The 2020 Greek Cup final was the 76th final of the Greek Cup. It took place on 12 September 2020 at Panthessaliko Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and Olympiacos. It was AEK Athens' twenty fifth Greek Cup final and fifth consecutive, of their 96-year history and Olympiacos' fortieth Greek Cup final in their 95 years of existence. The final was originally scheduled for 26 July and was postponed to 30 August because of Olympiacos' pressure in HFF to change the stadium from Georgios Kamaras Stadium to Olympic Stadium and after the refusal of the Hellenic Police in the first stadium. The final was rescheduled for 30 August in the Olympic Stadium, but it was postponed again because 2 days before the game Olympiacos' player, Maximiliano Lovera was tested positive for COVID-19. The final was rescheduled again for 12 September at Panthessaliko Stadium. Due to the delay of the match, the teams had to compete without the players acquired from the 2020 summer transfer period, by decision of the UEFA. With their defeat, AEK Athens achieved negative record of four consecutive lost Cup finals, surpassing that of Panathinaikos that lost three straight Cup finals from 1997 to 1999.
Venue
This was the third Greek Cup final held at Panthessaliko Stadium after the 2007 and 2017 finals.
Panthessaliko Stadium was built in 2004. The stadium is used as a venue for Niki Volos and Volos. Its current capacity is 22,189.
Background AEK Athens had reached the Greek Cup final twenty-four times, winning fourteen of them. The last time that they had won the Cup was in 2016 (2–1 against Olympiacos). The last time that they had played in a final was in 2019, where they had lost to PAOK by 1–0.
Olympiacos had reached the Greek Cup final thirty-eight times, winning twenty-seven of them. The last time they had won the Cup was in 2015 (3–1 against Skoda Xanthi). The last time that had played in a final was in 2019, where they had lost to AEK Athens by 2–1.
The two teams had met each other in a Cup final six times in the 1953, 1956, 2002, 2006, 2009 and 2016 finals.
Route to the final
AEK AthensRoundOlympiacosOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legAsteras Tripolis3–11–1 (A)2–0 (H)Round of 16Kalamata6–12–0 (A)4–1 (H)Panetolikos5–11–1 (A)4–0 (H)Quarter-finalsLamia3–20–0 (A)3–2 (H)Aris3–22–1 (H)2–2 (A)Semi-finalsPAOK4–32–3 (A)2–0 (H)
Match
Details
GK 16 Panagiotis TsintotasRB 2 Michalis Bakakis CB 24 Stratos SvarnasCB 19 Dmytro ChyhrynskyiLB 3 Hélder Lopes DM 8 André Simões CM 6 Nenad Krstičić CM 20 Petros Mantalos (c) RW 7 Daniele Verde LW 10 Marko Livaja CF 18 Nélson OliveiraSubstitutes:GK 30 Georgios AthanasiadisDF 15 Žiga LaciDF 31 Konstantinos StamoulisDF 27 Paulinho MF 44 Anel ŠabanadžovićMF 70 Giannis Fivos BotosFW 14 Christos Albanis FW 53 Theodosis Macheras FW 52 Efthymis ChristopoulosManager: Massimo Carrera GK 88 Konstantinos TzolakisRB 18 BrunoCB 66 Pape Abou CisséCB 24 Ousseynou BaLB 35 Vasilis Torosidis (c) CM 4 Mady CamaraCM 5 Andreas BouchalakisRM 97 Lazar RanđelovićLM 19 Georgios Masouras AM 28 Mathieu Valbuena CF 11 Youssef El-Arabi Substitutes:GK 16 Bobby AllainGK 44 Ilias KarargyrisDF 3 Rúben Semedo DF 34 Avraam PapadopoulosMF 26 Cafú MF 90 Vasilios SourlisΜF 7 Kostas Fortounis FW 2 Hillal Soudani FW 99 Ahmed HassanManager: Pedro Martins Man of the Match: Lazar Ranđelović (Olympiacos)
Assistant referees: Sander van Roekel (Netherlands) Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands) Fourth official: Rob Dieperink (Netherlands) Video assistant referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands) Assistant video assistant referee: Chrysoula Kourompylia (West Attica)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shootout if scores still level Nine named substitutes, of which up to five may be used at maximum three times, with a sixth allowed in extra time.
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