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Olympiakos qualified for “32” in the Europa League, but not thanks to their own legs. Manchester City was the one who offered the classification to the plate of the ‘rojiblancos’ after their 3-0 victory against Marseille, at a time when the Piraeus team, with suicidal tendencies and below expectations, was defeated 2- 0 for Porto is “reserved” in one of its worst appearances at home in the tournament.
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Without being worse than the “dragons”, Pedro Martins’ players once again paid for their innocence in the details and suffered a painful defeat, although they proved to be seven souls, finally achieving the classification. In all this, Semedo was sent off with a second yellow card in the 79th minute, while Rafinia also saw a card, both absent in the first match of the next phase.
These are the elements that determined the development of the game in Faliro:
1. AGAIN GIFT PENALTY
The sudden restriction of Costas Fortounis on the bench due to a sore back of the thigh increased Olympiakos’ degree of difficulty on the creation field, with Mathieu Valbouena also out of action for quite some time. Without his two “brains” in the field, it was logical that Pedro Martins, in addition to a trio in the center of the field, put speed on the pitch. This is how the selection of the trained Mario Vrousai arises, with the always useful Giorgos Masouras on the left and the murderer Arabi at the head of the attack. On the other hand, Sergio Conceiçοo, having secured the classification, proceeded to an extensive update, with 8 new faces in total, in order to give rest to the key players, but also to give motivation to the players who so far do not have meaningful engagement time.
The “rojiblancos” stepped on 4-3-3, with the same disposition the “dragons” were placed on the field. The intentions of the hosts were evident from the first whistle of the German Felix Brich, with pressure on the ball from the first claim, tension in the duels and willingness to quickly transfer the ball to attack. Only in the 6th minute, however, from the guests’ first corner, Olympiakos fell to a penalty from Cholebas’s outstretched hand. In the same work spectators. Penalty – Rafinia’s hand in Marseille, the same in Faliro with Porto. If lessons don’t become lessons, they happen. With 0-1 in the back from minute 10, due to the successful execution of Otavio, the locals found themselves chasing the scoreboard.
2. OBJECTIVES NOT TO BE LOST
Five minutes were enough for the hosts to tighten an area and in very good conditions, but Masouras’s fourth from Bouchalakis’s wonderful balloon did not bring it 1-1. The international chaser just off Costa in the 15th minute made an awkward shot and sent the ball, squandering a rare equalizer opportunity.
Against a team that was in the mood to run, but not very consistent, the ‘rojiblancos’ kept pushing throughout the field, but it was clear that the player who would take steps with the ball and give breath to the attack was missing. With the Porto players massively pushing behind the ball from 2/3 of the field, it was not particularly difficult to control the offensive efforts of the “rojiblancos” who were not properly coordinated in the game of possession. All this until the 30th minute, from that moment the Olympiacos players raised their lines, tried to expand the attack and become more threatening.
As for Pedro Martins, he had picked up the one who was missing on the field from minute 20 to warm up. Costas Fortounis. Just in the 35th minute, “Mr. 7” stepped onto the field instead of Kamaras who was present with the order to automatically convert to 4-2-3-1 and the goal to reach the ball in the rival area, something that happened only in the first part. in the Masura phase.
3. ARON ARON LA FORTUNIS
From the moment Fortounis stepped onto the field, he tried with constant movement to make himself necessary for his team, but all of this continued to happen far away from the well-armored Porto area. And in all this, a lot of wrong decisions even in theoretically easy passes. In general, the appearance of Olympiakos until the break was proportionate to suffering to bad. With a final at home and a penalty, a gift that you can’t wait for much longer …
4. LOCALITY
Against a rival with a subsidiary, the “rojiblancos” could not impose their “wishes” throughout the first half, while they were again on the scoreboard with another hand, which, as in the previous Marseille game, was indicated – correctly, via VAR. Among other things, the Olympiacos game was characterized by a fortune. Hasty decisions, superficialities, a consequence of the stupid penalty that put them in the co-pilot position from 10 ‘. Initially, the “red” bench made a second change, with Radzelovic replacing Giorgos Masouras, who after the blow he received in the game against Volos, did not seem to press well on the field.
The Serb crossed to the right and Brusai was ordered to move to the opposite side of the field. It is a fact that the hosts entered the field a little more furious from 46 ‘, with the difference that more players tried to step on an area, including captain Bouchalakis. With Porto having relatively good traffic and taking advantage of empty spaces, the hosts missed a second great opportunity for a draw in the 54th minute. Fortounis with one of his well-known slaloms fed Arabi into the area, but the Moroccan shot was hasty and out of place.
As time passed, the motivation of the hosts seemed more intense on the pitch, but the guests had no problem interrupting the rhythm with fouls or delays.
In short, overall we saw a bit of football and even fewer opportunities. The bad thing was that Olympiakos with two classic opportunities did not find a home, while Porto went ahead of the white ball, by one hand and without any other offensive activity throughout the game.
5. ALL FOR ALL AND 0-2
With Olympiacos pushing and Martins taking Sundani off the bench in Brusai’s place, a sudden counterattack from the “dragons” was enough to make it 0-2.
Cholebas lost the first claim and found himself on the ground asking for foul. The phase continued with Dias avoiding Rafinias, turning the ball and Uribe taking the rebound after a counterattack to beat Sa in the 77th minute. The evil subsided two minutes later with Semedos facing the second yellow card and leaving for the locker room.
Shortly before, Sundani had entered the field, but after the dismissal, he was left alone in the attack, with Arabi giving up his place to Ba, to fill the gap in the plugs.
Stadium: George Karaiskakis
Goal scorer: 10 ‘πεν. Otavio, 77 ‘Uribe
OLYMPIC: Sa, Rafinia, Cisse, Semedo, Cholebas, Embila, Kamara (35 ‘Fortounis), Bouhalakis, Masouras (46’ Rantzelovic), Vrousai (73 ‘Sundani), Arabi (81’ Ba).
PORTO: Diogo Costa, Diogo Leite, Zaidou, Grujic, Ebeba, Baro (63 ‘Uribe), Joao Mario (71’ Corona), Otavio (79 ‘Sar), Felipe Anderson (63’ Days), Nanou, Toni Martines (80 ‘ Evanilson).
Yellow: 43 ‘Fortounis, 52’ Semedo, 70 ‘Rafinia – 27’ Nanou
Red: 79 ‘Semedo
Referee: Felix Brich (Germany)
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