No winner (0-0) ended the bra-de-fer of the Avenue between Panathinaikos and Olympic for the 18th game of the Super League. In a “battle” that will be quickly forgotten, the “greens” were superior, while the “red and whites” were not spoiled by a draw.
The analysis of the podium coach
* Vanity superiority of Panathinaikos, very passive Olympiakos. In a tasteless derby, which was the worst in recent years and one of the worst ever, on the one hand Panathinaikos was overall superior. Not, however, as good as he should – for himself – to get the victory. He tried until the end to tilt the plate in his favor, but the truth is that he did not have the classic phases to succeed. The best was the head of Maceda in 41 ‘and if it had become 1-0 at that point we would logically see a different game. . Nouns, he could not to break the multi-faceted defense of the guests. On the opposite bank, the “red and whites” essentially played for a draw. They came in stronger, but then they gave the opponent measures and sat back. He “banged” that their goal was not to lose. They did it, they are more satisfied with the result, but they should be concerned about the image they presented aggressively in the derby. The fact that he made his first final in 44 ‘testifies a lot.
* It had no phases, it had… wood. In terms of spectacle, it was… soup the game no doubt. He did not have good moments and overall the finals were not many, while the emotions in general were also lacking. The element that the match had in a superlative degree was the (football) wood. The Polish referee, Pavel Ratskowski, allowed it from the beginning, obviously keeping in mind that due to the particularity of the match, he should not be strict in disciplinary control from the beginning. However, he started to take the cards out of his pocket and then it was not possible to collect it easily, as the players of both teams continued to throw small coins. Without anything extreme, but the holidays were many and maybe if he had started showing cards earlier we would have seen a game with fewer holidays and a better pace.
* Derby starring Juankar and Embila. It is difficult to single out players in such a Panathinaikos-Olympiakos. He had no goals, no phases, while with the role in which several footballers were spent, those who “shone” were not many. In terms of “clover”, the top was clearly the Spanish back. Most of the home team’s visits to the opponent’s area were made by his own effort, while he had no suspensive issues. Go up and down most of the race. His performance resulted in Lala, who is good lately to be replaced in 66 ‘, with Martins passing the defensive Karbovnik.
From the point of view of Olympiakos, overall, he was the best Emvila. Olympiacos was numerically poorer than Panathinaikos, having the Frenchman and Kamaras as unique midfielders. With the “clover” having more time on the ball at his feet, more work fell on the 31-year-old midfielder than usual and he did just fine. He threw a lot of runs, went out to push to steal balls and at the same time covered gaps, due to the disadvantage of Olympiakos, which we mentioned above.
* She made him white-faced. Martins chose it 3-4-3 for the derby, restoring a system with three central defenders after a while. Specifically, after July. He had then left him “wounds” with his exclusion from Ludogorets. The Portuguese left it aside, since he had not used it much anyway (he tried it last year when he “locked” the championship) and as it seemed, he had not worked much. He decided to take it out of the closet today, in a “hot” game as it always is with Panathinaikos. So, obviously, taking advantage of quality Papastathopoulos and Manolas, to cover other weaknesses of his team, which have arisen due to the Copa Africa mainly. This time was justified, judging by the result. Yes, Olympiacos was not good overall and aggressively presented a problematic person. However, the 51-year-old coach guided his team to a draw and achieved his goal. So, from this point of view, the 3-4-3 it came out to him today. However, if we want to see it more comprehensively, Martins should enter into thoughts, putting down the positives and negatives of Piraeus in the “battle” of the Avenue.
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