Ares suffered a 4-2 defeat against Olympiakos Piraeus at the “Alphamega” stadium.
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The red and whites dominated the first half (3-0) in which they scored three goals in seven minutes, with the Limassol team reducing in the second half to 3-2, conceding the fourth goal in the final. It is noteworthy that the “light brigade” had more final attempts, with 11 against 8 of Piraeus.
The goals for the winners of the Conference League in the first half were scored in the 16th minute by Abi with a close-range shot at the second post after from a free kick from a lateral position, in the 21st Velde with a shot from the heart of the area after a nice action and turn by Doi, and in the 23rd Biel scoring into the empty net after a mistake by Iago and a misunderstanding with Sofroniou.< /p>
For the Limassol team, Bengchson initially reduced the lead in the 78th minute with a close-range shot after Semedo's turn, while Savo brought the difference to one goal in the 84th minute, spotting Anagnostopoulos. Bakulas with an excellent shot in the 89th minute formed the final score.
ARIS: Sofroniou, Iago, Musuda, Urosevic, Correa, Struski, Nikolic, Modnor, Mayabella, Kokorin, Kvilitaia .
In the 60', ten changes were made. Vana, Sane, Lukubar, Boaki, Sarfo, Maticic, Bengsson, Savo, Gomis, Semedo entered. Only Iago remained in the eleven.
OLYMPIC: Paschalakis (46' Anagnostopoulos), Rodiney, Biancon (71' Koutsidis), Abi (90' Kostinia), Ortega, Doi ( 63' Stamenic), Mouzakitis, Papakanellos (71' Masouras), Velde (63' Bakulas), Biel, Jaremchuk (71' El Kaabi)
SCORING: 78' Bengchson, 84' Savo / 16' Abi, 21' Velde, 23' Biel, 89' Bakulas
YELLOWS: 18' Nikolic /< /b>57' Yaremchuk
REFEREE: Kyriakos Athanassiou