After the record 0-0 in the first leg, in Salonica, PAOK, with Portuguese Felipe Soares (former Moreirense) and Nelson Oliveira (former Benfica promise), left the bench, and eliminated Olympiacos, coached by Pedro Martins – former Benfica player Joao Carvalho came off the bench The substitutes Ronnie Lopez, another former vulture, was an unused substitute – the custodian of Olympiacos in the Greek capital.
In this second leg of the Greek Cup semi-final – where PAOK also scored former Benfica player Andrea Zivkovic at the start, former Cape Verdean Varela Trovinci and Portugal international Ferinha exit – there was a 0-0 continuation at the end of the regular 90 minutes, so The match had to go into overtime: At this point, Olympiacos seemed to be heading into the final of the competition, with Youssef Elaraby, who had replaced former Porto Téquinho Soares in the 75th minute, and converting the maximum penalty in the 105th minute, but PAOK made the score 1-1. , by Mirko Kulak, in the 109th minute.
Enjoying the away goals rule, PAOK qualified for the final, where they will face Panathinaikos, who won 2-0 in the other semi-final match over Lamia, having already won 1-0 at home.
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