They left open accounts ahead of the rematch at “Kleanthis Vikelidis”
With Martial scoring his first goal, the AEKfor which Brignoli made his debut, beat him 1-0 Mars in the first match for his “16” phase Greek Cup and will go into the rematch with the lead.
The hosts were the ones who took possession of the ball early on, but the guests had closed all the spaces. Thus, the first 20 minutes passed without any phase except for Martial’s misdirected header in the 10th minute, for the first opportunity for the “yellow and black” to come in the 25th minute, with Rota failing to send the ball with a double effort in the net, after Eliasson’s cross and Piero’s header.
A few minutes later, in the 32nd minute, the Thessalonikians called for Brinioli to be sent off but Sidiropoulos was shown a yellow card in a phase in which he found Suleimanov with his foot in the head outside the area, with the tempo of the game dropping thereafter.
Towards the end of the first half, however, Matias Almeida’s team pressed for a goal before going to the dressing room and finally got it. And he succeeded with Martial, who at 45’+1′, after Pineda’s cross, controlled and beat Cuesta from close range for 1-0.
At the start of the second half, specifically in the 47th minute, AEK made it 2-0 but Ljubisic, although calm, missed with a close header after Eliasson’s cross, while two minutes later Pineda tried to score with a shot but the ball he went out The hosts, in general, were the ones who had the upper hand and controlled the situation, with Akis Manzios starting the changes in order to improve the performance of Aris.
The Thessalonikians appeared for the first time in the 64′ with Quaisson but Brignoli parried and then Diadi missed with a shot, with Manzio throwing into the match and Moron looking for the solution. The team that came closest to scoring, however, was the Union with Fernandes’ cross on the post in the 77th minute, in the last major phase of the game.
The double-headed eagle thus took the lead in qualification, but Aris is alive in view of the rematch at “Kleanthis Vikelidis”.
AEK (Matias Almeida): Brignoli, Rota, Mitoglou, Cullens, Pelios, Jonsson, Pineda (65′ Galanopoulos), Eliasson (71′ Fernandes), Ljubisic (70′ Lamela), Martial (71′ Zuber), Piero (65′ Gacinovic).
Aris (Akis Manzios): Cuesta, Montoya (76′ Mayo), Fabiano, Brambetz, Friedek, Darinda, Monchu, Garcia (62′ Fetfatzidis), Suleimanov (76′ Moron), Sisto (62′ Diadi), Zamora (62′ Quaison).
