Lamia – AEK 0-2: He returned to victories and the Union entered with his right hand in 2022

Lamia welcomed AEK to their 16th Super League game, Interwetten, with Union winning 2-0 thanks to goals from Livai Garcia in the 29th minute and Nordin Amrabat in the 83rd minute. With this result, the Union returned to championship victories and got off to a good start in 2022.

The Union was superior in the first half except for the first minutes of play, created opportunities and found the goal with Livai Garcia. Tzanetopoulos couldn’t clear the ball after a Mandalos corner and the 24-year-old midfielder struck Saranov with a powerful shot through the penalty area.

Lamia had the opportunity to equalize in the second half, while AEK was also threatening on the counterattack. In one of them he scored a goal with Amrabat in the 83rd minute.

After a mistake by Beharano, the Moroccan grabbed the ball and went on the counterattack, sharing the right moment with Gevtic, who cleared the shot with Saranov. In the development of the phase, the ball was passed to Amrabat, who made for a cool play, with the ball landing in the net.

AEK is superior in the first part

In the first part, Lamia came into play and had the first final in the second minute with Christopher Nunez. Mitoglou was unable to clear the ball and Lamia midfielder attempted the shot from the semicircle of the penalty area, with Tsintotas removing it.

AEK’s first threat came in the 12th minute. Abrabat made a flat ball into Saranov’s penalty area, the ball went through everyone and reached Livai Garcia, who made the shot, but the ball landed outside Saranov’s net.

The Union scored in the 16th minute, but Ansarifard’s goal did not count (correctly). Argyris Giannikis’s players developed wonderfully from the left, Mohamadi swiveling towards the small box and Tzanetopoulos kicking the ball away to find Mandalos’s hand. It was passed on to Ansarifard, who defeated Saranov, however the gate was annulled for the hand of the leader by AEK.

AEK balanced after the 10th minute, with both teams achieving minimal good phases in both homes. However, after Livai’s goal, the Union was close to a goal on two other occasions.

In the 34th minute, Saranov stopped Simanski’s shot from his closed corner, while Amrabat attempted a shot from outside the area two minutes later, with the ball landing just outside the box. The last good moment in the first half was from Lamia.

Tzandaris made the game after a corner from the right, but the ball found the back of Eleftheriadis and cleared the defense of AEK.

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The pace is slower in the second part

As in the first half, Lamia was the first to threaten in the second. After a foul from the left, Tzandaris saw the ball equalizer and made the shot, with the ball going slightly out of bounds. AEK threatened for the first time with a shot from Mandalos in 53 ‘, with the ball going a bit out of bounds.

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In the 59th minute it was Simanski’s turn to threaten, but his shot from the edge of the box missed a little. In the 63rd minute, Amrabat stepped into the penalty area and took the shot, Saranov closed his field of vision and removed it into a corner. The Moroccan preferred not to share with Mandalos who was waiting in front of an empty house.

67 ‘Lamia lost a huge chance with Arabouli. Eleftheriadis made the shot, Mitoglou found the ball and Arabouli took the chance. The Georgian striker made the shot from the side position, the ball went a little out of bounds. The Georgian striker may have been exposed, however. Lamia lost a double chance in the 76th minute, but Romanic and Tyrone’s efforts failed.

After that opportunity and the changes made by Giannikis, AEK managed to shield the back and become threatening in Saranov’s house. After the goal by Amrabat, Hadjisafi made it 3-0, but the Iranian defender missed after an exemplary counterattack by the players from an advantageous position

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