Panathinaikos will be Aris’s opponents in the final of the Greek Cup, after securing a goalless draw at PAS Yiannina on Wednesday.
The Greens advanced on 3-1 aggregate score, but produced very little for their fans to cheer about on the day.
PAS Yiannina dominated the first half but could not translate their chances into goals.
Both their best two opportunities in the first 45 minutes were missed by Vangelis Kontogoulidis.
At the 31st minute Costas Mendrinos curled a free-kick into the box and Kontogoulidis tried a backward header that hit the crossbar.
A minute later Christos Tzanis sent a cross to the edge of the six-yard box, but Kontogoulidis’s glancing header went just wide of the post of a relieved Panathinaikos keeper Alexis Tzorvas.
The referee had to interrupt the game twice in the first half, the first due to flares hurled onto the pitch and the second because of the water sprinklers that started operating a couple of minutes before half-time!
In the second half Panathinaikos were somewhat more contained in defence and did pose some threat in attack, but again showed very little of the quality that has brought them close to a double this season.
There was no more than one decent chance for each team in the last 45 minutes of the game, that offered little in terms of goalmouth action.
At the 50th minute Costas Katsouranis tried a header that the PAS keeper dealt with successfully, while 14 minutes on it was Kontogoulidis again who missed the hosts’ best chance, heading the ball straight at Tzorvas’s hands.
Panathinaikos were left with 10 players seven minutes from time as Josu Sarriegi collected his second yellow card of the afternoon.
Seconds before the end of time added on Ilias Kotsios of PAS also got his marching orders for a second bookable offence.
The final will take place on Saturday, April 24 at the Olympic Stadium of Athens