A bad night and “cheesy” for Panathinaikos. His team Rafa Benitez stayed at 1-1 opposite to AEL Novibet at Leoforo for matchday 21 of the Stoiximan Super League, missing the opportunity to close the gap on Leviathan and getting even more involved in her claim quartet.
After this result, the “greens” stayed in the rose to the 33 degrees and remained at -6 from Boeotians (with less matches). On the other hand, the Thessaly they got a valuable point in the battle of the eve, escaping me +4 from the penultimate position.
Panathinaikos basically “threw away” the entire first half, which ended without even making a final, apart from a foul by Vicente Tamborda which came out in the bodies. In the second part, AEL Novibet shock him quickly, with Lyubomir Tupta to leave the area in the 48th minute and open the score for the guests.
Only after the goal he conceded (and the entry of Padovic, Zaruri) did the “greens” start to become a little more threatening, as a result of which the equalizer came from Tasso Bakaseta with a nice left-footed shot in the 67th minute. From then on, however, despite possession and his attempt to press, his team Benitez he stayed away from the big chances, resulting in the score remaining tied.
In the minds of the coaches:
With 3-4-3 lined up his team o Rafa Benitez. Lafon sat in goal, with Jedvai, Touba and Katri in defense. Calabria and Hernandez took the two flanks, while Cerin and Bakasetas moved to the axis, with Tamborda and Antino playing on the “wings” of the promoted Swinderski.
With 3-4-3 his team also competed Savva Pantelidis. Anagnostopoulos played under the posts, with central defenders Batoubinsikas, Ferigra, Iliadis. The sides were taken by Mason on the right and Olafson on the left. Atanasov, Naor played in the midfield, Tupta in front of them on the right, Sisto on the left and Chagal at the top of the attack.
The match
The first few minutes passed without anything remarkable, with Larissa pressing him Panathinaikos when he had possession of the ball and not let him create. The first suspicion of a threat for the hosts came in the 12th minute, when a dangerous cross from Tamborda went narrowly over his head Calabria.
On the other side, AEL Novibet she made her presence felt, as a steal by Sagal and a nice ball from him to Tuptas created a dangerous situation for Panathinaikos, which Lafon stopped with a quick exit. The first half of the half was completed with just one final, away from home by Atanasov.
The first nice development of his players Panathinaikou it came in the 27th minute, when Tamborda, Antino, Swinderski worked together quickly, with the former stepping into the area and making a turn in the arms of Anagnostopoulos. A little later, in the 30th minute, Sisto made a nice effort and crossed, with him Batubinsika to grab the head but not threaten Lafon.
Somehow, a first half was completed in which o Panathinaikos had the possession but only one final one (a foul by Tambordas on the wall), while the AEL Novibet had more executionsbut without even threatening Lafon’s hearth.
After a first part where nothing happened, the start of the second half was completely different. THE Panathinaikos he rushed in and… bombarded her for a few seconds AEL Novibetbut he left his back uncovered, with Tupta running into the counter and setting up Lafon for 0-1 in the 48th minute.
After the “shock” of the goal, the “greens” tried to react and threatened in the 56th minute with Calabria to shoot weakly and the ball ends up in his lap Anagnostopoulou. Nevertheless, in the 64th minute, AEL came close to a second goal, when Tupta again left the area, but this time he was beaten by Lafon.
On the other side, Zaruri made a dangerous shot that found a defender and went just wide of his goal Anagnostopoulouin the most threatening phase of the home team until then. Finally, not long after, the equalizer came, in one of the few rational attacks of Panathinaikos. Spinderski moved into the area, turned to Tamborda, who broke to Cerin and the Slovenian laid on Bakasetawho fired a powerful left-footed shot to make it 1-1 in the 67th minute.
With new impetus after the goal but also a significant contribution of Benitez’s changes, o Panathinaikos began to push. In the 72nd minute, Zarouri entered the area and executed him powerfully Anagnostopoulosbut the porter of the visitors had an answer. Two minutes later, Swinderski made a dangerous turn, but Jedvai failed to capitalize on the duel with Ferigra. The next threat of the “greens” was a cross-shot from him Tamborda in the 80th minute, but the truth is that they stayed away from the big chances. The last notable event was a stoppage-time goal by Spinderski, with the Pole clearly exposed.
Team compositions:
Panathinaikos (Benitez): Lafon, Jedvaj, Touba (58′ Padovic), Katris, Calabria, Cerin, Bacachetas, Hernandez, Tamborda, Antino (58′ Zarouri), Swinderski.
Left on the bench were: Chaves, Kotsaris, Palmer-Brown, Siopis, Sanchez, Kontouris, Pantelidis, Bokos, Vilena and Yagušić.
AEL Novibet (Pantelidis): Anagnostopoulos, Masson, Olafsson, Iliadis, Ferigra, Batoubinsika, Naor (84′ Mourgos), Atanasov, Sisto (73′ Peres), Chagal (68′ Engoi) and Tupta (84′ Apostolakis).
On the bench remained: Venetekidis, Pantelakis, Ouatara, Hatzistravos, Pasha and Garate.
Referee: Musk
Assistants: Dimitriadis, Matsas
4th: Matsoukas
OUR: Evangelou
AVAR: Poulikidis
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