PAOK 2-0 (3-0 Agg) Panathinaikos Highlights, Greek Cup: Giakoumakis, Chatsidis' Goals Drive Hosts Into Final

Good evening and welcome, football lovers. Semi-final leg 2 of Greek Cup has PAOK hosting Panathinaikos in a crucial face-off at Toumba Stadium. Stay with us for the build-up and live updates.

The Greek Cup 2025-26 semi-final matches will not be shown live in India. In Greece, fans can watch both semi-final matches live on Cosmote Sport 1 HD.

• Total matches: 210

• PAOK won: 70

• Panathinaikos won: 98

• Draws: 42

PAOK Starting XI: Antonis Tsiftsis, Abdul Baba, Giannis Michailidis, Jonjoe Kenny, Tomasz Kedziora, Andrija Zivkovic, Dimitris Pelkas, Magomed Ozdoev, Soualiho Meïté, Taison, Anestis Mythou

Substitutes: Jirí Pavlenka, Alexander Jeremejeff, Mady Camara, Christos Zafeiris, Alessandro Bianco, Greg Taylor, Jorge Sánchez, Alessandro Vogliacco, Dimitris Monastirlis, Dimitrios Chatsidis, Dejan Lovren, Giorgos Giakoumakis

Panathinaikos Starting XIs: Alban Lafont, Ahmed Touba, Erik Palmer-Brown, Sverrir Ingason, Davide Calabria, Giorgos Kyriakopoulos, Santino Andino Valencia, Sotiris Kontouris, Tasos Bakasetas, Vicente Taborda, Andrews Tetteh Same

Substitutes: Karol Swiderski, Tin Jedvaj, Pavlos Pantelidis, Javi Hernández, Georgios Katris, Giannis Bokos, Manolis Siopis, Konstantinos Kotsaris, Milos Pantovic, Renato Sanches, Adriano Jagusic, Anass Zaroury

The match is underway with the kick-off. The tempo of this game will be different from the other matches as Panathinaikos are already 0-1 down after the first leg on aggregate. They will have to be aggressive from the start to bring parity in the tie.

Despite the team leading, PAOK have looked like the side with more intent to score in the first ten minutes. They have already registered three attempts on the goal. Anestis Mythou's left footed shot from the centre of the box got blocked. So was Soualiho Meïté's right footed shot and Andrija Zivkovic's outside of the box attempt missed narrowly. Panathinaikos have to buck up soon.

a rather cagey ten minutes with the game getting a little bit of physical. Despite that, Panathinaikos have failed to get an opportunity. The best chance arrived for PAOK again. Anestis Mythou's header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Tomasz Kedziora with a cross following a set piece situation.

The game continues to be cagey with not much action on either side of the goal. Giannis Michailidis of PAOK sees a yellow card for a bad foul. Dimitris Pelkas was the only one to attempt a shot at the goal but it was blocked.

Not much action yet. PAOK has to change two players in the first half only. Giorgos Giakoumakis replaces Dimitris Pelkas because of an injury. Also Dimitrios Chatsidis replaces Anestis Mythou because of an injury.

A rather underwhelming goalless first half comes to an end. PAOK look the brighter of the sides creating most of the chances in the first half, but they dropped off after 20 minutes as they are already leading and the game turned cagey. The last five minutes saw some action as Tomasz Kedziora's header from the right side of the six yard box went just a bit too high. Assisted by Andrija Zivkovic with a cross following a corner. Earlier, Giorgos Giakoumakis's header from the centre of the box was saved in the top centre of the goal by Alban Lafont. Assisted by Andrija Zivkovic with a cross.

The second half is underway and PAOK keep their hold on the game. Taison's left footed shot from outside the box goes high and wide to the left. Panathinaikos have tried to hit back as well as Santino Andino's right footed shot from outside the box went high and wide to the right. Assisted by Tasos Bakasetas.

Another phase of play where the hosts are playing out time and the visitors find no opening to register a goal-scoring opportunity. Rather the home team is creating the only chances of the game. Giannis Michailidis's header from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Andrija Zivkovic with a cross. Earlier, his left footed shot from outside the box resulting from a set-piece situation missed as well.

Finally, a much-deserved goal for PAOK. Giorgos Giakoumakis's right footed shot from very close range finds the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dimitrios Chatsidis. It was coming for Panathinaikos who have barely been able to put up any fight. The aggregate lead is now double for PAOK with twenty minutes to go on the clock.

Bizarre as Giorgos Giakoumakis, the goal scorer, is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration. PAOK keep their foot down on the accelerator. Meanwhile, Panathinaikos creates a scattered chance. Anass Zaroury's left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Santino Andino. They need to score immediately to stay alive in the tie.

That should be the final nail in the coffin of Panathinaikos. PAOK score yet again taking their lead to 2-0 and tripling their aggregate lead. Their is no way Panathinaikos is coming back in this game now. Dimitrios Chatsidis' right footed shot from the centre of the box finds the centre of the goal. It has been a controlled performance from PAOK.

A clinical performance from PAOK and they enter the Greek Cup final with a comprehensive 3-0 win over Panathinaikos in aggregate. From the start of the game, PAOK were the better side. They kept the pressure on Panathinaikos who could barely create anything. In the second half, the goal opened for them. Giorgos Giakoumakis scored in the 71st minute followed by Dimitrios Chatsidis in the 87th minute. The two goals decided the fate of the game and the tie.