Sunday walk for him Olympic against the Bullet. Back to the wins with the emphatic 5-0 for the “red and whites”, who counted three consecutive defeats (from Panathinaikos, AEK and Ari) in the playoffs Stoiximan Super League.
THE Doe with his first professional goal, placing after a foul by Fortunis, he opened the scoring 19′while after a nice effort by Valbuena o Kasami scored with a shot at 25′. THE Fortounis handed out the 2nd assist in the 45′ by Biel to find nets. The best goal of Piraeus was scored in 61′ by Bakabu, while it was preceded by a beautiful collaboration of the 31-year-old forward, with Fortuni and Biel. In the 69th El Arabi who had just entered the match sent the ball into the net with projection after an effort by Masoura.
So the Olympic maintained the lead for 3rd place, after staying at +3 from PAOKwhich prevailed 3-2 of Aris.
In the mind of the coaches
With 4-2-3-1 as usual Olympiacos. Tzolakis was under the posts instead of the injured Paschalakis, in defense from right to left Rodinei, Papastathopoulos, Doi, Ramon. In the midfield, Embila and Kasami, while Biel and Fortounis were on the “wings”, with Valbuena moving behind the only promoted Bakabou.
With 4-2-3-1 and Volos. Kotnik was under the rafters. Tahatos, Pirinen, Sielis and Si in defense. Metaxas and Tsokanis in the midfield, Deletics, Gagi and Tsirinos the central attacking trio behind Pires.
The match
The match started at a good pace with Olympiakos having the initiative of the movements. The Piraeus in their first good moment, touched the goal, with Kasami missing in the 3rd minute unmarked from about three meters after a corner from Valbuena from the left. The hosts made their 2nd phase with the same protagonists, with Valbuena stepping into the area from the right (from Rodiney’s cross), making the turn for Kasami who saw Kotnik kick away his shot in the 10′ .
Volos gradually started to unravel after that point and found its first final in the 14th minute, with Pires going on the counter and catching a low shot that was blocked by Tzolakis. Two minutes later a fresh threat came from the visitors at the feet of the Brazilian ace, but Doe cut away his cross before it got any more difficult for his side. Kodik was on hand in Bakabu’s penalty area in the 17th minute, but two minutes later he couldn’t do anything. Fortounis committed a foul just outside the area, Doi drilled into the heart of the opponent’s area and beat the opponent’s goalkeeper with a spot kick.
THE Olympiacos did not slow down and looked straight for a second goal and almost found it in the 21st minute, with Valbuena taking after a mistake by the visitors and playing vertically for Biel defeated by Kotnik. In the 25th minute, Piraeus made it 2-0, with Valbuena emptying Tahatos from the left and turning the ball, with Kasami coolly executing. The Piraeus they also found a 3rd goal before the break, with Fortounis carrying the ball for several meters, before distributing vertically at the right moment for Bielwho shot, with the ball countering and ending up beam and inside.
Volos started hot in the second half, with Deletich to threaten and save Olympiakos’ defense. Then Anigo’s team had beamby Bakabu to market to horizontal closely. The “red and white” scored their best goal in the 61st minute, when Fortounis, Bakabou and Biel they teamed up with their eyes closed, with the 31-year-old forward in a shooting position and teeing up Kotnik for his 18th league strike.
The 62-year-old technician put fresh blood in the game, making a quadruple change in the 66th minute and three minutes later it became 5-0, starring two players who had just entered the match. Masouras made a volley, El Arabi the projection, ahead of the Slovenian keeper, to send the ball over the bar and in.
The turnovers dropped noticeably thereafter, with both teams turning their attention to their next duties. A missed shot by Kasami and a header by Vrusai from both, plus an effort from Deletic were not the only ones remarkable phases till the end.
The film of the match via sport-fm.gr
Referee: Perrakis Konstantinos
Assistants: Petropoulos Tryfonas, Michael Papadakis
4th: Maloutas Dimitrios
VAR: Diamantopoulos Aristotles, AVAR: Nikolaidis Konstantinos
Olympiacos (Jose Anigo): Tzolakis – Rodinei, Papastathopoulos, Doi, Ramon – Embila (67′ Samasekou), Kasami – Biel (80′ Butucci), Valbuena (67′ Vrousai), Fortounis (67′ Masouras) – Bakabou (67′ El Arabi)
On the bench of the home team: Christianson, Ba, Huang, Reabciuk
Volos (Kostas Bratsos): Kotnik – Tachatos, Pirinen, Sielis (46′ Aslanidis), Si – Metaxas, Tsokanis (74′ Katse) – Deletics, Gagi (46′ Luna), Tsirinos (63′ Economopoulos) – Pires (46′ Alcho)
On the guest bench: Avgerinos, Kartalis, Methkida
Source: Sport Fm
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