In a beautiful match, Panathinaikos were perhaps slightly on top in terms of chances, but Olympiacos could have clinched the victory, too, if they were more careful in their final attempts.
Senegalese forward Dame N’ Doye opened the scoring for the visitors on 15 minutes with a delicious strike from the edge of the area, only to see Olympiacos claw back in first half stoppage when defender Paraskevas Antzas took advantage of a scramble in Panathinaikos’ area to slot home from close range.
The equalizer produced an exciting second half, with the two sides pressing forward at both ends.
Serb forward Darko Kovacevic could have given the lead to the hosts seven minutes after the recess when he found himself unmarked inside Panathinaikos’ box. Despite shooting past custodian Arcadius Malartz, there was to be no celebration as left-back Lucas Vintra cleared off the goal-line.
Forward Dimitris Papadopoulos then missed a golden opportunity to hand Panathinaikos the three points on 67 minutes when he failed to beat Olympiacos’ keeper and eventual man-of-the-match Antonis Nikopolidis with a spot-kick. The penalty has been awarded for handball by Antzas.
Pananthinaikos continued to push forward, wasting a couple of other big chances to go ahead. The greatest one came from Austria captain Andreas Ivanschitz, who dribbled past two Olympiacos defenders before shooting. However, his sumptuous curling effort hit Nikopolidis’ left-hand post. 19-year-old Portuguese midfielder Simao took the rebound but even from close range found his shot too weak to trouble the goalie.
On 82 minutes another great chance to score a winner fell to Pana’s Dame N’Doye when he was fed behind the hosts’ backline. However, in a one on one with Nikopolidis he shot wide to the right, wasting the last real chance of the game.
This result means that AEK go top the table after 16 rounds with 36 points. Olympiacos are second with 35 and Panathinaikos third with 34.
Olympiacos play hosts to Panathinaikos again on Wednesday. This time, though, it's in the Greek Cup.
Senegalese forward Dame N’ Doye opened the scoring for the visitors on 15 minutes with a delicious strike from the edge of the area, only to see Olympiacos claw back in first half stoppage when defender Paraskevas Antzas took advantage of a scramble in Panathinaikos’ area to slot home from close range.
The equalizer produced an exciting second half, with the two sides pressing forward at both ends.
Serb forward Darko Kovacevic could have given the lead to the hosts seven minutes after the recess when he found himself unmarked inside Panathinaikos’ box. Despite shooting past custodian Arcadius Malartz, there was to be no celebration as left-back Lucas Vintra cleared off the goal-line.
Forward Dimitris Papadopoulos then missed a golden opportunity to hand Panathinaikos the three points on 67 minutes when he failed to beat Olympiacos’ keeper and eventual man-of-the-match Antonis Nikopolidis with a spot-kick. The penalty has been awarded for handball by Antzas.
Pananthinaikos continued to push forward, wasting a couple of other big chances to go ahead. The greatest one came from Austria captain Andreas Ivanschitz, who dribbled past two Olympiacos defenders before shooting. However, his sumptuous curling effort hit Nikopolidis’ left-hand post. 19-year-old Portuguese midfielder Simao took the rebound but even from close range found his shot too weak to trouble the goalie.
On 82 minutes another great chance to score a winner fell to Pana’s Dame N’Doye when he was fed behind the hosts’ backline. However, in a one on one with Nikopolidis he shot wide to the right, wasting the last real chance of the game.
This result means that AEK go top the table after 16 rounds with 36 points. Olympiacos are second with 35 and Panathinaikos third with 34.
Olympiacos play hosts to Panathinaikos again on Wednesday. This time, though, it's in the Greek Cup.
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