Two goals in extra time for the Montenegrins Stevan Jovetic and the moroccan Youssef El-Arabi In extra time they allowed Olympiacosin the Basque direction José Luis Mendilibar, seal their place in the quarterfinals of the Conference League, after overcoming the three-goal deficit (1-4) in which they closed the first leg, by losing 1-6 this Thursday against Maccabi Tel Aviv.
But if Jovetic, former player of Sevilleand El Arabi, who played four seasons at pomegranate, responsible for completing the Greek comeback in extra time, the success of the Mendilibar team cannot be understood without the outstanding performance of Daniel Podence.
The Portuguese attacker led the victory over an Olympiacos team that bore little or no resemblance to the first leg match, where the Piraeus They lost clearly 1-3 after only the first half hour of play.
In contrast to what happened this Thursday in the Serbian city of Backa Poplarwhere the Israeli team plays its matches in Europe because of Conflict in Gazawhere the Greek team barely took ten minutes to make it clear that they were going for a comeback.
Time to act power, who scored 0-1 in an action where the Portuguese attacker was able to create enough space inside the area to beat (0-1) a tight shot at Israeli goalkeeper Roi Mishpati.
But Daniel Podence not only had the goal, but also the vision of the game and the precision in hitting to help his team-mates, as he made two surprising passes clear. Konstantinos Fortounis and in moroccan Ayoub El Kaabi level the contest (0-3) before reaching the break.
A blow for him Maccabi Tel Aviv, that after what happened in the first leg they are already in the quarterfinals, which is the Irish Robbie Keane seemed to have it back in their hands after closing the gap (1-3) with a penalty goal from Eran Zahavi in 57 minutes.
However, by Olympiacos, less so The Friend They are ready for nothing and no one to stop them from the next round of the Conference League, as the Moroccan attacker showed in the 65th minute with a spectacular goal (1-4) from a bicycle kick which reached the tie in extra time.
Extra time in which the Greek team transferred its superiority on the scoreboard with goals from Jovetic in the 93rd minute and El-Arabiwho ten minutes later signed the final 1-6 for those Mendilibar, which after being taken last year in Seville in the conquest of European League wants to conquer this season with Olympiacos Meeting.
Source: La Verdad
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