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Two goals in 3 games, two goals in 168 minutes (plus delays). An ideal record for Youssef el Arabi, especially when his ‘virgin’ goal for 2020-2021 was against Omonia for the Champions League playoffs and the latter paved the way for a 2-0 victory at Olympiakos over Panetolikos for 3rd Interwetten Super League match in ‘Georgios Karaiskakis’.
The Moroccan striker simply continues what he started last year in the Greek doubles, in terms of goal, but also in the way he sends the ball into the opponents’ nets. It does not need many efforts and above all it does not need many remote efforts, as Themis Kaisaris analyzed in the Zozimar podcast. As he did last year, the 33-year-old forward only executes when in the big box, increasing his chances of scoring. A header from this point in the 43rd minute led to an astonishing intervention by Christopher Knet, two multiple attempts from the small box in the second half failed to result in a goal and a close-range position made it 1-0 in the 48th minute. El Arabi, however, did not do more than what his class demands, than what we are used to. That is, he did not do anything unrelated to reality and that was not enough.
Many times, even if it does not appear, it is necessary to perform various actions around it, so that in the end it can be done. Jobs starting with the doorman. If it hadn’t been for José Sa to block Franco Masurek’s place outside the small area in the 14th minute, perhaps the match would not have reached El Arabi’s goal. If Mathieu Valbouena did not come on in the 46th minute instead of (absent) Hugo Kuipers, then there would be no player to pass to threaten the opponent’s defense. The Frenchman made 7 successful passes in the last third of the field in one half, the best teammate of 4 in the entire game. Had it not been for Lazar Radzelovic, who took the run from the right and caught Valbouena’s astonishing ball on the back of Agrinio’s defender in the 48th minute, the Serbian winger would not have assisted El Arabi’s goal.
If it wasn’t for Mandy Kamara to ‘swallow’ the pitch for another match and offer defensively and offensively, then perhaps there would have been no platform for El Arabi’s goal and not the same if it wasn’t for Jan Embila to free him. Arc. And surely, if it weren’t for Ahmed Hassan who replaced El Arabi to steal and give a ready goal in the 86th minute at Kafou for 2-0, the difficult moments in the defense of the hosts in the last minutes would continue, with the Repeated auctions in Sa area to pass unexploded by guests.
Olympiacos were not well and the many faces of Panetolikos behind the ball (he was playing with 5 defenders anyway) played a big role. Without a player to break the rival defense for half a game, after Costas Fortounis suffered an ankle injury and Valbouena protected himself from the starting lineup in view of a rematch with Omonia, Kamaras took on the role of organizer, but did not have the dangerous dangers in your quiver. The Frenchman had them and with his entry they ‘tied’ everything, so that Olympiakos could find the goal of El Arabi and the game could continue its course. El Arabi’s goal was clearly important, but the chain reactions of his teammates’ actions should not be ignored.
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