Panathinaikos 2-1: First and best in double headers, with the cold executioner Despodov

PAOK won their first derby with Panathinaikos in the Stoiximan Super League as Kirill Despodov was the brilliant performer of the double header and scored twice in the home side's 2-1 win in Toumba.

Lucescu's side were better for most of the game and, with the exception of Fulgaro's two goals, they had other scoring phases, while Panathinaikos Bakasetas temporarily equalized from a timely penalty. The Greens searched for an equalizer in the final minutes of the match, and provided two excellent moments with Mladenovic and Jedwaj, but they were unable to reach an equalizer.

Now, after the three points obtained by PAOK, PAOK is in first place with 47 points at the top of the Premier League, while AEK rose to second place with 45 points, and Panathinaikos remained in third place with 44 points.

It was PAOK who were able to open the scoring in the 43rd minute when they launched a counterattack, with Tyson sending a diagonal pass to Despodov, who entered the area, and a diagonal shot beat Dragowski, making the score 1-0 in favor of PAOK. Team of.

At the beginning of the second half, Panathinaikos won a penalty kick via the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technique with Bakaseta in a stage with Tyson, and the Greek midfielder scored his first goal with the hat-trick in the 52nd minute.

But the hosts took control of the game again in the 56th minute with a lucky goal. The hosts seized the ball on the right side and made brilliant counter-attacks, quickly exchanging six passes with Tyson entering the penalty area and making a parallel turn, Sastre moving forward and letting the ball pass under his feet and Despodov with a brilliant play making it 2-1 to PAOK.

In the last twenty minutes, after the changes made by the two coaches, the ball went up and down, both teams presented some good stages, but sometimes Dragowski and sometimes Kotarski said no and interrupted the opponent's efforts.

Lucescu with the same lineup

Lucescu took part in the derby with Panathinaikos with the same lineup he used in the 5-1 win away to Volos a week ago.

Kotarski was under the goalposts. Sastre started on the right wing, Papa on the left, and Koulerakis and Kinziora competed at centre-back.

In the midfield, the duo in another match were Mete and Ozdoev, and the front three were Despodov on the right, Morg in the middle, and Tyson on the left, while Brandon Thomas was at the top of the attack.

Changes and the debut of the three at Panathinaikos

For his part, Terim made several changes compared to the eleven players who participated in the cup match against Atromitos, while three players from the green color made their debut in the Super League Stokesman. The reason is Dragovsky, Ugo and Bacacheta.

Under Panathinaikos' goal, Dragowski was playing with Vagiannidis on the right wing and Mladenovic on the left. Gidfai-Ugo started in midfield.

In front of them in the middle, Arau Kotsiras played as a duo, and in front of them was a trio consisting of Mancini on the right, Aitor on the left, and Bacacheta behind the rising Jeremejev.

The first part didn't have many noteworthy stages. They were counted on the fingers of one hand. The hosts were the first to threaten when Brandon Thomas headed in a cross from the left and Dragowski cleared a corner kick.

The first final for Panathinaikos was a shot from Pacasetta in the 19th minute of the match. Aitor became the recipient of the ball and passed it to the Greek midfielder who slotted the ball in with a single shot that went several meters over Kotarski's goal.

In the 39th minute, PAOK scored through Koulerakis after a mistake by Despontov, but the VAR technology reviewed the half and the goal was disallowed due to the presence of the Greek defender in front of the Panathinaikos defence.

Despodov put PAOK ahead

But four minutes later, PAOK was able to score and take the lead with Despodov's goal. The hosts stole the ball and launched a counter-attack, with Tyson making a diagonal pass to the Bulgarian winger who entered the penalty area and with a diagonal shot that left Dragovski no room to respond.

The first half ended with two chances for Panathinaikos. Initially, in the 45+5 minute, the ball moved away from the PAOK area and reached Aros, who shot a smart ball and Kotarski headed it for a corner kick.

Mancini's corner kick from the left was headed in by Jedvay, while Kotarski again made a powerful save.

Terem changed the people and the system

At the beginning of the second half, Fatih Terim made a triple substitution and made several changes in the team's lineup. Turkus played with Cerin, Bernard and Djuricic and excluded Jeremijev, Aitor and Ugo from the match against PAOK.

Aarão went to play at centre-back with Sirin cleaning up with Kučera in the central area and Djuricić-Pakaceta playing a duo at the top of the Panathinaikos attack.

This led to the Shamrocks entering the game strongly in the first minutes of the second half, searching for an equalizer.

Penalty via VAR for Panathinaikos and a draw with Bakaseta

In the 49th minute, Panathinaikos requested a penalty kick after Bakaseta was pushed by Tyson inside the area. The referee continued the match and the VAR asked him to see the stage for himself. Upon further examination, the Norwegian turned around and showed the white arrow. Pacasitas in the 52nd minute was the one who took charge and with a very strong penalty kick in the straight line defeated Kotarski with a score of 1-1.

A goal from PAOK to take the lead again

But four minutes later, PAOK scored a beautiful goal and took the lead again. Kotsiras went to open the ball for Mladenovic on the left flank, and Sastre came out and cut the ball outside the biceps area, passing it to Despodov, who passed it to Morg, and both the Spanish full-back and the Bulgarian midfielder attacked.

Morg exchanged the ball with Brandon Thomas and passed it left to Tyson. The Brazilian passed Vagianidis, entered the area and at the same time transferred the ball towards the penalty area. Sastre let the ball pass under his feet and Despodov came in calmly and accurately for PAOK 2-1.

In the 63rd minute, the hosts threatened again with Morg's shot from outside the area, and Dragowski cleared the ball with relative ease.

Panathinaikos could have equalized in the 71st minute of the match when Kotsiras made a beautiful move from the right side, passed the ball to Bakaseta, who moved forward, and shot the free ball after Kotarski cleared a corner kick.

PAOK responded in the 75th minute when Konstantelias, who had spent the match stealing the ball from Kotsiras, entered the area and fired the ball beyond the Panathinaikos goal. Six minutes later, the Greek midfielder received the ball again from the left and tried to shoot, but Dragowski made an impressive clearance.

Two great chances for Panathinaikos to equalize

The last quarter was in favor of Panathinaikos who took risks and tried to find an equalizer and get at least the point in Toumba.

The Greens had a couple of big moments but were unsuccessful. First, in the 86th minute, Clover changed the ball beautifully, and Mladenovic was the last recipient inside the area. From the height of the small area, the Serbian tried to pass Kotarski with his right, but the Croatian goalkeeper blocked him with his hand.

While Bernard was in the 90+6 minute from the left side, he passed a parallel ball to Jedfay, who created the spot with the ball that left outside Koterski's right post.

PAOK: Kotarski, Sastre, Kouliriakis, Kenziora, Baba, Meite, Ozdov (88' Schwab), Tyson (72' Constantilia), Morg (78' Marcos Antonio), Despodov (72' Zivkovic), Brandon Thomas (88' Gemas).

Panathinaikos: Dragowski, Vagianidis (65' Limnios), Gidvai, Ugo (46' Djuricic), Mladenovic, Aarau, Kotsras, Mancini (89' Felina), Bakasetas, Aitor (46' Bernard), Jeremijev (46' Šerin).

On match night on Sunday, Pantelis Vlashopoulos, along with Pantelis Diamantopoulos and Themis Kesaris, commented on the big PAOK-Panathinaikos derby, while Kostas Goulis and Savvas Tziopanoglou carried the entire report.