Panathinaikos played exceptionally well in the second 45 minutes, scoring three of the game’s four goals and beating OFI 4-0, with Fotis Ioannidis scoring two goals, one in each half, while Aitor and Palasios scored one goal each.

The Klee claimed the informal title of winter champions for the 2023-24 season after their victory and the three points, regardless of what AEK and PAOK do on Monday.

In addition to the four goals, the Greens had other opportunities to score more goals with Vilena and Djuricic, while OFI, who went to the avenue to play football, had their phases but without results.

It was Ioannidis who gave Panathinaikos the lead with a penalty, which he won and which he himself went for.

The 2-0 came after an exemplary counterattack by the Greens and goalscorer Aitor, who returned to the gates and the avenue.

After another assist from Ioannidis, it was Palasios who made it 3-0 for the trio with a diagonal shot from the penalty area.

The final 4-0 came after another single shot from the Greek striker, who hit the goal with a four-pointer for the second time in the game.

With four changes to Panathinaikos’ lineup

Ivan Jovanovic brought Panathinaikos with four changes from the lineup he fielded against Villarreal on Thursday night. Lodingin, Vilena, Djuricic and Ioannidis were in the starting eleven, Brignoli, Cerin, Bernard and Sporar remained on the bench.

Specifically, Lodgin was under the goal while Vagiannidis played on the right wing and Mladenovic on the left wing, while Schenkefeld and Arao were the stopper duo for the second time in a row due to Jedvai’s absence.

Perez was the “six” that Vilena had next to him and in the trio in front of him Aitor played on the left, Palasios on the right and Djuricic in the middle behind Ioannidis.

OFI threatened first, Clover took the lead

OFI was the first to threaten Lodingin’s goal when Diko received the ball in the penalty area in the 2nd minute, fired the shot and with impressive energy deflected Lodingin for a corner.

Four minutes later, Panathinaikos also scored their first goal when Djuricic took the shot and Bowman blocked the ball.

The Shamrocks threatened again in the 16th minute when Vilena took a free kick at the far post, Arao caught the header and sent it into the side netting.

Panathinaikos tried to take the lead, but without any clear finishes, while OFI continued to press hard and played quite openly on the avenue.

In the 31st minute, Ioannidis received the ball in the penalty area and was knocked down by Pasalidis. Tzilos missed the penalty and the Panathinaikos Greek striker shot the ball into the white goal in the 34th minute. He converted the final penalty down the middle to beat Bowman 1-0.

The next good moment of the first half came after Aitor’s free kick from outside the penalty area that sent the ball flying over Bowman’s goal.

Fun in the second part

The two teams went into the second half unchanged, with OFI once again threatening first with Felipe in the 55th minute, but once again Lodingin had no problem blocking the ball. While Felipe scored another header three minutes later from a free kick from the right, Lodingin triggered a corner.

With the visitors behind, OFI increased their performance even further, with Panathinaikos taking advantage of every phase and scoring three beautiful goals with a beautiful ball.

First in the 61st minute, Palacios became the ball receiver in a beautiful counterattack, after Senkefeld’s beautiful rise from the right and the Dutchman’s diagonal pass, the Argentine opened up to Aitor on the left and he overcame Vouro with a wonderful dribble and shot with his right for the second :0 on the greens.

Eight minutes later, in the 69th minute, the Greens stole the ball just outside their penalty area, Mancini gave a wonderful pass to Ioannidis who brought it to the ground, kept it in his possession and passed it to Palasios next to him, who entered the penalty area entered, made the cross shot and increased the score to 3-0.

The Greens did not let up, on the contrary, they continued to look for other goals. In a double phase in the 74th minute, Vilena first managed the shot, Bowman blocked it, the ball landed at Palasios, who shot over the body again.

In the next attack, Panathinaikos came from the right and Palasios turned to Ioannidis, who took a 4-0 lead, but Bauman blocked the Greek striker’s space.

The icing on the cake is once again Ioannidis

In the delays of the game, Ioannidis struck again. When executing Lodingin’s volley, the Greek striker put his opponent on his back, came out four on four, placed Bowman, with the ball hitting the left vertical post, but returned to the international striker, who this time had no chance in the empty net struggled to make it 4-0 that ended the Avenue game.

Panathinaikos were crowned winter champions for the second year in a row, with the world demanding the title from the Greens at the end of the year.

PANATHINAIKOS: Lodingin, Vagiannidis, Senkefeld, Arao, Mladenovic, Perez (78′ Zeka), Vilena, Djouritsis (64′ Bernard), Palasios (78′ Verbic), Ioannidis, Aitor (64′ Mancini).

OFI: Bowman, Thorarison, Pasalidis (40′ Karo), Vouros, Abada, Marinakis (65′ Larson), Glaser, Meyado (78′ Neira), Gagegos (65′ Toral), Diko (66′ Riera), Luis Felipe.