quite unexpectedly, based on its image in the second round of the championship, in a relegation gamble.

Lamia beat Agrinio 3-1, took their second play-off win and reached Ioannina with 23 points, two more than Ionikos who beat Astera Tripoli 1-0 in Neapoli and four from Levadeiacos. who got ahead of Atromitos at home but drew. 1-1 at the end and lost ground.

OUR grade playoffs (28 games): Atromitos 33, OFI 30, Panaitolikos 29, Asteras Tripoli 28, Lamia 23, PAS Ioannina 23, Ionikos 21, Levadeikos 19.

Next game day (Saturday, April 8): 17:00 Atromitos-PAS Ioannina, 17:30 OFI-Lamia, 19:30 Asteras Tripoli-Levadiakos, 19:30 Panetolikos-Ionikos.

Author: Christos Kontos

Source: Kathimerini

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