Cup-GP-MD4: Aris - PAOK (03.12.25, 21:30 EET)

[Dutch Eagle]

Free kick Despodov on the crossbar. 

[pash]

Sounds like Baba might be giving away a PK

[Dutch Eagle]

Baba making a foul. Penalty, but I think it is outside the box.

[Dutch Eagle]

VAR proves me right.

[Dutch Eagle]

Taison btw subbed in just before this VAR-moment for Bianco.

[Dutch Eagle]

Yellow Zivkovic for diving.

[Dutch Eagle]

Giakoumakis and Chatsidis subbed in for Mythou and Despodov. 

[Dutch Eagle]

Yellow for Chatsidis kicking too high.

[Dutch Eagle]

Last subs: Kenny and Ivanusec in for Sastre and Zivkovic. 

[Dutch Eagle]

Yellow Baba.

[PaokCT]

Who was that blondie!?

[Dutch Eagle]

GGGGGOOOOOOAAAALLLLL Giakoumakis. 1-1

[Dutch Eagle]

What a goal.

[Dutch Eagle]

And FT. 1-1. Bad performance. But they did not win at least.

[Blackhawk]

What a joke of a game the last 15 minutes of the game was. Constant time wasting by Aris. Serves them right to be punished at the end with the Giakoumakis beauty. 

 

[pash]

Wild that we are not out of the running with a measly four points from three games.

[Blackhawk]

STANDINGS

1.	Levadeiakos	4	4	0	0	10	:	3	12
2.	AEK Athens	4	4	0	0	6	:	1	12
3.	Aris Thessaloniki	4	3	1	0	6	:	2	10
4.	Olympiakos Piraeus	3	3	0	0	12	:	3	9
5.	OFI FC	4	3	0	1	7	:	3	9
6.	Panathinaikos Athens	3	3	0	0	4	:	1	9
7.	NFC Volos	4	2	1	1	10	:	7	7
8.	Atromitos Athens	4	2	1	1	7	:	5	7
9.	Kifisia FC	4	1	2	1	4	:	4	5
10.	Asteras Tripolis	4	1	1	2	7	:	4	4
11.	Panaitolikos Agrinio	4	1	1	2	5	:	4	4
12.	PAOK Thessaloniki	3	1	1	1	6	:	6	4
13.	POT Iraklis	3	1	1	1	2	:	3	4
14.	Athens Kallithea	4	1	0	3	3	:	5	3
15.	Ellas Syrrou	4	1	0	3	8	:	13	3
16.	Marko	3	0	1	2	3	:	6	1
17.	AE Larisa	4	0	1	3	4	:	9	1
18.	Kavala	3	0	1	2	2	:	8	1
19.	Ilioupolis	4	0	0	4	1	:	10	0
20.	Aigaleo 1931	4	0	0	4	1	:	13	0

 

[Blackhawk]

I have updated the above standings to include the PO Triglia - Panaitolikos game, which ended in a 0:0 tie. As a result we dropped to 12th place and we still did not lock in qualification to next stage. If we lose to Marko and PO Triglia beats or ties Olympiakos we will be left out of the top 12 that qualify to next stage. It's an extreme scenario, but it is possible. 

In our last game against Marko we will decide our playoff fate. If we beat them by 4 goal difference we will finish 7th, If we win by 3 goal difference we will end up in 8th place.  Otherwise we will end up in the 9-12 place. Hopefully Marko will show up with their 'B' team and we can run up the goal difference. That's why it was important to keep scoring against Larisa so we could have a better goal difference. Instead we let them score on us.

Remaining games to be played on December 17 are:

Kavala - Panathinaikos
Olympiakos - PO Triglia
PAOK - Marko FC

Here is the breakdown on the future match ups in the competition:

QUARTEFINAL (single game)

Game 1: 1st place Team vs winner of 8th - 9th match
Game 2: 2st place Team vs winner of 7th - 10th match
Game 3: 3st place Team vs winner of 6th - 11th match 
Game 4: 4st place Team vs winner of 5th - 12th match

SEMIFINAL (home/away):

Game 1 winner vs Game 4 winner
Game 2 winner vs Game 3 winner