Olympiacos 2-2: Podense kept the ‘red and white’ upright and European with a goal and an assist

The serious derby between Panathinaikos and Olympiacos ended in a 2-2 draw, and the “red and white” emerged victorious not only because they got the equalizing point that put them in third place, but also because the visitors found themselves losing 2-0 until the 73rd minute but they were eventually able to overturn the match.

The big star of Olympiacos was Daniel Pontense, who scored with a high shot from outside the area and beat Lodengen, and the Portuguese even won the applause of some of the Greens’ friends.

Pontense also provided the assist for Olympiacos’ second goal from Jovetic as the left-footed Portuguese crossed the ball at the far post and the experienced striker beat Ludingen with a header to make it 2-2.

The Portuguese became a negative hero at the end of the match, as he was sent off, and then there was tension because he did not leave the field of play.

The end of the match and a 2-2 draw saw Olympiacos finish third in the Stoiximan Super League and now Panathinaikos to go to Europe will have to win the cup against Aris in the final on Saturday (25/5).

Earlier in the match, Panathinaikos took the lead with two goals, one from Bakaseta and the other from Bernard, and the Greens were better in the first 65 minutes of the match.

Aside from the two goals, they wasted chances from Geremijev and a crossbar from Bacashita to take a greater lead.

Clover “paid” the price for the problems faced by Huancar and Bernard and as a result they were changed and the Panathinaikos lineup was changed with Velina playing in the left-back position.

Panathinaikos dominated until the 65th minute

Panathinaikos entered the match the better and with the Greens playing simply, pressing high, they made it difficult for Olympiacos Good morning. On the other hand, the red and white colors appeared in the match, at least in the first hour of the match.

The hat-trick was only threatened in the fourth minute when Huancar sent a headed pass to Jeremijev who took the ball well in front of him, creating space with Tzoulakis blocking the ball. In the 11th minute, Bakasetas found himself in a shooting position from outside the area, so he shot a powerful shot that was blocked by the Olympiacos goalkeeper again.

Ten minutes later, Panathinaikos were awarded a corner kick, taken with a pass, and Pacasetta gave it to Mancini, who fired the ball past Tzoulakis’ right post.

Lost four four from Jeremezhev

In the 26th minute, Panathinaikos was close to 1-0 as Bakaseta cut the ball and passed it to Jeremiev who left without any intervention, going four-to-one with Tzoulakis but the Swede’s positioning was poor and the ball went wide of the right post. Greek goalkeeper.

The Greens threatened again in the 39th minute with a strong shot from Mancini from outside the area, which Tzoulakis deflected with his fist into a corner kick.

In the first minute of stoppage time, Panathinaikos looked good in attack as Bakaseta was the last recipient to shoot the ball, and the ball barely found Ritsos’ feet, changed course and ended up on Tzoulakis’ post.

In the next stage, Olympiacos reached their first final at Panathinaikos Stadium, with Pontense scoring the ball and Lodengen impressively converting a corner kick.

Pacasitas opened the scoring

In the final phase of the first half, Panathinaikos again developed well as Jeremijev passed to Bacacheta, who opened from the left for Mancini, who entered the area and was brought down by Richards.

Bakasetas took the penalty kick, fired home, beat Tzoulakis, and opened the scoring for Panathinaikos at the end of the first 45 minutes.

Olympiacos started to press

At the beginning of the second half, Medibar made a change by replacing Carvalho with Iborra. Olympiacos began to put pressure, and in the 52nd minute, Al Kaabi found himself inside the penalty area, so he shot the penalty kick from the top, but it went wide of the goal.

Olympiacos demanded a penalty kick in the 55th minute when Horta stole the ball, after a mistake by Aarão, and entered the area with Perez advancing behind him and the Portuguese trying to take the kicks of the Spanish midfielder and fell to the ground, but the referee. From the match showed the continuity of the match.

Bernard gave Panathinaikos a two-goal lead

In the 59th minute, Panathinaikos looked good attacking from the left flank, with Huancar simultaneously passing to Bernard and the Brazilian with a powerful shot that beat Tzoulakis to make it 2-0 for the hat-trick.

Three minutes later, Medibar introduced Jovetic and Martins into the match, and this double substitution changed the image of Olympiacos. Meanwhile, Christos Kontis also made two changes in the 65th minute, with Palacios and Felina replacing Mancini and Cerin, but they did not help Clover.

Crossbar, goal, assist and expulsion from Pontense

In the 67th minute, Pontense made a great effort and shot outside the penalty area, but the ball stopped at Lodengen’s right post and the score remained 2-0. But six minutes later, the Portuguese scored a wonderful goal, as a number of Panathinaikos fans applauded and bowed to him.

Podense produced a superb effort and lofted shot to connect with Lodingin to make it 2-1 in a goal reminiscent of… Giovanni.

Four minutes later Contes saw Huancar and Bernard call for a substitution and Verbeek, Zeka and Sporar entered the game in place of Jeremijev.

But Olympiacos also equalized in the 81st minute when Budense made a wonderful effort and passed a cross from the right side to the second post, making Jovetic jump higher than everyone and beat Ludingen 2-2.

Shortly before the end of the match, Podensi received the second yellow card and was sent off without leaving the field. There was tension and yellow cards for the players of both teams, while in the 11th minute of stoppage time, Panathinaikos prevailed despite the defeat. The fact that they were playing with the above player failed to score the third goal and take third place again and go to Europe.

Panathinaikos: Ludingen, Kotsiras, Gidvai, Arau, Huancar (Zeka 77′), Perez, Cerin (65′ Felina), Bernard (77′ Verbeek), Pacasitas, Mancini (65′ Palacios), Jeremijev (76′ Sporar).

Olympic: Tzoulakis, Rodini, Ritsos, Carmo, Richards (76′ Kenny), Essie, Horta (62′ Jovetic), Carvalho (46′ Iborra), Pontense, Fortunis (62′ Martins), El Kaabi (90+9′ Masouras)..

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