Great goal from Marin and victory for AEK Atenas against Austrian LASK
A great goal from a direct free kick in the 21st minute of Razvan Marin made the difference this Tuesday in favor of the AEK Athenswhich defeated the LASK on his return to the Champions League, among the apotheosis of the Greek fans that caused the extraordinary strike of the Romanian international midfielder (1-0).
At the edge of the area, with a barrier of five men in front, plus one lying behind the wall that separated the ball and the goal, Marin chose the goalkeeper’s stick, but with a devilish shot. The parabola traced by the ball, which gained height and descended towards the corner of the frame, created an unstoppable halo for the goalkeeper.
The only goal of the match and the victory of AEK Athens, in an entertaining, even, intense match, with more offensive than defensive tendency, with LASK also capable of worrying the Greek team about the game that revolves around the talent of Horvaththe captain through whom almost everything of the current League champion and the Austrian Cup.
The difference on the scoreboard always moved by a minimal margin; It is true that with more control, better sensations and greater threat of the AEK that of LASKbut also with enough options: Brignoli he showed off in front of Horvath at the beginning of the second half, when the match was moving along that edge, although it could also have been sentenced.
Because, even with 0-0, in the first play of the match, Jungwirth splendidly crossed before Jovicwhich he did get right later, already in the second half: when the duel exceeded the hour of the collision, the Serbian attacker connected a complex header in a plank foreshortening to make it 2-0 after a pass from the notable Lovro Majerwho was offside.
AEK ATHENS
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0
LASK Linz
1 – AEK Athens: Brignoli; Rota, Moukoudi, Filipe Relvas, Pilios; Majer (Gazinovic, min. 91), Marín, Vitális, Koita (Arriaga, min. 91): Jovic (Zini, min. 83) and Varga.
0 – LASK: Jungwirth; Jorgensen (Flecker, min. 66), Andrade, Tornich, Mbuyamba, Bello; Ljubicic (Schopf, min. 66), Bogarde, Horvath; Lang (Kalajdzic, min. 74) and Usor.
Goal: 1-0, min. 21: Marin.
Referee: Luis Godinho (Portugal). He showed a yellow card to Marko Nikolic, coach of AEK Atenas (min. 12). Also to the visitors Bogarde (min. 42) and Andrade (min. 73).
Incidents: match corresponding to the first day of the first phase of the Champions League played at the AEK Arena in front of around 32,000 spectators.
The goal was not worth it nor did it completely resolve the AEK, without taking advantage of the spaces and the counterattacks throughout the second half. And he had to suffer in the end, due to the offensive of the LASKwith nothing to lose, in their last attempt to score a point in their debut in the league phase of the highest continental competition. The final occasion was Kalajdzic. He didn’t give it a chance to tie.
