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PAOK<\/strong> won yet another cup final at the OAKA, <\/strong>this time against Olympiacos<\/strong> and celebrated the eighth cup success of the club’s history.<\/p>\n

The Double-headed Eagle<\/strong> went in front after 35 minutes through a penalty converted by Vieirinha<\/strong>, but Olympiacos<\/strong> made it 1-1 in the 50th minute through M’Vila. However, PAOK<\/strong> had the answer and Krmencik’s<\/strong> 90th-minute strike clinched the trophy.<\/p>\n

It was a game that had it all. A real battle of a match, one straight out of the dreams of football fans everywhere. There was intensity in abundance, passion, a quick tempo, intricate tactics, and a lot of emotions.<\/p>\n

The two teams came out onto the pitch in the mood to play their football and compensated handsomely those who decided to watch it.<\/p>\n

PAOK<\/strong> had goalkeeper Alexandros Paschalakis <\/strong>in excellent form, with the big shot-stopper saving brilliantly from Bruma in the 12th minute for the game’s first big chance. The Double-headed Eagle<\/strong> responded three minutes later with a shot by Amr Warda<\/strong> that was blocked by Jose Sa<\/strong>, and then Karol Swiderski<\/strong> sent a header onto the crossbar in the 26th minute as PAOK <\/strong>again went close.<\/p>\n

The big moment of the first half, however, came in the 34th minute. Stefan Schwab<\/strong> sought to latch onto a clever, lofted pass into the penalty area from Swiderski <\/strong>but he was obstructed by M’Vila<\/strong>. The Dutch<\/strong> referee Danny Makeli had no hesitation in pointing to the spot and it was up to The Leader<\/strong> to draw first blood.<\/p>\n

And just as he did in 2018<\/strong>, Adelino Vieirinha <\/strong>scored a goal from a set-piece, slotting his penalty into Sa’s<\/strong> bottom right corner to give PAOK<\/strong> a 1-0 lead at half-time.<\/p>\n

Olympiacos<\/strong> began the second half strongly in response to going behind, and the Red and Whites leveleled the match within just five minutes of the restart, with M’Vila<\/strong> making amends for his penalty-conceding foul by volleying home unmarked from Olympiacos’<\/strong> first corner of the game.<\/p>\n

Within five minutes both teams had missed chances to take the lead. First the irrepressible Paschalakis<\/strong> made another incredible save to deny Giorgos Masoura’s<\/strong> flying header, while shortly afterwards Swiderski<\/strong> raced through on goal and almost beat Sa<\/strong> with a cheeky backheeled effort, only to see the Olympiacos<\/strong> goalkeeper pull off a fine save.<\/p>\n

In the 59th minute, a revitalized Olympiacos<\/strong> threatened again, this time with substitute Kostas Fortounis<\/strong>, but Paschalakis<\/strong> was there once again to keep his team level.<\/p>\n

As the clock wore on, PAOK<\/strong> managed to step up its own performance. In the 80th minute, the coaching staff threw Michael Krmencik<\/strong> into the battle, and it was a move that was to decide the game.<\/p>\n

The Czech<\/strong> forward, after failing to score from two guilt-edge chances in the space of a minute – one a lob in the 84th minute and the second a shot that was saved by Sa <\/strong>a minute later, made it third time lucky.<\/p>\n

An incredible backheel assist from Andrija Zivkovic<\/strong> sent Krmencik<\/strong> scampering clean through on goal, and this time he slotted past Sa<\/strong> and made it 2-1 to PAOK <\/strong>in the final minute of normal time.<\/p>\n

Paschalakis<\/strong> then bravely denied both Andreas Bouchalakis<\/strong> and Mathieu Valbouena<\/strong> in the 93rd minute to ensure PAOK<\/strong> held firm to their lead.<\/p>\n

The final whistle was greeted by jubilant celebratios among the PAOK<\/strong> players and staff as the Double-headed Eagle<\/strong> left the OAKA<\/strong> with the trophy once again, winning their fourth consecutive final and adding another piece of silverware to the club’s trophy cabinet.<\/p>\n

Team lineups:<\/p>\n

Olympiacos: Sa, Papastathopoulos (25′ Reabciuk), ,M’Vila, Semedo, Androutsos, Cholebas, Kamara (90′ Valbuena), Bouchalakis, Masouras (86′ Hassan), Bruma (46′ Fortounis), El Arabi.<\/p>\n

PAOK:<\/strong> Paschalakis, Crespo, Varela, Vieirinha, Baba, Rodrigo, Schwab, Douglas, A. Zivkovic, Warda<\/strong> (80′ Tsingaras<\/strong>), Swiderski<\/strong> (80′ Krmencik<\/strong>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In an incredible match between Greece’s top two sides, Michael Krmencik scored a buzzer-beater of a goal to hand the Greek Cup to the Double-headed Eagle.","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":631494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1520,5],"tags":[2591,4508,7367],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe habit that became an addiction! - PAOKFC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20210522-i-sunitheia-pu-egine-latreia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The habit that became an addiction! 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