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More defeats are probably not possible. An Olympiakos full of confidence, a successful plan, good teams and a regulator and scorer Kamara, took the game where he wanted in the first half, going to the dressing room with 1-0, thanks to Mandy’s goal in the 33rd minute.
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In the second half, however, with two penalties in favor of the hosts that the referee did not see, but which were signaled by the VAR and an equal number of goals from Page from the white ball, the hosts stopped the game and reached their first victory in the tournament at 2-1, trapping Piraeus in third place in the group standings. A completely unfair result according to the image of the match, but the details and luck were not again on the side of the Greek champions.
These are the points that determined the development of the race:
1. WITH VROUSAI BASIC
Pedro Martins said it and he did it. He admitted at a press conference that he has Mario Brusai and a day later he “nailed” him in the starting eleven instead of Masura, wanting to take advantage of his enthusiasm, freshness, strength, but also the ability to “one by one”, in shape. with a lot of quality, protagonists, but not very quickly. The 22-year-old winger started the game on the left at Olympiakos 4-4-1-1 with Fortounis in a freer role behind El Arabi, while Kamara covered the area on the right in attack. Mandy, however, leaned in when Fortou came out on the right with the two players frequently alternating on this side. At the same time, Villa Boas chose the “clean” 4-3-3, with their best weapons Toven, Page and Benedetto in the attacking trio.
After a careful first 10 minutes, the ‘rojiblancos’ who yesterday played with their blue appearance (outside), not only cut the air of the local team, but pressed for the first time with demands in the attack, although the head of Arabi is not You send worried.
Unlike the previous game, this one with Manchester City, the guests had a point of reference in the attack. They touched the ball a couple of times to the Moroccan striker, who despite the wrong decisions in some phases, was a pillar to build the attacks, although he was also quite active.
2. WARNING AND ARC
The match proceeded at a slow pace and both teams paid more attention to the laggards. It is no exaggeration, however, that until the middle of the first half, Olympiakos seemed more active in attack than the hosts. The Marseille players with many passes tried to reach the Sa area safely, but without stressing the Portuguese goalkeeper. Unlike previous games, the presence of Fortounis in the line-up proved to be influential in the game of the whole team, since Mr. 7 asked for and took and held the ball, giving breaths and meters to the attack.
The first visit of the French team to Sa’s house was a place of Kuzans, inside the area with the ball ending. A minute later, in a quick counterattack, Bouchalakis fed Fortunis wonderfully on the play from the left, but the assist to Arabi was cut off in the last minute. Two minutes later, however, after an excellent combination of Fortuni, Vrousai and assists at Kamaras, Mandi, after faking a left shot, met Madanta for 0-1 (33 ‘). A neat and well-kept Olympic stadium, with mind and cohesion, took the game where it wanted. Two attempts at home, one on the web at a crucial moment.
3. BALANCE FROM NOWHERE
Having completely controlled the pace, with the right overlays, flawless transition and the right pressure, Martins’ players made a perfect first half. They were not particularly threatened, they blocked the trump cards of the hosts, they took advantage of their moments, they reached the goal they wanted to surprise, following the order of the coach, as you read on SPORT24 this morning.
With the start of the second half, Villa Boas proceeded to the first corrective move with Germain instead of the -negative- Benedetto, in order to breathe new life into the strike line. Luck turned its back on Olympiakos in the 51st minute when, in an attempt by Toven and the contribution of the VAR, Spanish referee Manthano showed a penalty on Cisse’s mark, which Page took advantage of in the 54th minute to make it 1-1.
A phase that literally came out of nowhere. With the tie, there was a second change by the hosts with Sanson in place of Kuzans. Without exaggeration, Marseille reached the goal without doing anything remarkable on the pitch, however, at this level it is all a matter of details …
4. AND SECOND PENALTY BY VAR
Marseille’s goal did not deter the “rojiblancos”. On the contrary, it made them even more stubborn, something that was evidenced in their willingness to achieve a second goal. With Vrousai and Fortouni in high spirits, Kamaras omnipresent and the two defensive midfielders working together with their eyes closed, Olympiakos pushed better, played his game, came out ahead, did not stand his ground by one point.
However, luck had other intentions, with the result that in the 73rd minute a second penalty was given to Rafinias, who looked out of the box with the naked eye, while on offense he seemed to be trying to protect his face. In running again Page and 2-1 despite Sa, he managed to touch the ball. Without having shown anything special, Marseille in the field and with two penalties indicated by the VAR, they went up and down.
On the other hand, it is clear that the image of Pedro Martins’ team in the second half was not similar to the first, with the result that the hosts although they fell from the Eiffel Tower and found a wallet to achieve a victory that was difficult to believe with According to his image, Ολυμπ Olympiakos closed the game with two changes, Masoura instead of Embila in the 79th minute and Sundani instead of Broussai in the delays. A great opportunity was missed by Cisse in minute 93 to be cut off at the last minute by Álvaro, for an Olympiakos who fought until the last minute, but failed to reach 2-2.
Stadium: Velontrom
MARSEILLES: Mandada, Sakai, Chaleta-Tsar, Alvaro, Amavi, Ronzier (85 ‘Gage), Kamara, Kuzans (56’ Sanson), Toven (90 ‘+ 5’ Ake), Benedetto (46 ‘Germain), Paget.
OLYMPIC: Sa, Rafinia, Cisse, Semedo, Cholebas, Embila (79 ‘Masouras), Kamara, Bouhalakis, Vrousai (90’ + 2 ‘Sundani), Fortounis, Arabi.
Goal scorer: 55 ‘ballpoint pen, 75’ ballpoint pen. Paget – 33 ‘Kamara
Yellow: 59 ‘Cholebas, 62’ Kamara
Referee: Jesούςs Hill Mantano (Spain)
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