AEK defeated PAOK by a narrow 1:0 as hosts in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Greek Cup tournament, FOCUS reported.
The match between the two last champions of our southern neighbor was full of interesting situations.
Former Manchester United player Anthony Martial missed a penalty for the hosts in the 22nd minute, and shortly after, Ehsaifi's goal was canceled by VAR. Another former star of big European teams such as Tottenham, Roma and Sevilla - Erik Lamela brought the victory to AEK. The Argentine scored in the 53rd minute. In the 72nd minute, the guests from Thessaloniki equalized through Mbwana Zapata, but the goal was canceled by VAR due to offside.
Only 3 minutes later, the captain of the Bulgarian national team Kiril Despodov entered the game. He replaced the Serbian Andrija Zivkovic.
In added time, the Croatian star of PAOK Dejan Lovren received a red card and left his team with a man less.
The second leg is at the "Toumba" stadium in Thessaloniki on January 9th.