Marcelo’s questionable form delayed his Olympiakos debut

Olympiakos never stops taking ‘old glories. Some because of their age and others because, although they are barely over thirty, their prime is long gone. The latest name to be added to the Piraeus team’s luxury squad, the former Villarreal player, Cedric Bakambu (31 years old), after the arrival of James Rodriguez (31).

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However, the signing that made the biggest impact, Marcelo, as he went from European champions Real Madrid to playing in the undervalued Greek league, is perhaps the most questioned. The Brazilian of 34 years landed two weeks ago but still haven’t played and can’t compete tomorrow Aris of Thessaloniki in Karaiskakis, because he was not even summoned.

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At the center of the controversy, the physical state of the Brazilian side. The Greek press or part of it doubts the physical conditions in which the former player of Real Madrid arrived and even assures that the overweight of Marcelo is obvious. In fact, this is one reason why the left-back was criticized in his final years in white. His debut at Olympiakos, therefore, will not take place until after stop selections

Contrary to, James Rodriguez its ready. The Colombian midfielder has entered the squad for this Sunday’s game and could make his debut with the Greek team.

Carlos Corberán, asked

Olympiakos, coached since this season by the Spaniards Carlos Corberan, He was having his first crisis. In addition to their uneven start in the Greek Super League, with two wins and two draws, the team from Piraeus suffered two defeats in the first two games of the Europa League, against Nantes (2-1) and Freiburg (3-0), this is the most painful.

The first criticisms were not long in coming, because if the famous Greek businessman Evangelos Marinakis -also owner of Nottingham Forest-, includes players of this popularity to make the desired leap beyond the first qualifying rounds in Europe, where the relevance of Hellenic teams is few. The PAOK Thessaloniki reached the quarterfinals of the Conference League last year, but the last presence of a Greek team in the quarterfinals of the second continental competition dates back to 2003 with Panathinaikos. Olympiakos reached the round of 16 in 2020 after eliminating Arsenal.

Aside from Marcelo, James and Bakambu, Olympiakos also have other notable footballers in their squad, such as the former Granada player. the arab, the ex of Athletic Vrsaljkothe former azulgrana Konrad De la Fuentethe former Zaragoza Pep Biel and the French M’Vila and Valbuena.

The Greek press questions Corberán’s management and media such as Sport Time also ensure that he has lost the trust of heavyweights in the locker room such as Kostas Manolas or Sokratis Papastathopoulos. However, the insults also refer to the management of the club, because today the Spanish coach has to manage a squad of more than 35 players and, understandably, beyond the big media names, a solid project is missing in Piraeus: 13 coaches in the last 10 years.