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Last year Olympiakos needed six matches (from the non-champions route) to be in the Champions League groups. From Viktoria Plzen she went to Basaksehir and from there she ended up in Krasnodar. The record of 5 wins, 1 draw and 13-1 goals. This year (as champion) he only needs two games and above all a complete classification to be in the top 32 of the star organization. Either way.
It is something that should happen against Omonia who – as an outsider – excluded Red Star in the penalty shootout and reached such a distance for the first time. The knockout system definitely favored her, as she left out Ararat and Legia (in extra time). He played ‘final’ with Asteras in Nicosia and from 1-1 in 45 ‘nothing changed until the final whistle in 120’. Italian Falcinelli and Australian Degenek failed for the Serbian champion, Letsjaks found nets in the key blow and the ‘clover’ prevailed 4-2 in the process that was to determine the lasting winner.
Since the last time the ‘rojiblancos’ claimed qualification against a Cypriot team, they have not had the most beautiful memory (exclusion from Anorthosis in 2008). However, given the resistance they encountered last year from the Red Star in both group matches, especially the 3-1 defeat in Belgrade, the encounter with Omonia (who they had beaten 3-0 in a friendly) seemed from the beginning. beginning an ideal version. this time. Which, of course, will or will not be ratified on the spot.
However, the entire process so far had worked in Olympiacos’ favor. First with the exclusion of Juventus from Lyon on August 7, for the round of 16 of the previous tournament. Thanks to which the Greek team rose from the third qualifying round to the playoffs of the new version and automatically avoided the trap that would hide each game for the strong, regardless of their home. In the worst case, European entry for the Europa League groups was not guaranteed.
The sequel contained PAOK’s influence and what he has accomplished so far. Not so much because it excluded Besiktas and created the conditions for the entry of a team with a theoretically lower capacity in the groups. As possibly the Belgian Ghent, if it overcomes the obstacle of Dynamo Kiev. But mainly because the triumph of ‘Dikefalos’ against Benfica, on a night in which Zeus had predicted his exclusion from Ferreira, caused a unique domino that fitted in with the work of Piraeus.
Let’s explain it. As of Tuesday night, the strengthened Benfica (out of 70,000 points) was potentially the last group in the second group of group capacity. With the ‘insurance’ Barcelona, Atlético de Madrid, Manchester City, Manchester United, Shakhtar, Dortmund and Chelsea. From the moment he was’ knocked down ‘on the Toumba steps and paid Zivkovic 60 million, the weakened Ajax (69,500 points) took his place and automatically became one of Olympiacos’ rival candidates. Unless, of course, you knock out the Cypriot club and enter the box.
However, because “Aiantas” was “promoted”, a gap was created in the third capacity group. That Atalanta came to cover immediately. Which since last year had brought organized chaos. An Atalanta that with a guaranteed place in the groups, as the third force in Serie A, would be the most undesirable rival in the fourth capacity group, taking into account the set that Gasperini has made and the way in which he was excluded from Paris Saint- Germain. Germain in the quarterfinals in Lisbon, a month ago. He lost Castan, but he already spent 30 million for Pasalic, Mirantsuk and Romero! So he would be the worst opponent of the weak in the attempt for at least third place and the attempt to repeat the course of last year. Let others worry now.
Who knows; Perhaps there will be a continuation for the ‘rojiblancos’, after the exclusion of Dinamo Zagreb from Ferencvaros, saving even Marseille!
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