Apollon Smyrnis – OFI 0-3: Sweeping in Rizoupoli for three

OFI swept into Rizoupoli. The Cretans prevailed 3-0 against Apollon Smyrni for the postponed game of the 13th game of the Super League Interwetten. The protagonist was Lambrou, who scored two goals in 25 ‘and 27’, while Gagegos put the icing on the cake in 63 ‘. The red card for Jakimovski in 19 ‘is an important point.

Nikos Nioplias’ team is in the playoffs. OFI, together with PAS Giannina and Panathinaikos, took 4th place overall with 26 points. Apollos remains at the bottom of Atromitos with eight points at -1 and of course has less competition.

The home side were left with ten players, two goals from Lambrou

The game was even in the first few minutes, both teams were pushing at full speed. In the 5th minute, the Light Brigade found nets, which were however exposed at the beginning of the phase. In the 19th minute the scales tilted towards OFI. After a corner kick, Toral laid his body in front of the Apollon goalkeeper, Jakimovski held him and threw him to the ground and saw the red card, except for the penalty. Neira took over the execution, but the ball remained on the crossbar.

OFI was superior from this point on and quickly took the lead in the standings. Gagegos moved from the left to Lambrou, who scored 1-0 through the penalty area in the 25th minute. Two minutes later, the Cretans doubled their goals. Balogiannis could not defeat Verhulst through the penalty area, the ball went to Lambrou after the goal kick, who scored the 2-0 with a shot into the empty net.

In the first part, the Cretans had the upper hand. Tsilianidis made a shot in the 35th minute that was blocked by Verhulst, while Lambrou came close to the three-pack in the 35th minute with a shot that went past Verhulst’s goal. OFI was dangerous until the end of the first half, the score did not change in the first 45 minutes.

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Management and third goal of OFI

OFI continued to have the upper hand early in the second half, with Toral and Lambrou having the opportunity to score in 47 ‘and 48’. Apollon tried to show that in the game with a nice shot from Gianniotas through the penalty area in the 55th minute. However, the ball went out.

OFI was in possession of the ball, Apollon had a hard time getting really threatening as the Cretans sought their moments for a third goal. They found it purposefully in the 63rd minute. Gagegos committed a direct foul from a distance, Verhulst could not react and sent the ball into the net.

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Then the game was procedural. The two teams made several changes, with the Cretans managing their big lead. Apollon threatened a counterattack from Pamlidis, in which he won a corner, while he also had a good moment in the delays for the honorary goal. In the 71st minute, Lambrou made a shot that was blocked by Verhulst. The score did not change until the end of the game, Durmisai threatened in 85 ‘. The Cretans celebrated an important victory with the final whistle.

The statistics of the game

The important facts

The Super League Interwetten table