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Olympiacos achieved their second victory in as many games in this year’s championship. The rojiblancos, protagonists of another game, Mathieu Valbouena, Yousef El Arabi and Ahmed Hassan, prevailed in Karaiskaki de Panetolikos 2-0 for the 3rd game and climbed to the top of the table with 6 points.
The French midfielder made a change shortly before the start of the second half and in the 48th minute he scored the goal with which Olympiacos made it 1-0. Rangelovic after Valbuena’s magic ball made the turn and El Arabi executed the Knet from close range for 1-0.
In the 86th minute, Hassan was in action. The Egyptian forward stole the ball, came out four for four, “broke” the ball at Kafos and made it 2-0, sealing the victory for the Greek champions.
Great performance from Sa, who in the 14th minute said “no” to Mazurek and zero at home. Olympiakos kept the home intact for one more match, as this season they have yet to concede a goal. In four games that he has yielded, he has zero passivity, a fact that makes Pedro Martins rub his hands with satisfaction.
The rojiblancos leave the match with Panetolikos behind and focus their attention on the European match that follows with Omonia in Cyprus for the Champions League playoffs. After 2-0 in the first game, Piraeus went to Cyprus to seal their classification in the groups of the highest European interclub organization.
This is how the two teams began
Pedro Martins led Olympiakos with several changes in relation to the European game with Omonia. Specifically, the Portuguese started Piraeus with Sa in front of the house and Bruno, Semedo, Cisse and Cholebas in the defense quartet. In midfield were Embila and Kamara, with Rangelovic and Masoura on the midfield “bands”, while in attack were the Kuipers and El Arabi.
On the other hand, Chavos defeated Panaitolikos with Knet, Wanderson, Karasalidis, Naltsio, Liava, Konstantopoulos, Tzanakaki, Tsigara, Diaz, Matsola and Mazourek.
The match image:
Olympiacos took the reins of the game from the beginning and tried to find the holes in the defense of Panetolikos. The rojiblancos, with the playmaker Kamaras and a match from the final, tried to create fissures in the defense of Panetolikos, but the Makis Havos players had closed the spaces very well. In the 12th minute, the rojiblancos threatened Knet’s home for the first time. Rangelovic made a good play, found space, shot hard, but the ball went to the side of the vertical of the Austrian goalkeeper.
In the 14th minute, it was Panaitolikos’ turn to threaten, but José Sa showed once again what a great goalkeeper he is. Matsola stood up, gave a pass to Mazurek, went four with Za, shot, but the Portuguese rejected.
The rojiblancos had the ball on their feet, but the guests were very well organized and created a lot of problems for Piraeus. Time passed and Olympiacos tried to open the defense of Panetolikos. In the last five minutes of the first half, Pedro Martins’ players raised the pressure vertically and in three two great opportunities to open the scoring.
Opportunities with Massoura, El Arabi and Cholebas
In the 40th minute, El Arabi entered the Panetolikos area, made the parallel turn from the right, Masouras shot the second crossbar, but the ball ended up outside the net of Knet. In the 43rd minute the roles were reversed. Masouras crossed from the right, El Arabi with a header – the dynamite tried to score, but the Austrian goalkeeper fell into his corner and went to the corner. area, but the ball bounced off Kenneth’s left crossbar.
Valbouena on the inside, goal by El Arabi
Before the start of the second half, Martins made his first change, putting Valbouena in place of Kuipers. The French midfielder needed just three minutes to show his class and give Olympiacos the boost they needed.
In the 48th minute, Mathieu watched Radzelovic move from the right, hit the ball deep, the 23-year-old winger turned around and El Arabi shot Knet from close range to make it 1-0. Impressive is the ball from Valbouena, who opened the Panetolikos defense in two and an excellent shot from the Moroccan striker for 1-0.
In the 55th minute, El Arabi made it 2-0. After a corner kick, Embila kindly yielded to the Moroccan, fired once through the small area, but the ball went wide. In 62, after a new corner, Embila stopped in the large area, made a good control, but the shot he tried went over the crossbar of Knet.
In the 65th minute, Martins made a second substitution, putting Bouhalakis in place of Massoura, while in the 70th minute, the Portuguese threw Hassan onto the field in place of El Arabi. On the other hand, Chavos put Medina in place of Wanderson and Aribi in place of Cigarrillos. In the 77th minute, the Olympiacos manager made another double substitution, putting Kafou and Rafinia in place of Embila and Radzelovic.
Hassan, Kafou and … 2-0!
What El Arabi and Embila did not achieve, Kafou did in 86 ‘. A goal, which had Hassan’s signature. The Egyptian striker stole the ball from Medina, went four-on-four with Knet, “broke” the ball at Kafou and made it 2-0 from an empty goal, sealing the victory for the Greek champions.
Olympiakos: Sa, Bruno, Semedo, Cisse, Cholebas, Embila (77 ‘Kafou), Kamara, Rantzelovic (77’ Rafinia), Masouras (65 ‘Bouhalakis), El Arabi (70’ Hassan), Kuipers (46 ‘Valbouena).
Panathinaikos: Knet, Wanderson (65 ‘Medina), Karasalidis, Konstantopoulos (78’ Tahar), Tzanakakis, Liavas, Tsigaras (65 ‘Arigibi), Dalsio, Mazourek, Dias (72’ Mendoza), Matsola (78 ‘B)
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