Panathinaikos spoiled his 99th birthday Olympiakou as in the premiere of the Super League playoffs, he defeated him in his “home” with 3-1, with a reversal in the score and much easier than the most fanatical friend of the “clover” would have expected. For Piraeus, this was the second home defeat in a row (it was preceded by Maccabi’s 1-4), while this year they completed five games with the “eternal” without a win (three defeats, two draws and one elimination)!
In the crowded “Karaiskaki” just in the 6th minute, Panathinaikos lost goalkeeper Dragovski with a muscle injury and his place was taken by Lodgin. The “greens” immediately took the initiative of the movements and pressured the defense of the home team who gave space to Panathinaikos looking for counterattacks. Somehow from a change of play on the left, Ortega passed to Podense who feinted in the area and found space, shot hard and opened the scoring in the derby (1-0).
The match took on a wild beauty with the visitors gaining meters on the field and pressuring the defense of Olympiakos which again showed many gaps. And in the 41st minute, the greens” changed many passes outside the area and brought out Bernard four to four with Paschalakis. The Brazilian crossed, Ese cleared before the ball crossed the line, Ortega was unable to clear and Bakasetas made it 1-1 with a dry shot. In stoppage time from Ortega’s turn, Navarro, completely alone just outside the small area, made a hasty play and sent the ball just wide in the biggest chance of the first 45 minutes. And instead of it being 2-1, at 45’+4′, it was 1-2 as Panathinaikos achieved the upset! Terrible cooperation of his players who changed many passes again, Bakasetas shot the ball against the counter, Paschalakis saved temporarily but Ioannidis caught up with Biancon and entered the net with the ball (1-2)…
In the second half, Olympiacos tried to pressure the “greens” who were dangerous on counterattacks as the home team’s midfield was empty. However, in the 60th minute, Olympiacos threatened with a strong shot by El Kaabi, which was impressively blocked by Lodingin. As time passed, the “red and whites” pressed, leaving many empty spaces in the defense, which the “greens” took advantage of in the 70th minute, and from Bernard’s assist, Ioannidis, with a new position, made it 1-3 and “froze” the Faleri pitch.
The German referee Daniel Schlager “yellowed” Navarro, Pontense, Mladenovic, Ioannidis, Ciquinho, El Arabi.
OLYMPIAKOS: Paschalakis, Rodiney, Ortega, Biancon, Carmo, Ese (79′ Ibora), Horta (60′ Tsiquinio), Masouras (60′ Fortunis), Pontense ((79′ Jovetic), Navarro (73′ El Arabi), El Kaabi.
PANATHINAICOS: Dragovski (6′ Lodingin), Kotsiras, Mladenovic, Arao, Akaidin, Cerin, Pereth, Bernard (84′ Mancini), Bakasetas (84′ Djurisic), Palasios (75′ Ugo), Ioannidis (84′ Sporar).
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