2024-03-03 03:00:00
The curtain will fall on Sunday with the game against Atromitos in Ioannina. The draw for the seven playoff games will follow, where PAS will play three home and four away games. Sunday’s match against Atromitos may be a “small final” and a particularly crucial game, but the blue and whites will deal with this from tomorrow morning. Today’s game against AEK is currently the priority, where the home team looks like the absolute favorite to win. And due to the difference in capacity of the teams, but also due to the fact that PAS will have significant shortcomings, since the suspended Karahalios, Rosero, Rienstra, Eramouspe will be absent, while Nagy and Pamlidis will also be difficult to play even though they are in the squad. PAS will certainly not raise a white flag. Against that he will fight with all his strength and whatever he wanted to happen. He has nothing to lose. He will play free from stress, because the division will be decided more in other decisive games and less in today’s game with AEK, to get energy and do his best on the pitch. It is logical that he will play with a defensive orientation, with the primary concern to have the lines tied and to close corridors, so that AEK does not find spaces easily. “Ajax of Epirus” comes from a 2-2 draw with OFI in Ioannina, with a good first half and a bad second. What Michalis Grigoriou wants today is to see better reactions from his team and fewer mistakes compared to previous games. The preparation was completed yesterday with morning training and video analysis of AEK’s competitive characteristics. Because the game against AEK is different compared to the previous one against OFI and because there are shortcomings, Grigoriou is expected to shuffle the deck and there will be new faces in the starting line-up. At his disposal are Athanasiou, Bakadimas, Balan, Begala, Kiakos, Conte, Nagi, Demir, Gino, Kyrkos, Leo, Liassos, Naoumis, Panagou, Pantelakis, Rosales, Sobotchinski, Soria, Soulis, Tsoushis, Tutou, Tzimas, Pamlidis , Vrakas.
REFEREE MALOUTAS
Today’s match will be directed by Dimitrios Maloutas of the Imathia association. His assistants will be Iordanis Aptosoglou (Athens), Dimitrios Vergetis (Argolidas). The fourth referee is Aristides Vatsios (West Attica). In VAR Christos Vergetis (Arkadias) and AVAR assistant Dimitrios Samoilis (Athens). Referee observer Evangelos Kiotzenis (Xanthi). Maloutas has not managed any other PAS game this year. Last year he was a referee in the games PAS – Panaitolikos 1-4 and PAS – Aris 0-4.
AEK FOUR ABSENTS
For today’s match against PAS, Matias Almeida will not have at his disposal the card-suspended Callens and the injured Mukudi, Zini and Gacinovic. Levi Garcia and Nordin Amrabat, who left with injury problems from the away game against Lamia, are fine. Because AEK wants to maintain first place and on Sunday will play in Harilaou with the always strong and reliable Aris, maybe Almeida will protect some players from today’s match with PAS.
THE HISTORY WITH AEK
In 25 games played with AEK as host in Athens for the first national championship, 21 victories of the Union, 2 draws and 2 victories of PAS are recorded. The one victory of “Ajax” was recorded in the 1990-91 season in New Philadelphia with the goal of Lakis Papaioannou and the second in the 2020-21 season in OAKA with a score of 2-0 and coached by Argyris Giannikis. Last year AEK beat PAS 2-0 in Athens and lost 2-1 at Zosimades stadium.
THE FIRST ROUND GAME
In the first round game that took place on Sunday, November 26, 2023 in Ioannina, AEK won with a score of 1-0, thanks to a goal scored in the 7th minute by Zuber. PAS had good moments culminating in a double chance in the 10th minute with Balan’s shot from close range over Stankovic and then Pamlides’ shot into an empty net on the crossbar. AEK also had a chance with Tzumber. Diamantopoulos (Arkadias) referee.
PAS Ioannina (Thanasis Staikos): Kleiman, Panagou, Pantelakis, Eramouspe, Tsoushis, Karachalios (90+3′ Bakadimas), Rienstra, Tzimas (66′ Leo), Pamlidis, Rosero (85′ Conte), Balan (67′ Garo). .
AEK (Matias Almeida): Stankovic, Sidibe, Vida, Callens (l.tr. 83′ Mitoglou), Mohammadi, Simanski, Eliasson (75′ Amrabad), Pineda (75′ Galanopoulos), Gatsinovic, Mandalos (75′ Pissarro), Zuber (75′ Ponce).
BLUE WHITE AND MORE
Atromitos declared for the last game with PAS that Tzavellas and Keshrinda should serve the penalties of yellow cards.
-Eramouspe will not play today due to suspension, but he will also not play against Atromitos on Sunday due to a shoulder injury from the match against Volos.
-The case with Beo, who called the Kifissia football player Tetei a “monkey” has been heard and the decision is expected. The dialogues of the mayor of Volos with the lawyer of Kifissia are scenes of infinite beauty.
-Just finished on Sunday the 26ththe matchday, all the yellow cards of the footballers are zeroed and a new penal code begins in the playoffs and playoffs.
THE PROGRAM
25th COMPETITION
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 28
15.00 Asteras Tripoli – AE Kifisia (NOVAsports 2)
15.00 Volos – OFI (COSMOTEsport 2)
17.00 Atromitos – Lamia (NOVAsports prime)
17.00 Panaitolikos – Olympiacos (COSMOTEsport 1)
19.00 AEK – PAS Ioannina (COSMOTEsport 2)
20.00 Panserraikos – PAOK (NOVAsports prime)
21.00 Panathinaikos – Aris (COSMOTEsport 1)
THE GRADING
(24the competitive)
AEK 55
PAOK 54
Panathinaikos 52
Olympiacos 50
Mars 41
Lamia 34
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Asteras Tripoli 30
OFI 24
Panseraikos 24
Fearless 24
Panatolikos 19
PAS Ioannina 17
Volos 17
Kifissia 17
NB: The first six teams will play playoff games, to determine the champion and the teams that will go to Europe.
-The last eight teams will play play-off matches, where the last two will be relegated directly to the Second National League.
-Olympiacos has a zero and -1 for the derby with Panathinaikos.
From today’s printed edition of the “Continental Struggle” (28/2/2024)