Greek Cup: Iraklis defeats Panionios on penalties

Iraklis secured an important qualification in Nea Smyrni, defeating Panionios 3-2 on penalties for the Greek Cup. The match ended 1-1 in regular time.

Panionios took a 2-0 lead in the penalty shootout, but Iraklis managed to come back. Machairas scored the decisive penalty for Iraklis.

Babis Tennes' team took the lead in the 3rd minute with a header by Eramuspe after a foul by Machairas. Panionios equalized in the 12th minute with a penalty by Van der Vater.

In the penalty shootout, Morrissey and Yakovlev scored for Panionios, while Tsintonis, Hammond, and Machairas scored for Iraklis.

Panionios (Pavlos Dermitzakis): Giannakopoulos, Jensen (66′ Zoulias), Aslanidis, Kiakos, Tsergas, Beharano (77′ Yagkoblef), Papageorgiou (66′ Stoupis), Routsi, Morrissey, Van Der Vater (80′ Saramantas), Felicio (66′ Voilis)

Iraklis (Babis Tennes): Stournaras, Eramuspe, Giannoutsos, Katsikas, Anastasiou (57′ Tsintonis), Hammond, Fofana (57′ Vitlis), Machairas, Kynigopoulos (85′ Deletic), Moysidis, Dourmisai (75′ Gerolemou)