Olympiacos stepped on it! The “red and white” did not catch high standards of performance, they gave space and rights to Nanteswhich punished them in the 3rd minute of stoppage time (2-1) and his team Carlos Corberan started its course in its groups with a defeat Europa League!
There weren’t enough Vatslik and Bielwho were also the only ones who got into the spirit of the match, while debut with encouraging figures was made by Bowler.
In the coach’s mind
With 3-5-2, Antoine Compoire brought down Nantes. Lafon in goal, with Appia, Ziroto and Polois in defense. Gesan and Merlan the two full-backs, with Blas, Mutusami and Chirivela in the midfield. Mohamed and Ganago were the attacking duo.
Carlos Corberan lined up Olympiakos with 3-4-3. Vatslik in goal and Manolas, Retsos, Cisse in the stoppers. Avila and Reampchuk the back-half, with Kunde, Bouhalakis in the axis. Biel and Masuras flanked Ui-Jo in attack.
The match
In order to impose a frenetic pace, he entered the game Nantes, which he did. High pressure, quick circulation and creation mainly from the ends, especially his left Olympiakoutargeting Ryabchuk, with the first phase coming before two minutes were up, but the Vatslik took out the finals of Appia and Mohammed. The “red and whites” made many and effortless midfield mistakes, with Manolas saving his team in the 14th minute when Gesan he quickly ran away to the counter. Piraeus had a passive style, the midfielders ran and didn’t… arrive, while the ball never reached the best operator the “red and whites” had, Biel.
The grandstand was well in the bay and pushing Nant, which clearly pressed better and pressed. She found the goal relatively naturally, which gave her the lead in the 32nd minute, with Blah to “pierce” with his vertical defense Olympiakou and Mohammed with an impeccable placement he scored 1-0. A score that remained until the end of the half, since in the 39th Avila wasted the only good phase of the Greek team with the shot, which he attempted from a good position inside the area, going wide.
The second half started without changes for both teams, with the “red and white” showing a willingness to… play football themselves. They took the reins and possessiontried to create and threaten, finding the equalizer fortunately, however. It was the 51st minute with Biel taking the corner and Lafon making a poor clearance, confusing Mutasamy, who the ball found and into the net for 1-1. The stadium was frozen, the atmosphere the same and Olympiacos looked dangerous in the opposition. The hour mark saw the debut of Bowler, who came on for Masoura, with Kombouare also bringing on Simon and Sissoko.
Nantes had more freshness in the last quarter, he pressed and found a goal with Gesan, but it was correctly disallowed for offside, with the “red and whites” unable to freeze the tempo. The hosts were pressing, Vačlik… was holding on, but he also “bent” in the 3rd minute of stoppage time, when Gesan scored with a nailed header for 2-1, setting “fire” on the field!
MVP: Gessant had an excellent game overall, had warned early with the disallowed goal and finally found… more in stoppage time to give Nantes the win.
The whistle: Harald Lechner did a good refereeing overall, with the “red and whites” shouting in the finale that at the beginning of the goal phase, a foul has been committed on Abu Kamara.
Nantes (Antoine Compoire): Lafond – Appia, Girotto, Palois – Gesan, Blas, Mutousami (69′ Sissoko), Chiriveya, Merlin – Mohamed, Ganago (69′ Simon)
Left on the bench were: Petric, Fabio, Coco, Aki, Douche, Castelletto, Corkia
Olympiakos (Carlos Corberan): Vatslik – Retsos, Manolas, Cisse – Avila, Reabciuk, Koude, Bouhalakis – Biel (86′ El Arabi), Masouras (60′ Bowler), Ui-Jo Huang (77′ Abu Kamara)
Left on the bench were: Tzolakis, Papadoudis, Androutsos, Papastathopoulos, Vrousai, Valbuena, Huang Inbom, Doi, Rodriguez
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
Assistants: Andreas Heidenreich, Maximilian Kolbitz
4th: Marcus Hameter
VAR: Christian Tsortsitsa, AVAR: Alan Kigias
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