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From the moment that Omonia failed to bring out something good in ‘Georgios Karaiskakis’ in the 1st match, Olympiakos with 2-0 in his suitcases went to Cyprus knowing that it would be easy or difficult to qualify (for the twentieth time) in the groups of the Champions League. If goalkeeper Fabiano had not also been the best player on his team in this match, the rojiblancos would have won for the second time in this phase of the playoffs of the top tournament.
The reflections and repulsions of the Omonia goalkeeper highlight the difference that separated the two teams. Omonia, a team that knows how to defend more, would have to make consecutive excesses to score at Olympiakos. It was not easy. Rubén Semedo has all his forwards for … breakfast and his pleasant appearance reminded him that his presence at the rear is a catalyst.
Pedro Martins, who continued his good tradition in qualifying matches (he has not lost a match), can plan the team that will line up in the groups awaiting the draw. The Olympiacos manager (and the people running the transfers) is trying to complete the puzzle of the new year, with a time rival. It is obvious that he wants to put Jan Embila in his team’s game, as he is destined for a central role in the 4-3-3 that he will play, mainly in away games, the recipe he gave him last year and the great results in the remarkable European course. .
They are not the same
It is not only Embila who has taken Guillerme’s place. What does not exist so far in the Olympic Games this year, is the work of the extremes. Last year’s team was successful and was admired because there were Costas Tsimikas on the left and Omar Elabdellaoui on the right. It’s hard to have two backs like this. Olympiacos were happy. Tsimikas’ attacks from the left wing, Elabdellaoui’s collaborations from the right, where the Norwegian’s speed exploded, were two of the main elements of his offensive role.
Rafinha and José Cholebas, Olympiacos’ current wingers, are different players. We will not see from the first the … relapses of Elabdellaoui nor the ups and downs of Tsimikas from the second. Obviously, that does not mean that they are bad players, they will help the team in their own way and not that of their predecessors. The comparison is inevitable, at some point and then Olympiacos will have to adapt to the new data that it will have from right and left. And with those who play now and those who join later, with a transfer.
Tireless kamara
At the same time, Mandy Kamara covered the entire field far and wide, in a role that is performing better and better. The pressure on the opponent is very high, he steals balls, he can create immediate danger and by pressing an area more frequently, he pursues the goal. Its finishes are not always ideal, but the energy it produces is so great that sometimes you think it is in two parts of the field at the same time.
Behind, another tireless worker, Andreas Bouchalakis, covered, cut, distributed balls in a known 90 minutes. Many things can change in the Olympic Games of the new season of the mind of Martins, however the idea never arises that the Bouchakaki-Kamara duo is permanent in the eleven.
He wants one more side
It is not unfair that Olympiacos have focused their transfer planning on acquiring an extreme midfielder. Champions are missing. The speed or imagination that incorporating such a footballer will give the team is lacking. As disciplined as Giorgos Masouras is regularly, as excellent in the open field (with signs of improvement in the rest of the game) as Lazar Ranzelovic seems, it is obvious that Piraeus wants the unpredictable, one on one, speed with or without the ball, elements that all the candidates have to wear the “reds and whites”.
At the moment Olympiacos is meeting the prerequisites. The victories at home in the Interwetten Super League and the qualification to the Champions League groups, which brings hot money to the PAE fund, at a very difficult time due to the coronavirus, which has closed the stands and zeroed revenue for the tickets. The money that Olympiacos will obtain from the classification keeps it at the level required by the highest organization. And all this does not happen to him for the first time, so he does not know how to manage it, everything else.
There, in the groups, you will not find opponents like Omonia. If you started very early last year, this year your course was clearly much less difficult. But in the final stages, things are completely different. And Olympiacos must show up armed and ready.
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