Important achievement of Olympiakos of Jose Luis Mendilibar in the field of a Porto which can greatly complicate the qualification for the playoffs of the Europa League, which is almost on the track of the Greeks, with options even for a direct ticket to the round of 16 (0-1).
Very tactical rivalry, one of the favorites of the Spanish coach, who already knows what it takes to succeed in Europe with Olympiakos and Seville. It wasn’t the ideal setting, although Do Dragao didn’t make a great entrance, which made it easier to play in a less hostile environment.
Porto did not have enough points to play a leading role on the ball. Hard to find Samu Omorodionthe goal man of a Portuguese team that had an entire match in the engine room Nico Gonzalez. The rest of the players did not keep up with the circulation to be interesting and, moreover, one of the ones who touched the ball the most in the rival field was the left back Moura.
Defensively, he has a single mission. Portoto control The Friendthe most dangerous player in Olympiakos. Alone in the attacks of the Greeks, but that was enough. He was a bit slow in some actions and in the first half a goal was disallowed for offside, but he made the difference. Specifically in the last minutes, after a defensive communication error between Nehuén and Ze Pedro, they left the ball in the area to Costinha, who assisted El Kaabi (79′).
The victory for Mendilibar’s team could have been greater, where Yaremchuk’s goal was disallowed in stoppage time after a defensive error, and the ball came directly from the goalkeeper, although offside. Fortunately, they don’t need it.
match lineup
99
23
74
22
24
3
11
16
9
86
13
88
23
3
96
45
16
19
14
9
84
22
Dragão Stadium
Konstantinos Tzolakis88
72′
Rodinei23
80′
Francisco Ortega3
Christos Mouzakitis96
22′
Panagiotis Retsos45
David Carmo16
58′
Giorgos Masouras19
45′
Dani Garcia14
58′
52′
79′
Ayoub El Kaabi9
78′
89′
72′
Charalampos Kostoulas84
Chiquinho22
88′
Replacements
Alexandros Paschalakis1
Alexandros Anagnostopoulos99
Julian Biancone4
72′
Lorenzo Pirola5
Costanha20
76′
72′
Apostolos Apostolopoulos65
Marko Stamenic8
88′
Kristoffer Velde11
45′
76′
Sergio Oliveira27
80′
Theofanis Bakulas29
79′
Antonis Papakanellos64
58′
84′
Roman Yaremchuk17
89′
93′
coach
José Fernando Ferreirinha Tavares
Jose Luis Mendilibar
Source: La Verdad
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