The torture has been slow and painful for PAS Ioannina, who gave up after today's 4-0 defeat by OFI, although the mathematical possibilities are still there. But these have simply existed for too long because neither the management nor the football industry believe that this situation can be reversed. After all, in the last few weeks PAS seemed not to be playing “final matches” but to treat them as just another game.
And of course, the “poor man and his fate”, with referee Poulikitis… sending off Eramouspe in the 26th minute to end PAS Ioannina's already 1-0 lead. . No one knows if PAS would have had a reaction if they had continued with 11 players, but the umpire made sure to make the match a formal procedure with overly strict dismissals.
With 4 games to go, no one can imagine that PAS will be a team in tatters anymore. Alas if this happens, because it is not worth going headlong into team history. Everyone needs to realize where they are playing and step up their efforts if they want to score some more points.
The racing part is no longer important. Mr. Grigorio finally… made several changes in the line-up and decided to play with 3 stoppers (3-5-2), Bakadimas, Eramusbe and Sopotchinskiy, he placed Rosales as an inside right midfielder and Zima. As a second striker, he pushed the likes of Rosaro and Pamlidis out of the lineup. If these changes had been tested for a long time and had been done earlier in the championship, something might have given, but now the risk was high in the final stretch, and unfortunately it did not pay off, because the first confusion came early. 1-0.
PAS conceded a very “cheap” goal from Riera in the 10th minute due to Eramuspe's poor reaction in two periods. From there, the Argentine was sent off in the 26th minute as OFI dominated and missed several chances and eventually scored to make it 2-0 in the 3rd minute of first half stoppage time.
In the replay, OFI dominated again, with Iseka scoring a close-range shot after a foul in the 58th minute to make it 3-0, and his fourth goal shortly after was disallowed for offside, but in the end PAS could not avoid a high score. , in the 86th ′ with a spot kick, Reira scored his second individual goal and gave the Cretans a late victory as they grabbed 30 points.
After the game, Mr. Gregorio did not want to comment, showing his irritation at Paulikidis and Digilo's reprimanded decision to expel Erasmus. In fact, PAE PAS Ioannina released an announcement at halftime that you can read Here.
In other matches, Volos reached 28 points with a win against Akrinio, Panaitolikos came away with 24 points, Kifisia won 1-2 against Tripoli and reached 25 points.
Other Saturday at 19:30 PAS Ioannina welcomes Asteras Tripoli and Kifissia and Panaitolikos play each other.
OFI: Christogeorgos, Dorarinson, Lambropoulos (69' Loukau), Vouros, Marinakis (69' Theodosoulakis), Mayados (69' Bakits), Kayagos, Baku (75' Felipe), Doral (69' Mosque), Reira, Iseka.
PAS Ioannina: Nagy, Sushis, Eramuspe, Pakadimas, Sopotchinskiy, Soria, Karachalios (80' Liassos), Rienstra (46' Gino), Rosales (46' Rosero), Dzimas (46' Demir), Kante (69' Leo).