PAOK Thessaloniki's Leo Matos (Front) vies with AEK Athens' Petros Mantalos during the Greek Cup Final soccer match at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece, on May 12, 2018. PAOK Thessaloniki claimed the title with 2-0. (Xinhua/Panagiotis Moschandreou)
ATHENS, May 12 (Xinhua) -- PAOK Thessaloniki won the final of the Greek Cup against AEK Athens 2-0 on Saturday night at the Athens Olympic sports center OAKA.
The captain of PAOK AdelinoVieirinha scored the first goal at 65' with a foul and Dimitris Pelkas scored the second goal at 92'.
PAOK had the chance to score earlier at 23', when the team won a penalty, but AEK goalkeeper, Vasilis Barkas repeled the shoot from Aleksandar Prijovic.
Both teams finished the game with fewer players than they started due to red cards to Mauricio, Varela (PAOK) and Vranjes (AEK).
PAOK won the second Greek Cup in two consecutive years, both times playing in the finals against AEK Athens.
During celebrations on Saturday night the players of the Thessaloniki club wore masks with the face of the owner of the team, Ivan Savvides.
The entire Greek Super League was temporarily suspended earlier this year when Savvidis stormed the field with a handgun to protest a penalty during a match against AEK.
Greek football games have been marred by violence several times in recent years.
The Hellenic Football Federation appointed a foreign referee , David Fernandez Borbalan from Spain, for Saturday's final to curb accusations of bias.
More than 15,000 fans of PAOK traveled to Athens from the northern city port of Thessaloniki to support their team in OAKA stadium.
Clashes erupted between AEK and PAOK fans in the center of the Greek capital and the area around the OAKA stadium.
A PAOK supporter was stabbed and three police officers were injured during the scuffles, while a mini bus was burned outside the stadium, Greek national news agency AMNA reported.
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