PAOK – AEK 1-1: Odubajo “restored” the Union in the extension and gave it qualification to the Cup semifinals

He was better at Toumba’s derby, or saw Brinioli perform major surgeries, but Zivkovic scored at 90+1’ and sent the quarter-final Cup to the extension (1–0). However, the qualification was not judged in the penalty, since Odubajo made the final 1-1 at 107’, giving the ticket to the “yellow blacks”, after having prevailed 1–0 in the OPAP Arena. With the start of the game, PAOK and AEK tried to impose a fast pace on their game, but made several mistakes in the release of the ball. The first fifteen minutes rolled without any significant phase. The first “threat” came in 17’. From a long shot by Kamara, Zivkovic left in the fight, made the turn from the right, Tyson caught the shot from the height of the large area, but Mukudi was in the right spot and drove away. CORVERSE AEK balanced the game and tried to make good counterattacks. PAOK wanted to stop it with fouling, with some of them being tough. At 31’, however, the “head of the North” asked for a second yellow card, for Marcial to Zivkovic, with the referee not giving it. A minute later, Brinolly pulled Tyson’s frame through the big area. AEK had enough difficulty pulling the ball out of its defense, having a problem with medium defenses. Tyson, Constantelia and Zivkovic had quick choices, but in the… finale they didn’t reach goals. Like this, the match rolled to rest. AEK tried to own the ball in the replay and reach the opposing frames. The mistakes were not missed by the “yellow blacks”, with PAOK looking for a good counterattack. The match continued to have this bad passing game from both teams. Pineda, Pereira, Tyson and Constantelias seemed to be the only ones who knew what they were looking for in the field. The first change in the game came from PAOK, with Samata passing in place of Chalov (64’). CORVERSE PAOK took several individual efforts from their players (Zivkovic and Constantelia) while AEK tried to attack rationally, but without success. The top phase of the match for the hosts was lost at 70’ After side-out, Tyson took the ball from Samata, caught the frame with the right – just outside the small area and left position – and saw Brinioli drive away with one hand. Four minutes later, the Union saw Pineda’s shot from the line of the large home area, shaking Kotarski’s horizontal beam. The AEK entered the “dance” of changes, putting in the Fernandes and Pierrot match (in the positions of Lamela and Levi Garcia) while PAOK pitched Despodov in Tyson’s place, who gained fatigue. In 79′ we had Gachinovic’s entrance, in Pereira’s place. Tomatos got into his final line like this. In 82’ PAOK had a new important moment. After performing a corner, Kejiora took the first header, Shastra tried to sell up close, Brinioli—but he didn’t do it as he wanted—and Brinioli blocked. The last two home changes (84’) followed and the conversion of their system to 4-4-2 (Chudali in place of Constantine and Schwab in place of Ozdoev). Three minutes before the end of the 90 minute, Pierrot was found opposite Kotarski, but he rolled out (a phase that might have been checked for offside, in case of a goal). Koitas and Mandalos were the last movements of Matias Almeida (outside Pineda and Marcial). The game reached 90+1′ with PAOK finding a goal of “relief” and extension! After a centra of Kenjiora, Kamara and Despodov could not “execute”. The ball reached Zivkovic and he made me through the area sent it to the nets for 1-0. Upon the start of the half-hour extension, Almeida put Odubajo in the match in Rota’s place. PAOK however had the momentum and in 93’ he approached the goal. Camara took the ball and moved nicely, Brinoli found the ball minimally and conceded corner. But then the hosts accepted a strong race strike, after Zivkovic was in the field and was unable to continue. Soretière passed in his place. The match had a bad picture then and reached the rest of the extension. Before the replay began, Vieirania entered the match. At 107’ AEK managed to score a “great” goal. Fernandes entered from the right, the ball reached Odubajo—perhaps also from the persecution of Soretière—who caught a dry shot from the boundaries of the area and defeated Kotarski. PAOK “forgot” the defense and went out ahead to reach a goal that would send the game to the penalty. In 109′, Vieirania moved, took a strong shot, but Jonson put a lifesaving fight! The “doublehead of the North” gave everything but the AEK did not “bleach” and reached qualification. The couples of the semi-final Star of Tripoli – OFI Panathinaikos vs Olympiacos – AEK