Amir Scores in His Own Net!

Amir Scores in His Own Net!

Date: 10-12-2005
Wrote: EP's webmaster

Amir Azmy Megahed started in today's away clash between Levadiakos and PAOK. The game ended in a 2-2 draw with Amir scoring the first for Levadiakos into his own net. The Egyptian picked up a foot injury in the 59th minute and had to be replaced. On the other side, Shikabala came on in the 2nd half.

Amir Azmy and Shikabala's PAOK played today an away match against Levadiakos in the Greek league. Amir Azmy started the match and played at the heart of defense while Shikabala remained on bench till the 78th minute.

The home side took the lead early on through Amir Azmy who scored an own goal with his head to give Levadiakos the lead in the 5th minute. The goal came through a cross from the right wing, Amir tried to clear the ball with his head but he sent it past his keeper by mistake.

Despite the own goal, Amir didn't lose confidence and performed well in the rest of the first half. He was pretty solid in defense and won nearly all the duels that he was involved in.

In the second half, particularly in the 57th minute, Amir inured his ankle while trying to tackle the ball from one of Levadiakos' forwards, the Egyptian fell onto the ground and was carried out to receive medical treatment.

While Amir was away for treatment, PAOK managed to level the score when Vangelis shot the ball low from inside the box at goal to find his teammate Salpigidis who diverted the ball slightly to beat the keeper and to make the score 1-1.

Just a minute and while PAOK were playing with one man down due to the absence of Amir, the home side managed to reclaim the lead through the Brazilian player Alex who headed the ball home after a fine cross from the right wing by Theodosiadis.

Unfortunately, Amir couldn't resume the game because of the injury and had to be replaced with Maladenis in the 59th minute.

In the 78th minute, Shikabala came on to help in attack. The Egyptian had an immediate impact whenh he sent a cross from the left wing into the six yards box to find a teammate who hit the ball just wide.

Shikabala also had another chance through a freekick from the edge of the box. The Egyptian struck it low to beat the wall but it came off the body of a teammate and to go for a goal kick.

In the 87th minute, PAOK managed to level the score once again when they won a freekick from the left wing. Hristodoulopoulos played it short to the near post to beat everyone and to end its part into the back of the net.