Asteras Tripoli pulled off a huge shock against Aris for the 16th matchday of Super League 1 and secured a huge 3-2 victory in the first match of 2024 for the Greek league.
Despite losing 2-0 from the first quarter of the match, Asteras Tripoli found three goals and turned the game against Aris, getting the important “three points” for the “battle” of the top 6 places of Super League 1. “Yellow”, for their part, lost the opportunity to get closer to the top 4 places in the league, and now “Arcades” is at -1 in the ranking.
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Aris entered the tournament very strongly and surprised Asteras Tripoli. In the 7th minute of the match, Zamora was brought down by Hukumi, the referee immediately pointed to the penalty spot, Moran scored it 1-0 for the “yellow” team.
Arcades continued to attack to equalise, but Aries “knocked” into the empty spaces and found his second goal in the 14'. The first goalscorer turned from the right and Sulaimanov sent the ball into the net with a superb shot to make it 2-0.
A second goal from the visitors “froze” Asteras Tripoli and Miridelos headed out the only good moment for a goal in the next period. Aries controlled the tempo and had important chances with Zamora and Pardo for the third goal, but it didn't come.
That's how Arcades responded at the end of the first half, and after Crespi's pointless pass… squandered an unthinkable chance, they managed to score a goal in a set piece. Kaltsas won a penalty in the 45th minute and Miridelo converted to make it 2-1 at half-time.
The goal changed the psychology of the game and Asteras Tripoli entered the second half with a head start, “pushing” for the second goal. He found it in his first good moment when Miridelos scored with a header in the 50th minute. The goal was initially ruled out for offside, but VAR overturned the decision and made the match 2-2.
Just as in the 61', the home team managed to achieve a complete reversal, Odubatso made an unthinkable mistake in the Oris defence, Dzouklis stole the ball and assisted Munafos into an empty net. match
Aris then struggled to find chances to equalise, and in the 82nd minute Soracek made a fine triple and shot, sending the ball flying off Papadopoulos' crossbar. The score didn't change until the end of the game, and Asteras Tripoli celebrated a great victory in the first game of 2024.
Hymns in Asteras Tripoli – Aris
Asteras Tripoli (Rastavats): Papadopoulos, Carmona, Kastanio, Djukanovic, Houhoumis, Munafo (91' Valiente), Kass (75' Alagbe), Kaltsas, Zouglis (75' Sito), Crespi (91' Christopoulos), Miritelos (84' Mantzis).
Ares (Mangios): Cuesta, Odupasso, Fabiano, Brampets, Montoya (83' Ferrari), Jean-Gilles Mboto (67' Saverio), Pardo (83' Rupp), Suleimanov, Zamora (53' Dzoracek), Panakitis (46' Menendez), Moron
