Panathinaikos (Greece) 2:2 Gabala
UEFA European League, Play-off, Return Match
Date: Thursday, 27 August
Kick-off: 11:00 P.M. AZST
Venue: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens.
Referee: Ivan Krujilak (Slovakia)
Linesmen: Tomas Somolani, Tomas Mokos (both from Slovakia)
Additional assistant referee: Peter Kralovic (Slovakia)
Referee inspector: Manuel Mejuto Gonzalez (Spain)
UEFA member: Wolfgang Richter (Austria)
Goals: Dodo, 6” (0:1), Markus Berg, 35” (1:1), Dodo, 60” (1:2), Nano, 78” (2:2)
Bookings: Vitali Vernidub, 39”, Marcus Berg, 40”, Zeka, 52”, Aleksey Gai, 63”, Nano, 73”, Rikardinho, 78”, Statis Tavlaridis, 90+1”
Stoppage time: I Part 1 min.; II Part 4 min.
First match – 0:0
Gabala hit the tally to the group stage of the UEFA EL ending 2:2 against Panathinaikos in the play-off return match after the goalless draw in Baku, Azerbaijan. Dodo opened the scoring with his early goal in the 6th minute. Then Panathinaikos fed back on 35 minutes with Marcus Berg – 1:1. After the restart, Gabala launched faster inroads into the home defense that seemed as a matter of time before Dodo scored his second to put Gabala one ahead again in the 60th minute. But Panathinaikos”s Nano scored back to level again on 78 minutes.
Then with the 13 minutes left, the hosting side threw everything against Gabala to survive the loss of the UEFA EL, but Gabala held on clear up to the final whistle. And the red-black side could hit the tally to the group stage of the European League for their first-ever time in the history of the club.
Panathinaikos lineup:
Lyuk Stil,
Giorgos Koutroumbis,
Stathis Tavlaridis,
Nano,
Serxio Sançes,
Bourbos,
Zeka (c),
Ninis,
Daniel Pranyiç ( Mladen Petriç, 66”)
Nikos Karelis (Kloranidis, 67)
Markus Berg
Subs.:
Kotsolis,
Nikos Marinakis
Nikos Kaltsas
Tassos Laqos
Abdul Ayaqun
Head coach: Yannis Anastasiu
Gabala lineup:
Dmitri Bezotosny
Stankovic
Vitali Vernidub
Rikardinyo
Arif Dashdamirov
Rashad Sadigo
Aleksey Gai
Sergey Zenyov
Ermin Zec (Elvin Jamalov, 86”)
Dodo (c)
Aleksey Antonov
Subs.:
Pietrzkievc,
Mahammad Mirzabayov,
Asif Mammadov,
Samir Zargarov
Floresku
Gismat Aliyev
Head coach: Roman Grigorochuk
