Apollon did a good job against the Union, which they easily won 5-0 to reach their third victory in three games in the league. When Caragiol opened the scoring in the 27th minute, it all ended with Bru (2), Pereira, Papoulis putting the rest. The Union lined up with many absences, defended exclusively and fatally succumbed to a clearly superior opponent.
When Caragiol opened the scoring in the 27th minute, it all ended with Bru (2), Pereira, Papoulis putting the rest.
First half
From the very first minute, when Stylianou forced Kleiman in his first repulse, anyone who watched the match in "Tsirio" understood that he would be one-sided. The hosts were constantly on the attack, at times they had 10 players in the half of the field that the Union was defending, and they were pushing for the goal. The 92-8% possession statistic that came out in the tenth minute said it all. But when the not so good endings and when Kleiman kept Apollo without a goal.
In such cases at some point the opponent will take his chance and this was done for the Union with Frango in the 20th minute when he shot, the ball countered and Vale repulsed. What Apollon needed was a goal to dispel any anxiety and that is why Caraiol took care of it in the 27th minute with a fireball that left no room for Kleiman this time to save. The ball left Moutza's foot at a speed of 81km per hour. That's it. The psychology of the experimental team of the Union fell, the legs of the players of August were untied and the match cleared. In the 31st minute, after Saketti stole, came a nice team action for the second goal scored by Pereira. The Argentine has three participations with goals in all of them in the championship. In the 41st minute, on paper only, a stopper in the match, Bru, also scored his goal from a second ball that he collected and a nice place.
Second half
August slowly started thinking about Marseille and rested Markovic, Saketi but early on he saw his team score a fourth goal. From a foul by Bru in the 49th minute, the goal came that simply ended every discussion in the match for the winner. The pace dropped significantly on the part of Apollo, the Union was not in the mood to open and so the game faded somewhere. Opportunities, especially with Skembri, the "blue and whites" were creating, of course, and they were looking for the fifth goal. Something that finally happened in 79 'with the assist of Maglitsa and the place of Papoulis.
They stood out: First goals for Bru and Caragiol that are worth noting, although you can put many in such a match. Maglitsa provided two assists, e.g.
They were behind: The Union can not be judged. If there is one thing you can say negative about Apollon, it is that Maglitsa and Skembri with the phases that had a goal, you expected to score it.
Coaching: August wanted to clean early and he managed to rest and people. Pau απλά simply did what he could with such a composition. Obviously he could not do much.
Arbitration: Theoulis had the most relaxing day job that would happen. Unnoticed.
Goal: Caragiole, Pereira, Bru 2, Papoulis
Yellow: Stylianou / Kosmas, Koumi
Apollo (August): Vale, Suma, Stylianou, Roberts, Bru, Saketi (46 'Dylan), Markovic (46' Skembri), Papoulis, Caragiol, Pereira (63 'Psychas), Maglitsa
Union (Paus): Kleiman, Koumis, Kolokoudias G., Zarate (66 'Eleftheriou), Pavlou (87' Xiouros), Kosmas, Udozi, Oliva, Mertakkas, Nikolaou, Frangos (78 'Kolokoudias Th.)
Source: KATHIMERINI
