To reach the three points, however, the Mendiliber team had to pull off a major turnaround, which was achieved thanks to the class of their two units: Ayoub El Kaabi, who scored both goals, and Daniel Pontense, whose entry in the b Halftime changed the balance and gave his team’s attack unpredictability and explosion.
The short-footed Portuguese was the player who won the equalizing penalty and played an active part in the winning goal with a “dream” back-heel that dislocated the Peloponnesian defence.
With Asteras well organized and focused on the plan of Rastavacs, the game began, the first good moment of which belonged to the guests, as in the 11th minute and on Crespi’s cross, Hokhumis took the header but the ball went wide.
The “red and whites” took control after ten minutes and began to press the Tsiftsis area, missing opportunities with Navarro in the 17th minute (header out) and Fortunis in the 32nd minute (missed shot).
The Arkades missed a huge opportunity in the 40′ with Yablonski forcing Paschalakis to make a big intervention to keep the “nil”, in the 43′ Navarro’s goal was canceled by VAR as the ball in the shot of the Spanish striker hit Ibora’s hand and in the 45′, Asteras opened the scoring, with Yablonski coming out behind the defense and executing a shot on the move.
Not at all satisfied, Medilibar, who made an extensive rotation, switched on Pontense, Ciquinho and Vezo at the start of the second half, while a little later they also sent El Kaabi into the game.
The second half took place in the half court, with Olympiakos constantly attacking, Asteras defending and Tsiftsis doing… overtime. In the 63′ the goalkeeper of Astera blocked the “fireball” of Podense, in the 67′ he took out Rodiney’s cross-goal but in the 78′ he was defeated by El Kaabi in the penalty shot by the Moroccan and which Podense had won from Carmona .
After the equaliser, the home team’s pressure became even more intense and resulted in the winning goal in the 87th minute, again with the African top scorer of Olympiakos and the league (along with Moron).
A goal-poem in the making, with Podense back-heeling Horta in the box and down the left, the Portuguese turned the ball clear only for El Kaabi at the far post (he was covered by Atienda) and he had no choice but to push the ball home into the net for 2-1 and the upset.
REFEREE: Vassilis Fotias
YELLOW: Zouglis, Alagbe
THE COMPOSITIONS
OLYMPIC (Jose Luis Mendilibar): Paschalakis, Rodiney, Biancone (46′ Vezo), Carmo, Richards, Ibora (56′ El Caabi), Ese (46′ Ciquinho), Horta, Fortunis, Navarro (79′ Jovetic), Cabaral ( 46′ Pontense).
ASTERAS TRIPOLIS (Milan Rastavacs): Tsiftsis, Carmona, Picsou, Christopoulos, Houhoumis (90′ Alvares), Yablonski (71′ Gos), Alagbe, Sito (59′ Kaltsas), Zouglis (71′ Palasios), Crespi, Mantzis (59 ΄ Myritelo).
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