AEK made a right-footed kick in the playoffs in a resounding way, winning away from home with a wide 4-0 victory over Lamia. The Union dominated and justly won the “three points” of victory, walking into the match with the surprise of this year’s championship. The yellow and black team moved into first place and are waiting for the results of the Olympiacos – Panathinaikos and PAOK – Aris derbies.
The visitors were better in the first half, had chances to open the scoring and finally scored the goal in stoppage time.
In Eliasson’s 2nd cross, Jonson’s header goes backwards, the ball is out. In the 10′ Eliason’s turn from the right, the ball was countered and laid to Pelios, who found himself in a shooting position in the area, but his finish was poor.
In the 16th minute, Mandalos committed a foul, Eliasson caught a one-piece shot, with the ball going just wide.
In the 28th minute, AEK missed another classic opportunity. Eliasson was in position to shoot inside the area, but at the last moment Simon stopped him. In the development of the phase, Pelios made a cross from the left, Mandalos caught a header, without finding a target.
In the 31st minute, Mandalos was filled in the area of Lamia, Ponce took the header, but Koselef was ready and removed the danger.
Lamia created the first suspicion of the phase in the 34th minute. Malci with a vertical pass tried to find Sidkley at the back of the AEK defence, but Stankovic stopped him with a quick exit. In the next minute, Pineda was off target with a shot from outside the area. In 38′ Pelios crossed, Ponce caught the shot in motion with the ball countering and ending up in a corner. From his run, Cullens headed home with Koselev blocking the ball.
The visitors continued to press and the score was opened in the second minute of stoppage time. Mandalos commits a foul, Ponce sticks out his leg. Koselev couldn’t block the ball and Cullens sent it into the net from close range (0-1).
The Union “cleared” the case with a victory in the 68th minute. Rota executed a cross and Ponce with a strong digging shot beat Koselev for 0-2. This is the Argentinian forward’s 12th goal in the league.
In the 88th minute, Leviai’s fireball made it 0-3 and the final result was established in the 93rd minute. Ljubisic crossed to Levia and he “wrote” 0-4 with a shot.
Manouhos showed a yellow card to Stankos, Malchi, Tsoukalos, Kontonikos / Rota.
Lamia: Koselef, Slivka, Simon, Kornezos, Tzanetopoulos (87′ Giannoutsos), Amaral, Tzandaris (58′ Tsoukalos), Sidkley (73′ Santana Omar), Stanko (73′ Kontonikos), Nunes, Malchi (73′ Lake).
AEK: Stankovic, Rota (78′ Ljubisic), Vida, Callens, Pelios, Simanski, Jonson, Pineda (83′ Sidibe), Eliasson (83′ Hadjisafi), Mandalos (78′ Garcia Levia), Ponce (83′ Araujo).
**Lamia announced in a statement that Sotiris Tsiloulis will not play in any game against AEK in the playoffs. The Greek midfielder has a verbal agreement with the Union for the summer.
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