Pressing high and a fast pace are Martinez’s orders in Olympiakos training

Mission to Austria: Heraklis Antipas

His preparation Olympiakou in Austria continued with afternoon training on Friday (07/07).

The “red and white” started with… alternative heating, as they were divided into teams, trying to prevent a large ball from crossing the boundaries set on the playing field by throwing a soccer ball at it with their hands. An exercise that the players liked, as it brought out laughter and teasing between them, instead of the classic warm-up.

The second exercise was about possession of the ball. In doubles, the football players of Olympiakos they had to press high and play the ball at once, as quickly and without mistakes as possible. El Arabi and Masouras played forwards in both teams, with the wingers being used a lot in the game and the ball often breaking to the side.

When the center forward failed, the build up started from the goalkeeper and automatically the order was for the opposing defense to press high, a style reminiscent of the presentation of Diego Martinez-Antonio Cordon, where Vangelis Marinakis had requested “attack, attack, attack.”

Martinez’s intention, which he shows these days and also to Rentis when the internationals were integrated, is for Olympiacos to play fast, attacking football and pressing highnot allowing the opponent to organize their own attacks.

The teams in the doubles:

Reds: Paschalakis, Androutsos, Doi, Retsos, Reabtsiuk, Karvalio, Fortounis, Biel, Butoutsi, Masouras

Blue: Tzolakis, Rodinei, Ba, Baglianis, Ramon, Bouchalakis, Pepe, Zinkernagel, El Arabi

Huang and Liatsos played wild cards for both teams.