Kallithea, with a goal from Ismat Meren in the 92nd minute, took the point (2-2) in Toumba against PAOK, who remained safe from defeat for the fifth home game in a row in the league.
Frankly, PAOK hoped to end their negative streak with their home games in the league. kallithea turned the dream of the “two head” into a nightmare and took the point (2-2) in Toumba for the 13th day of the Grand Series, leaving the “double head” for the fifth game in a row at his ” home” without three points. at the same time, with this result, Razvan Lucescu’s team remained -3 behind the pioneers Olympiacos, and Kallithea with the point is still in the last place of the standings.
In the competitive part, PAOK, with high morale after their first win in the League Stage of the Europa League in midweek against Rigas, entered the game against kallithea strongly and pressured them from the first minutes as they hope to reach a quick goal. Even though the visitors were closing the paths to their goal, finally in the 21st minute the hosts managed to find the net and reach the 1-0. Barragan pounced on Despontov’s cross from the right, but the ball reached Constantelia who went back and shot on the left into the opponent’s area to open the scoring.
Kallithea then tried to react and balance. Though, any opportunities given to her were not taken advantage of. at the same time, PAOK also managed to find the net in the 42nd minute with Chalov, but his goal was disallowed as Baba, who was exposed, was in front of Barragan. So, with 1-0 both teams were sent to the locker room for the break.
The visitors came into the second half better and in the 47th minute they missed an opportunity that could not be repeated to equalize. A tragic mistake by Kotarski sent the ball to Lukina’s feet, the latter scored into an empty net, but the ball ended up being blocked. What the visitors’ front did not succeed in this particular stage, of course, it finally achieved in the 59th minute and with an excellent pass by Valbuena, it gained 1-1.
PAOK then put pressure on Kallithea to score the second goal and in the 82nd minute they eventually made it 2-1 with a direct free kick from Despodov. However, Kallithea had the final say in the game. In the 92nd minute, with Ismat Meren’s header from Valbuena’s corner, the visitors made it 2-2 and thus secured the tying point.
PAOK – KALLITHEA 2-2
PAOK (4-2-3-1): Kotarski – Sastre (78′ Otto),Kenziora,Koli,Baba – Ozdoev,Schwab – Despodov,Murg (64′ Tyson),Konstantelias – Chalov (64′ Tisundali)
KALLITHEA (3-4-2-1): Barragan – Pasalidis (68′ Manthatis),Ismat Meren,Ediage – Soiri (86′ Nua),Matija,Diba,Hanousek (68′ Marota) – Demetrius (86′ Uldricks),Valbuena – Loukinas (68′ Gianni)
Referee: Athanasios Tzilos (Larissa)