2020 Greek Football Cup final explained

2020 Greek Cup final
Event:2019–20 Greek Football Cup
Team1:AEK Athens
Team1score:0
Team2:Olympiacos
Team2score:1
Date:12 September 2020
Stadium:Panthessaliko Stadium
City:Volos
Referee:Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Attendance:Behind closed doors
Weather:Fair
21°C
64% humidity
Previous:2019
Next:2021

The 2020 Greek Cup final was the 76th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 12 September 2020 at Panthessaliko Stadium, between 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 93 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]

Venue

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

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

Background

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.

Route to the final

AEK AthensRoundOlympiacos
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Asteras Tripolis3–11–1 (A)2–0 (H)Round of 16Kalamata6–12–0 (A)4–1 (H)
Panetolikos5–11–1 (A)4–0 (H)Quarter-finalsLamia3–20–0 (A)3–2 (H)
Aris3–22–1 (H)2–2 (A)Semi-finalsPAOK4–32–3 (A)2–0 (H)

Match

Details

GK 16 Panagiotis Tsintotas
RB  2
CB 24 Stratos Svarnas
CB 19 Dmytro Chyhrynskyi
LB 23
DM  8
CM  6
CM 20
RW  7
LW 10
CF 22 Nélson Oliveira
Substitutes:
GK 30 Georgios Athanasiadis
DF 12 Žiga Laci
DF 31 Konstantinos Stamoulis
DF 50
MF 44 Anel Šabanadžović
MF 70 Giannis Fivos Botos
FW 14
FW 53
FW 52 Efthymis Christopoulos
Manager:
Massimo Carrera
GK 88 Konstantinos Tzolakis
RB 18 Bruno
CB 66 Pape Abou Cissé
CB 24 Ousseynou Ba
LB 35 
CM  4 Mady Camara
CM  5 Andreas Bouchalakis
RM 97 Lazar Ranđelović
LM 19
AM 28 
CF 11 
Substitutes:
GK 16 Bobby Allain
GK 44 Ilias Karargyris
DF  3  
DF 34 Avraam Papadopoulos
MF 26 
MF 90 Vasilios Sourlis
ΜF  7 
FW  2
FW 99 Ahmed Hassan
Manager:
Pedro Martins
width=50% valign=topMan of the Match:
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)

width=50% valign=topMatch 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ΑΕΚ - Ολυμπιακός 0-1. el. gazzetta.gr. 12 September 2020.
  2. Web site: Τελικός Κυπέλλου: Οριστική αναβολή. 20 July 2020. sport24.gr. el.
  3. Web site: Θετικός στον κορονοϊό ο Λοβέρα, "στον αέρα" ο τελικός κυπέλλου. 28 August 2020. ertnews.gr. el.
  4. Web site: Οριστικό: Με τα περυσινά ρόστερ ο τελικός Κυπέλλου ΑΕΚ - Ολυμπιακός!. 4 September 2020. ethnos.gr. el.