“Gudely the last penalty? Horizontal beam and out”: What is left of Karaiskakis

The lights in Karaiskakis were slow to go out. The match, which was decided at penalty kick – which makes sense since he had taken over the live event on his behalf sport-fm.gr the writer! Good thing again that there is no more extra time in the UEFA Super Cup…

THE Manchester City left Piraeus with the trophy in their luggagehaving forced another defeat in the institution Seville. If the Europa League is their institution, the European Super Cup is probably their kryptonite…

It was a beautiful night on August 16 for those who were able to be at his stadium Olympiakou. Of course many huge clubs come almost every year to “G. Karaiskakis” at the mercy of Piraeus’ obligations in Europe, but to see two foreign clubs in it is something different.

It happened again in 2021, when UEFA had designated the home of the Greek club for Arsenal’s match against Benfica in the Europa League. Corona times, they seem far away but they are closer than we think.

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Sold out may not have happened, but approx 30,000 followers were found there. The season certainly played its role, many Greeks have… escaped to the countryside and islands, therefore they did not attend. Under other circumstances, not a single magic card would go unsold. Of course, the City and Sevilla fans did it, although they were more numerous but not the noisiest.

Already an hour and a half to an hour before the cross, the Andalusians had made their presence felt, placed on one petal and in the corner. On the other side, one would find the “citizens”, more… scattered. Whenever they decided to remind that they are there, however, they did so successfully, even if they lacked the organization of their opponents in terms of the stands.

The stadium shook when Ivan Rakitic made his warm-up appearance, while Pep Guardiola was universally welcomed. They have nothing against him, after all, the Sevians…

The time passes, the warm-up ends, a beautiful scene was set up before the cross, with the… sheets with the emblem of the institution of both teams making their appearance. Along with two columns, but also the words Athens-Piraeus 2023.

A minute’s silence for the bereaved Michalis Katsouris. It was reverently observed by the vast majority of the crowd, with the exception of 2-3 nondescript people on the opposite side of the field who might not even understand what exactly was going on. And a bobcat, somewhere in the sea of ​​people, was crying sweetly. He certainly didn’t understand…

For the racing part, not much is needed. Have been written. However, it is worth recalling the passion of the Sevillians. The sharp yuch when something happened that they didn’t like, the outburst at great header by En Nesiri for 1-0.

When Ederson headed home in front of the Europa League holders’ world, suddenly City disappeared. But the Brazilian was invincible under the posts and kept denying the second goal to the Moroccan, after Ocampo’s advances.

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One phase was needed by the “citizens” and everything changed. That blonde devil called Palmer left Bono unable to react with a headbutt. A formidable midfielder, who recently scored impressively against Arsenal as well.

The Sevillian retreat was not accompanied by overthrow. Finally, 1-1, penalty. In front of the City fans stand, all but the last one was on target. “Gudely the last penalty? Horizontal beam and out” he mentioned -true story- next to o George Tsanakas. Check it out, have you played it? As he said, they happened. As he predicted the 4-0 win over Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the Champions League. That’s another story, for another time.

Another lost Super Cup final for Sevilla, the first trophy for the “citizens”, in the hands of Kyle Walker and in the cloudy sky.

They want everything, Pep said after the match. After he deified himself and he also deified the fans of the Andalusians in the victory lap. The scenery was painted blue, the Catalan he first made sure to congratulate Jose Luis Mendilibar and then celebrate.

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“We are missing a trophy, maybe it will be in December” commented Guardiola with his eyes on the Club World Cup. Of course, there are plenty of other matches ahead, starting with this one against Newcastle, next Saturday (19/08).

“Thank you to the Premier League for making us play on Saturday and not Sunday or Monday” he said at the press conference. He has said it before about the merciless schedule of the English and not only teams, he and Jurgen Klopp.

In response to a question from sport-fm.gr on whether a team’s mentality changes and if their motivation takes a hit after arriving in… the promised land (say Champions League), he recalled the consecutive successes in the Premier League, admitting that “At the moment we are not at our best. But I know the players and the staff and I know how we will fight.”

Around half past one, the scene had slowly started to change. The triumphant City got on the coach to leave, under the gaze of a few dozen people who cheered him on from afar. Some were hoping for a photo or an autograph, but security strictly forbade it. A little boy in an Erling Haaland jersey climbed onto his father’s shoulderstried to greet the Norwegian who had taken a seat on the bus.

Judging by the little one’s excited reaction seconds later, the Scandinavian player had obviously responded to the greeting…

By and large, the much-desired return home, after a very demanding – and full of humidity, as the English media pointed out – evening took place around two and a half in the morning. Blue and red and white images, a few Ocampos takedowns, an MVP Palmer show, an endless live event, a crucial penalty prophecy, a brief communication with Pep, a lot of stress and sweat, see you now on the next big European night…