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Six days ago, Olympiakos asked for the match more than Marseille, they did not take their foot off the gas until the last minute and finally justified themselves. In “Dragao” against Porto, which showed fewer virtues than the French, but more consistently, the Greek champion was defeated 2-0, due to personal errors, superficiality and lack of mental clarity. It is a pity and unfair that the ‘rojiblancos’ lost to a team that was not superior to them, but that was more consistent in its plan and was justified.
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Pedro Martins was not justified by the changes he made except for Costas Fortounis who arrived from the bench in the 53rd minute. These are the five things that determined the outcome of the match in “Dragao”.
1. LOOKED IN THE MIRROR
A coach like Pedro Martins who does not change his habits easily was not expected to “hurt” the team that led him to victory against Marseille. So he kept the ten that he started in last Wednesday’s game and proceeded to the forced replacement of Ba by his compatriot Cisse. The Olympiakos coach approached Sergio Conceiç πουo’s line-up with a mirror, who also preferred 4-2-3-1. His goal is to win the battle mainly in the midfield with Bouhalaki and Embila against Oliveira and Uribe.
At the top of the triangle on the guest side was enthusiastic Mathieu Valbouena, while 20-year-old southpaw Fabio Vieira was chosen on the other side. The Piraeus team hit the field with air and tried to catch the ball and play, in contrast to the previous game where they preferred a waiting position. With a 4-4-2 approach and the French general doubling Arabi in the first defense zone, the Olympiakos blues came into play. The hosts tried to push high from the first pass and this tactic worked well for them, since only in the 11th minute, due to a mistake by Bouhalakis, Vieira’s 1-0 came too early and ignominiously against an empty net, as did Embila . managed to correct the mistake of his teammate.
2. WITH THE BACK ON THE WALL
The quick goal of the “dragons” put the “rojiblancos” in the co-pilot position and forced them to chase the scoreboard out of nowhere, in a match that had not preceded the mid-stage. Despite the added stress of the quick 1-0, the Greek duo tried to react. To put the ball down and with a game mainly from the right where they were Rafinha, Rangelovic, but also Valbouena who pressed more from there, to reach the tie. The first attempt was made with a header from El Arabi in the 20th minute, while five minutes later the Moroccan executioner was exposed, in a promising attack.
In the gap that was observed, however, in the central axis by Olympiacos, due to the movements of Valbouena, Porto found places and measures to manifest attacks, a fact that did not go unnoticed. In other words, there was a big gap in the space that would be occupied by the top player in the collection of second balls, Kamara, who watched the game on television due to a coronavirus.
3. TOUCH THE EQUALIZATION
However, as the game progressed, most of the phases were butter on Port bread. The Olympiakos players could have grabbed the ball, turned it over and looked for attack, but the home team, with a double zone of defense and the three lines marked under the crossbar, did not put much effort into taking the half. Except for the Valbouena lobby, which Beba advanced with tension on the goal and with Marcezin neutralized. This phase took place in the 40th minute and nothing else until the halftime whistle. The bad thing about the whole story was that Porto, despite not entering the game well, found the goal because of the pressure they exerted and then the game went where it wanted, as a team that is doing well on the field and in the rapid transition from defense to attack.
4. THE MATCH FOR FORTUNI “SCREAMED”
With the game “screaming” throughout the first half that a player was missing in the measures recently covered by Mandy Kamara, in front of the two blocking means, Pedro Martins asked his players for more will and drive, but did not change. immediately after the break. His players, however, entered even stronger against a pale Porto and missed a great opportunity with Ranzelovic’s turn to equalize in the 52nd minute. At the same time, Costas Fortounis was preparing, the most suitable to occupy the space in front of the two cutters, in the absence of Kamaras and finally went to the field in 53 ‘instead of Masouras. Valbouena went to the left, the circle began to tighten more, with Olympiakos raising the rates of ball possession that was at 52% until 45 ‘. “Fortou” took a position alongside Arabi as the second striker, while as time passed the hosts became increasingly limited to a passive role. Without exaggeration, the best team on the field was Piraeus, but the goal did not come. At least until completing an hour of race. With Fortounis happy, however, the ball was loaned to half of the local team who began to panic …
5. RISK AND PAY
With a double change, Pedro Martins continued his recovery effort, with Vinagre in place of Cholebas and Bruma on the right in place of Rangelovic. It is a fact that after this play in the 70 ‘the rojiblancos lost their cohesion and offensive momentum for a while, but from 75’ they returned to step on the third attack. Vinegar and Mist entered with appetite, but they did not enter with the required homogeneity. And how to find it, since they have not played anything with their new companions? Some things make sense in soccer. Until the goal came, Pedro Martins kept chasing the game. Two more changes in 83 ‘with Pepe and Hassan, but the risk is not always good.
As Olympiakos chased the goal, they conceded 2-0 on 85 ‘to Oliveira on 85’ and the modest ceremony ended somewhere.
A pity and unfair on the one hand, a fair result on the other, from the moment the ‘rojiblancos’ gave rights and paid for them, against a team that was not better than them, but was more serious and consistent in their plan. In 88 ‘Hassan, having two teammates by his side, preferred to finish the phase alone and win the corner … The luckier he smiled with Marseille, the more he turned his back on “Dragao” yesterday.
Stadium: Dragao
PORTO (Sergio Conceiçοo): Marchesin, Manafa, Ebeba, Pepe, Zaidou, Sergio Oliveira (89 ‘Baro), Uribe, Otavio (70’ Grujic), Corona (70 ‘Evanilson), Fabio Vieira (61’ Nakazima), Marega
OLYMPIAKOS (Pedro Martins): Sa, Rafinia, Semedo, Cisse, Cholebas (70 ‘Vinagre), Bouhalakis (84’ Pepe), Embila, Masouras (53 ‘Fortounis), Valbouena (84’ Hassan), Rangelovic (70 ‘Bruma), Arabi.
MARKER
1. Manchester City 6 (6-1)
2. Porto 3 (3-3)
3. Olympiacos 3 (1-2)
4. Marseille 0 (0-4)
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