The score with Zamora’s goal in the 2nd minute was maintained for the rest of the match and Aris left “Apostolos Nikolaidis” with a huge double
Aris “killed” the last hopes of Panathinaikos to claim this year’s title to the end. Despite the fact that PAOK defeated the pioneer AEK 3-2, the “yellow and black” of Thessaloniki passed with a 1-0 victory from Leoforos in the 8th matchday and “finished” the “greens” who wasted a lot of opportunities and they were back to “zero” at a crucial point.
Aris surprised Panathinaikos, starting the match ideally with 1-0 from the 2nd minute with an excellent header by Zamora.
Four minutes of pressure from Panathinaikos with the Greens looking for an equalizer and successive opportunities.
The visitors are close to a 2nd goal after Dragovski’s blunder. Since then Trefoil scored some important chances but failed to find the equaliser.
At the end of the 45th minute, some Panathinaikos fans loudly booed the Trifyllios players for their half-time performance. It should be noted that throughout the match the fans shout slogans against Yannis Alafouzou. With the appearance of the PAO champions in women’s volleyball holding the cup somewhat lightened the charged atmosphere.
The second half started with the stand trying to “push” the “greens” into the upset, as they had been informed about the upset and the victory of PAOK over AEK (3-2), but Aris was the one who missed the first big chance in the 52nd‘ with Zamora’s deflected shot that rattled Dragovski’s crossbar, while Manu García then narrowly missed.
Two minutes later, Sporar, alone in front of Cuesta, makes a bad move by sending the ball out. In particular, Mladenovic made the cross and Sporar, who was opposite Questa, made a bad play by sending the ball out alone against the Spanish goalkeeper of Aris.
In the 69th minute after clearing the Aris defense, Bakasetas shot one-on-one, but Cuesta punched away, while in the 70th minute the Aris keeper showed good reflexes on the counter and on Rose, firmly blocking his corner. In the 86th minute of stoppage time in the Aris area, Ioannidis shot with power, but Questa blocked.
The penalty demanded by the Greens for marking Djurisic.
Yellows: 63′ Arao, 76′ Mancini, 88′ Mladenovic, 90 Djuricic, 90’+2′ Bacachetas – 47′ Gilles, 52′ Fabiano, 57′ Brambetz, 73′ Doucouret, 90’+5′ Cuesta
PANATHINAIKOS (Fatih Terim): Dragovski, Kotsiras, Arao, Ugo (79′ Vaiannidis), Mladenovic, Cerin (79′ Djuricic), Vilena (62′ Geremegev), Limnios (46′ Mancini), Bakasetas, Verbic (46′ Sporar). , Ioannidis.
ARIS (Akis Manzios): Cuesta, Odubajo, Fabiano, Brumbetz, Montoya, Gilles (72′ Ducouret), Darida, Suleimanov (72′ Fetfatzidis), Manu Garcia (59′ Rose), Saverio (59′ Dzouracek), Zamora (66 Moron).