Megas… Alexandropoulos sent Olympiakos to the playoffs!

His savior Olympiakou The Sotiris Alexandropoulos! The Greek midfielder drew Genk 1-1 of the ten players in stoppage time and sent the “red and whites” in the Europa League playoffswhere Čukaritsky from Serbia is waiting.

Piraeus, who struggled a lot in Belgium but after the expulsion of Pencil in the 65′ they raised their lines and achieved redemption in the 5th minute of stoppage time.

His expulsion is a black mark Rodney in the end, with the Brazilian full-back missing the first match against the Serbians.

In the coach’s mind

With 3-4-3 lined up his team Water Frankenwhich had Funderford at home and a defense trio of Cuesta, Mohamed and McKenzie.

In the midfield were Munios, El Kanous, Hrosovsky and Kayebe, with Sarr, Peincil and Fantera up front.

The Diego Martinez chose 4-2-3-1. Paschalakis defended the home of Piraeus, with Rodinei, Retso, Freire and Kini in defense and Ibora, M. Kamaras in the axis.

Triad behind El Kaabi, Masouras, Carvalio and Fortounis.

The match

The Belgians entered stronger from the start of the match, with Paschalakis clearing Fantera’s dangerous ball in the 2nd minute. The Reds saw Genk’s players push very high and create mainly from the left, with one of those phases bringing penalty by Freire on Pencil.

The Piraeus protested for a foul early in the period but Stiller was adamant, with the penalty winner taking but watching Paschalakis and the right beam to stop him.

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Nevertheless, the VAR detected that the Greek goalkeeper did not step over the line in the execution, so a replay was awarded, with the Ghanaian on target this time for 1-0.

This development forced Olympiakos to try to go up, however Genk still had the initiative of the moves, with the score remaining until the break.

The second half began with Martinez’s side still struggling to create.

El Kanous sent the ball out with a shot in the 51st minute, while in the 60th minute Shore saw his shot from inside the area hit a defender.

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In the 65th minute, however, came the phase that changed the balance. Kinney fouled Pencil and he kicked him, resulting in a direct red card and leave with ten the Belgians!

Somewhere there, Olympiacos started to rise, with Ibora sending the ball into his arms Funderford with shot at 71′. A header from El Arabi had the same result five minutes later, with Alexandropoulos and Biel to threaten in the 85′ but not beat Funderford.

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In the 90+1′ the Spaniard came out four-four with the Belgian goalkeeper but saw him drive away for a corner, keeping it 1-0.

Redemption finally came at 90+5’… A beautiful shot by him Alexandropoulou left a statue to the undefeated until that moment Funderford, bringing the 1-1!

A thriller ensued, with Rodiney sent off with a second yellow card in the 100th minute for kicking the ball away, but no further development took place as Olympiakos qualified.

The lineups of the two teams

Genk (B. Franken): Funderford, Cuesta, Mohamed, McKenzie (90+8′ Oyen), Munios, El Kanous, Chrossofsky (90+8′ Arocandare), Kayebe, Shore (90′ Baa), Pencil, Fantera (70′ Galarsa)

On the counter: Van Crombridge, Penders, Sadik, Arteaga, El Hadji, Bangoura, Kongolo

Olympiacos (D. Martinez): Paschalakis, Rodinei, Retsos, Retsos, Freire, Kini, Ibora, M. Kamara (80′ Vrousai), Fortounis (90+8′ Doi), Carvallio (46′ Alexandropoulos), Masouras (68′ Biel), El Kaabi (68 ‘ El Arabi)

On the counter: Tzolakis, Papadoudis, Ramon, Ba, Porosso

MVP: Clearly the Sotiris Alexandropoulos. The Greek midfielder came on at half-time and after the suspension he raised his performance like his whole team, reaching the golden goal that sent Olympiacos to the next phase.

Referee: Stiller

Assistants: Gitelman, Bors

4th: Osmers

VAR: Dankert, Storks

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