Panathinaikos
ended their Super League commitments for 2011 with a 3-1 win over
Asteras Tripolis in Athens on Saturday to overtake AEK and get to within
one point from leaders Olympiakos, while also having a game in hand.
Sebastian
Leto scored twice for Panathinaikos to take his tally so far this
season to 14 goals in 12 league games and extend his lead at the
scorers’ chart.
The
Argentinean opened the score just six minutes into the match at the
Olympic Stadium after an indirect free-kick, but the rest of the first
half belonged to Asteras who were repeatedly denied by Panathinaikos
keeper Stefanos Kapino, while Ilias Solakis hit the woodwork twice.
In
the second half Asteras began as the better side but Panathinaikos
doubled their lead through a Jean-Alain Boumsong header in the 66th from
a Leto corner.
Thirteen minutes later Costas Katsouranis crossed from the right to the edge of the box to Leto who slotted the ball in for 3-0.
Fernando Usero pulled one back from Asteras, also from the edge of the box six minutes from time.
Elsewhere
Xanthi scored one more home win beating Panionios 1-0 with a Marko
Maerkovski goal at the 26th minute to climb to the fourth spot.
Levadiakos
suffered their second home loss in four days, as after losing to
Olympiakos on Wednesday they went down to Ergotelis 1-0 due to an own
goal by Christos Lisgaras from the seventh minute.
The match was stopped at the 55th minute as the lights went out for half an hour at the Livadia stadium.
