AEK – Mars: Brinioli’s tragic mistake that brought VAR and voices to the OPAP Arena

The “fight” with him in the first game for the Greek Cup “16” phase and the showdown took… fire after an Alberto Brinioli mistake. In the 33rd minute of the match and with the score in 0–0, Alberto Brinioli made a bad exit, away from the AEK area, to cut a counterattack of Mars, but found the ball badly and then hit Suleimanov with the caps on his face. Sidiropoulos showed him the yellow card and VAR invited him to see the phase again, but the international referee did not change his decision, which brought strong protests from the “kitrinos” side of Thessaloniki. It is worth noting that Brinioli debuted in the season with AEK against Mars.