Panathinaikos was a football tragedy in the match of the year! | Blog – Nikos Athanasiou

Nikos Athanasiou writes about Panathinaikos who never played in New Philadelphia against AEK, the coach and players who were below par throughout the match, the refereeing decision that could change the image of the match and Trifyllios’ obligation until the season finale.

Given first: THE AEK she was superior throughout the game. From start to finish. Fully prepared mentally, much better prepared tactically, knowing what she wants and how she will get it on the pitch.

With footballers who took the most 1vs1 duels in all lengths and widths of the pitch, with good team functions in all four phases of the game, with more energy, more intensity, a team that stepped on the grass to take the derby and that’s it. .. embrace the championship.

On a football level, the dominance of the Union was total, in a game where they scored three goals, created four or five more classic opportunities and Panathinaikos did not create a single final good value on the xGoals scale. Not even once.

Given second: THE Panathinaikoss he never came down to play the match of the year. He was missing. In yet another play off game, he started with a goal against himself from… the locker room. We had emphasized the need for this “clover” to improve, but he failed.

In the 6th minute Ponce executes with his head and misses from the small area, in the 7th minute Eliasson opens the scoring. AEK bet on the aura of Opap Arena and was justified. The first goal is an identity goal. Press, steal, direct pass, 4vs4, goal. At the point where he began to balance, without threatening, but at least he had the ball at his feet, Panathinaikos sees Akaidin wearing his uniform… Mukudi in Leoforos to make it 2-0.

Third Party Data: The image of the Panathinaikos footballers was heartbreaking. For a match that decides a title, they did not show for a moment the flame, the passion, the madness, the self-sacrifice, the toughness that their opponents had. Nor, of course, are concentration levels.

These games are judged above all by mental readiness, preparation, how you bring out your mental gifts on the playing field. You’re looking to find a standout and you can’t. This makes it easier to perceive the mess of the “greens” tonight. Come on Arao, come on Kotsiras in the first part, come on Ioannidis’ mood and end of story.

Given quarter: Panathinaikos presented its worst competitive image in the most crucial match of the season, lost hands down and obviously apart from the players, Fatih Terim is also responsible. He did not correct the imbalance in the midfield in the first half with the extra player from AEK, he has Mancini and Aitor on the roster and chose Limnios as the main player in this game, who until Lamia had played 11 minutes in the play offs.

He was not able to present a team mentally and tactically ready in the second half with the changes (3-5-2, no winger in the lineup), in fact he removed any hope of his team’s return to the match. He removed players from the wings, AEK is omnipotent on the wings, he targeted Pineda’s 1vs1 with Akaidin and with so many spaces it was only a matter of time before the 3-0 would come. Again, well done to Panathinaikos who did not suffer any major damage in the final. The overall picture became even worse and the second part turned out to be procedural in nature.

Given fifth: The derby might have had a different image if o VAR he was giving Araucho’s perfectly clear penalty on Kotsiras in the 27th minute, with the score at 1-0. Obviously when the performance of the team points to a football tragedy, this phase cannot be an excuse. On the other hand, however, it cannot be ignored. Castro made a big mistake.

Data Six: We all understand that Panathinaikos would be completely different with him Bernard on the left instead of Limnios. He missed him a lot, the “clover” is a different team without the Brazilian. And creatively you get a lot of things but also the opponent fears you more, calculates you more from there. With the burden he had all the time before, maybe he should never have started in Lamia…

Given Seventh: The championship was removed, AEK is the absolute favorite and will only lose it if… it kills itself. On the other hand, Panathinaikos owes itself to make 3/3 until the end, as long as it has mathematical hopes to chase them. For example, on Sunday, they host Aris and AEK go to Toumba, to the wounded PAOK. If he does the obvious “clover” in the Avenue and Union doesn’t win, he can get closer to either -2 or -1.

Of course he also lost the tie tonight but he will remain “alive” until the end if he does his duty. It’s very hard but hope dies last…