OFI booked their ticket to the quarter-finals of the Betsan Hellenic Cup with a 4-2 aggregate scoreline, edging out Kifisia 1-1 in Kaisariani. Constantakopoulos worried the Cretans, but Philip equalized. OFI in “8”, with Panetoliko.
The match between Kifisia and OFI ended in a 1–1 draw, with the Cretans qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Betsan Greek Cup 4–2 on aggregate.
After a poor first half, Kifisia managed to score with Constantakopoulos in the 60th minute. He then put the pressure on Gretchens to level the aggregate score, but Mel's men sealed the “ticket” with Felipe's well-timed penalty shot at 90+3'.
OFI will face Panaitolikos in the quarter-finals, who earlier eliminated Athens Kallithea from the competition.
Competition
Chances were few in the first half. OFI had more of the ball in the first half of the 45th minute, while Kifisia on the other hand tried to pick up the pace, creating only few conditions for chances.
The first final was scored in the 23rd minute, when Pakic fired a long-range effort wide without finding the target. 28' and 30' Cretans threatened again with Rira and Tico. In the 35th minute, Kifisia tried to become dangerous, Dete Through the area he was in possession of, he fed the free Andregon, however he lost control.
In the 43', OFI had another good moment, but Bukitz's shot from a difficult angle inside the “box” went over Nikopolides' horizontal bar.
Both teams started the second half with changes, with Baku and Teixeira making their debuts for OFI and Kifisia respectively. The Northern Suburbs team came out strong and had two chances with Anderegen in the 54' and 56'.
Kifisia took the lead in the 60th minute. Spokos made a nice pass to Tettey, who kept the ball in the area and passed it to Constantakopoulos, who converted and scored. Thus, the home team once again entered the qualification “trick”.
Kifisia piled the pressure on OFI and they had another good chance to equalize on aggregate in the 71st minute when Mazoura found Constantakopoulos in the area but he was late and eventually missed. A few minutes later, Anderegen stepped up to conditions in the area, there was no time to shoot and the Cretan defense was dislodged.
OFI played with “fire” but managed to “lock” the qualification. 90+2' Barres brings Baku down in the area and the referee shows the white arrow. Felipe scored and Gretchen made it 1-1, which was the final score.
- Kifisia: Nikopolidis, Parras, Sbokos, Vafeas, Spinos, Soloa (71' Ipalibo), Antounes, Konstantakopoulos, Iliev (62' Masouras), Tetei (63' Bifuma), Anderegen
- OFI: Bowman, Larsson, Vouros, Basilides (68' Lambropoulos), Abada, Kagekos, Glazer, Begiks (68' Nira), Reira (46' Baku), Mosquera (81' Mayato), Digo (68' Filip).
16th round results
The first games
Tuesday, December 5
- Asteras – panseraikos 0-2 (38' Thomas, 56' Sofianos)
- Panaitolikos – Athens Kallithea 3-2 (62' Mavrias, 88' Torrejon, 90+1' Karelis / 21' Mastagopoulos, 50' Mathias)
Wednesday, December 6
- OFI – Kifisia 3-1 (7', 25' Toral, 76' Felipe / 10' Anderegen)
- AEL – Atromitos 1-1 (80' Ogboe / 90+4' Jubitana)
Thursday, December 7
- Levadeakos – Niki 1-1 (40' Roma/16' Citizen)
- PAOK – Volos 1-0 (45+2' Schwab)
Wednesday, January 10
- AEK – Ariz 0-0
- Panathinaikos – Olympiakos 1-1 (65' Ioannidis – 45' Alexandropoulos)
Second matches
Wednesday, January 10
- Panserraikos – Asteras Tripoli 1-1 (55' Alexix – 16' Montsis)
- Volos – PAOK 0-2 (17' Constantelias, 73' Schwab)
Tuesday, January 16
- Atromitos – AEL 4-0 (39' Trimmatis, 50' Antzilski, 84' Tzagmakis, Verkos 90+3')
Wednesday 17th January
- Athens Kallithea – Panaitolikos 2-2 (36' Loukinas, 90+1' Torres / 7' Duarte, 12' Añor)
- Kifisia – OFI 1-1 (60' Constantakopoulos / 90+3' Felipe)
- 19:00 Aris – AEK
- 21:00 Olympiakos – Panathinaikos
Thursday, January 18
- 19:00 Niki Volos – Levadeakos
Pairs and quarter-final table
- AEK or Aris – Levadeiakos or Niki
- OFI – Panaitolikos
- Panathinaikos or Olympiacos – Atromitos
- Panserraikos – PAOK
The first games
Wednesday 17th January
Panserraikos – PAOK 0-4 (9' Nasberg, 23' Sastre, 69' Antonio, 78' Zivkovic)
Pairs of semi-finals
- 1. Panserraikos / PAOK – Panathinaikos or Olympiacos / Atromitos
- 2. OFI / Panaitolikos – AEK or Aris / Levadeiakos or Niki
