With a goal by Miguel Luis, Panaitolikos defeated the pioneer AEK 1-0 and showed that this year it will be a difficult opponent for the Big 5. The team of Agrinio in the 4th matchday also drew in Faliro from Olympiakos. This was the Union’s first defeat in the league which has had ups and downs in its performance.
Dikefalos was better in the first half, created chances, but failed to score.
In the 8th minute, after a mistake by Chávez, Pereira passed to Pineda and he passed again to his teammate in the area. The Mexican took control and shot, but sent the ball wide.
At 13′, Liavas found an empty space, tried the shot from the corner of the area, but Strakosa easily blocked it.
In the 19th minute Rota crossed, Piero took the header, but it was off target. In the 25th minute, Pereira fell in the area of Panaitolikos and AEK asked for a penalty, but the match continued. In Eliasson’s 31′ cross, Pantelakis sent the ball towards his team’s goal, but Chaves blocked it.
In the 43rd minute, Pineda with his heel brought out Rota four with Chaves, the international full-back scored, however Pantelakis who was watching the phase with projection, averted the danger.
In the second half the game became a rodeo. In the 48th minute, Lomonako tried his foot with Strakosa blocking the ball, while in the 51st minute, Pineda missed from an advantageous position.
In the 62′, the Union missed another great opportunity with Pieros, while in the 73′ it became 1-0. Mavrias took the cross from the right and Luis defeated Strakosa with a spot kick! Vida was out because he was having a problem and was absent at this stage.
In the 77th minute, Luis missed a unique opportunity to score a second goal, while in the 81st minute, Garcia also “threw away” an important opportunity for the Union.
Poulikidis (Drama) showed a yellow card to Peres, Sieli, Bakaki, Pereira, Piero, Pineda, Amrabat.
Panaitolikos: Tsaves, Sielis, Pantelakis, Stagic, Mavrias (91′ Bakakis), Nikolaou (58′ Luis), Peres, Liavas, Bouzoukis (58′ Roa), Dias (71′ Belevonis), Lomonako (71′ Maidevats).
AEK: Strakosa, Rota (75′ Amrabat), Vida, Callens, Pelios (75′ Hadjisafi), Simanski (65′ Ljubisic), Pereira, Koita, Eliasson (65′ Garcia), Pineda (75′ Gacinovic), Piero.
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