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Event | 2021–22 Greek Football Cup | ||||||
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Date | 21 May 2022 | ||||||
Venue | Olympic Stadium,Marousi,Athens | ||||||
Man of the Match | Aitor Cantalapiedra (Panathinaikos) | ||||||
Referee | Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain) | ||||||
Attendance | 45,409 | ||||||
Weather | Fair 21 °C (70 °F) 31%humidity | ||||||
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The2022 Greek Cup final was the 78th final of theGreek Cup. It took place on 21 May 2022 at theOlympic Stadium. The contesting teams werePanathinaikos andPAOK.[1] It was Panathinaikos' thirtieth Greek Cup final in their 114 years of existence and PAOK's twenty second Greek Cup final and second consecutive, of their 96-year history. The game was marked by incidents and specifically, whenAitor after scoring for Panathinaikos celebrated in front of the stands of the PAOK ultras. As a result, he a stone was thrown to his hand, injuring him with tensions occurring between the players of both teams immediately after. The referee interrupted the match and in fact, as he headed to the locker room, he was holding the stone that hit the player.[2]
This was the twenty sixth Greek Cup final held at theAthens Olympic Stadium, after the 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2021 finals.
The Athens Olympic Stadium was built in 1982 and renovated once in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue forAEK Athens andGreece and was used forOlympiacos and Panathinaikos in various occasions. Its current capacity is 69,618 and it hosted threeEuropean Cup/UEFA Champions League finals in1983,1994 and2007, aUEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in1987, the1991 Mediterranean Games and the2004 Summer Olympics.[3]
Panathinaikos had reached the Greek Cup final twenty-nine times, winning eighteen of them. The last time that had played in a final was in2014, where they had won PAOK by 4–1.
PAOK had reached the Greek Cup final twenty-one times, winning eight of them. The last time that had played in a final was in2021, where they had wonOlympiacos by 2–1.
The two teams had met each other in a Cup final four times in the 1955, 1972, 1977 and 2014 finals.[4]
Panathinaikos | Round | PAOK | ||||||
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Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |
Atromitos | 1–0 (A) | Fifth round | Bye | |||||
Volos | 2–1 | 2–1 (H) | 0–0 (A) | Round of 16 | AEL | 4–2 | 1–1 (A) | 3–1 (H) |
Anagennisi Karditsa | 5–0 | 4–0 (H) | 1–0 (A) | Quarter-finals | AEK Athens | 2–1 | 0–0 (H) | 2–1 (A) |
Lamia | 3–0 | 1–0 (H) | 2–0 (A) | Semi-finals | Olympiacos | 1–1 (a) | 0–0 (H) | 1–1 (A) |
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