2020 Greek Football Cup final

2020 Greek Cup final
Match poster
Event2019–20 Greek Football Cup
Date12 September 2020
VenuePanthessaliko Stadium, Volos
Man of the MatchLazar Ranđelović (Olympiacos)
RefereeBjörn Kuipers (Netherlands)
AttendanceBehind closed doors
WeatherFair
21 °C (70 °F)
64% humidity
2019
2021

The 2020 Greek Cup final was the 76th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 12 September 2020 at Panthessaliko Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and Olympiacos.[1] It was AEK Athens' twenty fifth Greek Cup final and fifth consecutive, of their 96-year history and Olympiacos' fortieth Greek Cup final in their 95 years of existence. The final was originally scheduled for 26 July and was postponed to 30 August because of Olympiacos' pressure in HFF to change the stadium from Georgios Kamaras Stadium to Olympic Stadium and after the refusal of the Hellenic Police in the first stadium.[2] The final was rescheduled for 30 August in the Olympic Stadium, but it was postponed again because 2 days before the game Olympiacos' player, Maximiliano Lovera was tested positive for COVID-19.[3] The final was rescheduled again for 12 September at Panthessaliko Stadium. Due to the delay of the match, the teams had to compete without the players acquired from the 2020 summer transfer period, by decision of the UEFA.[4] With their defeat, AEK Athens achieved negative record of four consecutive lost Cup finals, surpassing that of Panathinaikos that lost three staight Cup finals from 1997 to 1999.[5]

Venue

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Panthessaliko Stadium.

This was the third Greek Cup final held at Panthessaliko Stadium after the 2007 and 2017 finals.

Panthessaliko Stadium was built in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue for Niki Volos and Volos. Its current capacity is 22,189.[6]

Background

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AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final twenty-four times, winning fourteen of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 2016 (2–1 against Olympiacos). The last time that had played in a final was in 2019, where they had lost to PAOK by 1–0.

Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final thirty-eight times, winning twenty-seven of them. The last time they had won the Cup was in 2015 (3–1 against Skoda Xanthi). The last time that had played in a final was in 2019, where they had lost to AEK Athens by 2–1.

The two teams had met each other in a Cup final six times in the 1953, 1956, 2002, 2006, 2009 and 2016 finals.[7]

Route to the final

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AEK Athens Round Olympiacos
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Asteras Tripolis 3–1 1–1 (A) 2–0 (H) Round of 16 Kalamata 6–1 2–0 (A) 4–1 (H)
Panetolikos 5–1 1–1 (A) 4–0 (H) Quarter-finals Lamia 3–2 0–0 (A) 3–2 (H)
Aris 3–2 2–1 (H) 2–2 (a.e.t.) (A) Semi-finals PAOK 4–3 2–3 (A) 2–0 (H)

Match

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Details

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AEK Athens0–1Olympiacos
Report
AEK Athens
Olympiacos
GK 16 Greece Panagiotis Tsintotas
RB  2 Greece Michalis Bakakis downward-facing red arrow 62'
CB 24 Greece Stratos Svarnas
CB 19 Ukraine Dmytro Chyhrynskyi
LB  3 Portugal Hélder Lopes Yellow card 90+6'
DM  8 Portugal André Simões Yellow card 29' downward-facing red arrow 80'
CM  6 Serbia Nenad Krstičić Yellow card 90+5'
CM 20 Greece Petros Mantalos (c) Yellow card 65'
RW  7 Italy Daniele Verde downward-facing red arrow 62'
LW 10 Croatia Marko Livaja Yellow card 83'
CF 18 Portugal Nélson Oliveira
Substitutes:
GK 30 Greece Georgios Athanasiadis
DF 15 Slovenia Žiga Laci
DF 31 Greece Konstantinos Stamoulis
DF 27 Portugal Paulinho upward-facing green arrow 62'
MF 44 Bosnia and Herzegovina Anel Šabanadžović
MF 70 Greece Giannis Fivos Botos
FW 14 Greece Christos Albanis upward-facing green arrow 62'
FW 53 Greece Theodosis Macheras upward-facing green arrow 80'
FW 52 Greece Efthymis Christopoulos
Manager:
Italy Massimo Carrera
GK 88 Greece Konstantinos Tzolakis
RB 18 Brazil Bruno
CB 66 Senegal Pape Abou Cissé
CB 24 Senegal Ousseynou Ba
LB 35 Greece Vasilis Torosidis (c) Yellow card 55'  downward-facing red arrow 79'
CM  4 Guinea Mady Camara
CM  5 Greece Andreas Bouchalakis
RM 97 Serbia Lazar Ranđelović
LM 19 Greece Georgios Masouras Yellow card 84'
AM 28 France Mathieu Valbuena  downward-facing red arrow 76'
CF 11 Morocco Youssef El-Arabi  downward-facing red arrow 90+1'
Substitutes:
GK 16 France Bobby Allain
GK 44 Greece Ilias Karargyris
DF  3 Portugal Rúben Semedo  upward-facing green arrow 79'
DF 34 Greece Avraam Papadopoulos
MF 26 Portugal Cafú Yellow card 89'  upward-facing green arrow 76'
MF 90 Greece Vasilios Sourlis
ΜF  7 Greece Kostas Fortounis  upward-facing green arrow 90+1'
FW  2 Algeria Hillal Soudani
FW 99 Egypt Ahmed Hassan
Manager:
Portugal Pedro Martins

Man of the Match:
Serbia Lazar Ranđelović (Olympiacos)


Assistant referees:
Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)
Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Rob Dieperink (Netherlands)
Video assistant referee:
Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Chrysoula Kourompylia (West Attica)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shootout if scores still level
  • Nine named substitutes, of which up to five may be used at maximum three times, with a sixth allowed in extra time.

References

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  1. ^ "ΑΕΚ - Ολυμπιακός 0-1". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 12 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Τελικός Κυπέλλου: Οριστική αναβολή". sport24.gr (in Greek). 20 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Θετικός στον κορονοϊό ο Λοβέρα, "στον αέρα" ο τελικός κυπέλλου". ertnews.gr (in Greek). 28 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Οριστικό: Με τα περυσινά ρόστερ ο τελικός Κυπέλλου ΑΕΚ - Ολυμπιακός!". ethnos.gr (in Greek). 4 September 2020.
  5. ^ "AEK: Αρνητικό ρεκόρ, τέσσερις σερί χαμένοι τελικοί Κυπέλλου!". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). 12 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Panthessalian Stadium". stadia.gr.
  7. ^ "Greece - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.