Kifissia 4-2 PAS Ioannina: Breathe with four players in an entertaining game in Nielsen’s debut

Matcha took place in Kaisariani as Kifissia won 4-2 against PAS Ioannina on Matchday 14 of the Stoiximan Super League. The home team took a deep breath as they celebrated their second win in the league and first since September 1, when David Nielsen made his debut on the team’s bench. On the other hand, the Epirotes continued their negative streak and have not been able to win since the first game.

Five goals were scored in the first half, with Ozegovic opening the scoring in the 6th minute, Rosero equalizing in the 10th minute and Mateus Santos giving the hosts the lead again in the 11th minute. Pantelakis equalized in the 23rd minute, but Kifisia took the lead again in the 35th minute through Landr. The victory was “secured” by Ozegovic in the 90+2 minute.

In the Stoiximan Super League standings, Kifisia climbed to 12th place with 11 points, while PAS Ioannina is in last place with eight points.

The match

The game started with a crazy pace and Kifissia scored the first goal in the 6th minute. O Mateus Santos stole in, took an excellent ball from the right and Ozegovic headed it to 1-0. However, their lead didn’t last long as the Epirotes equalized in the 10th minute. Pamlidis sent a vertical ball to Rossero, who stepped into the box, evaded Masoura’s marker and sent the ball into the net to make it 1-1.

In the 11th minute, Kifisia took the lead again. Konstantakopoulos made a vertical pass Mateus Santos, who bit the ball before entering the penalty area, delivered the ball and made it 2-1. PAS Ioannina kept the ball, tried to threaten and brought the game back to level in the 23rd minute. After a corner kick, Pantelakis took the header, the ball rose high and landed in Anagnostopoulos’ net.

The visitors missed the chance to take the lead in the 32nd minute as Leo failed to beat the home keeper, who was offside and took out Rosero. Three minutes later, Kifisia took the lead for the third time. Bifuma shot low to the front post, Lander stuck out his leg and sent it into the net to make it 3-2. In fact, he had a chance for the fourth goal in the 43rd minute when Vafeas shot one-on-one and Kleiman made a save in his corner.

The pace was slower in the second half as PAS Ioannina had the greater share of possession. Of course, Kifissia had the first big chance of the second half when Mateus Santos failed with a header at the back post in the 55th minute.

PAS threatened in the 65th minute when Conte intercepted a shot unmarked in the penalty area, but he didn’t find the ball as he would have liked and Anagnostopoulos blocked. Things got more difficult for PAS in the 78th minute when Gary received a second yellow card after putting pressure on Tettei.

After that the game picked up speed. PAS did not give up and tried to equalize, while Kifissia on their side looked for their moment in the penalty area to “secure” the three points. At the 90+2 minute mark, the home team scored their longed-for fourth goal.

Konstantakopoulos fed Ozegovich, o The Serb controlled the ball, landed in front of Kleiman, who couldn’t cut it, and the ball ended up in the net. Initially the goal was disallowed for offside, but after a VAR check it counted and the score was 4-2.

• KIFISIA: Anagnostopoulos, Mazouras, Landre, Vafeas, Parras (46′ Gobelic), Papasavvas, Ipalibo, Santos (66′ Tetei), Konstantakopoulos (90+4′ Iliev), Bifuma (66′ Anderegen), Ozegovic
• PAS: Kleiman, Soria, Pantelakis, Eramouspe, Tsoushis, Karachalios, Rienstra (46′ Garo), Rosero, Pamlidis, Gino, Leo (64′ Garo)