AEK comes from behind and wins the Super League

AEK bushed Panathinaikos and clinched the Super League title connected Sunday, arsenic suitors Olympiakos and PAOK canceled each different out.

An injury-time strike by Joao Mario turned things astir and completed AEK’s comeback successful the Athens derby to springiness it a 2-1 victory and the mathematical confirmation of its archetypal league title aft three years.

With two games near to play, AEK has 70 points, while PAOK and Olympiakos travel with 62, aft they drew 1-1 successful Piraeus.

At 1 constituent successful the evening, with the two games held simultaneously, Olympiakos appeared to borderline within three points of AEK, arsenic it led PAOK and AEK recovered itself trailing astatine location to Panathinaikos – with the past crippled of the play owed to beryllium AEK vs Olympiakos. However PAOK rapidly equalized successful Piraeus and AEK recovered two goals within 20 minutes to reverse its shortage and win the title title.

Panathinaikos presented a stronger than-expected absorption to its host, AEK, astatine the Allwyn Arena, and grabbed the pb conscionable aft the hr people with an Andreas Tetteh header.

However the instauration of Zini changed the representation of the game, with the Angolan striker equalizing six miniutes aboriginal and the offering a precious publication to AEK’s astir celebrated extremity connected the 93rd minute: That was when Joao Mario got the shot being unmarked successful the box, from a Luka Jovic pass, to slot it location and acceptable Nea Filadelfia alight.

At the aforesaid time, astatine the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium successful Piraeus, Olympiakos and PAOK shared the points, a effect that leaves PAOK with the comparative vantage successful the contention for Greece’s 2nd Champions League ticket.

Olympiakos took the pb aft an hour’s crippled with Rodinei, but Giannis Konstantelias drew PAOK level 8 minutes on.

For the 5-8 playoffs connected Sunday, Aris downed OFI 3-1 and Levadiakos defeated big Volos 3-0.

The large conflict to debar relegation continued, with Asteras Tripolis securing a precious constituent astatine bottommost team Larissa (1-1), Panserraikos losing crushed with its 2-1 location nonaccomplishment to Kifissia, and Panetolikos coming from down to bushed Atromitosd 2-1 distant and steer wide of trouble.

With three rounds of games near to play successful the play-outs, Atromitos is connected 40 points, Kifissia connected 37, Panetolikos reached 34, Asteras climbed to 29, Panserraikos stayed connected 28 and Larissa has 26.