OFI-Aris: Premiere with match-fire at “Jedi Koule”

OFI and Aris cross their swords in “Jedi Koule”, in a very strong game for its 1st matchday Stoiximan Super League.

On the one hand, the Cretans want to show that they can go one step further, then the good image in the friendly games, but also the significant reinforcement in the transfer market of the summer. Specifically, Valdas Dabrauskas’ team acquired them Vasilis Lambropoulos (who was freed from Bochum), the Riera from Asteras Tripoli, the Band from Lamia, but also theirs Gagegos and Checkered.

Of course, they want to take advantage of their headquarters and start with the right, as mentioned by Christos Mandas in his statements.

“We did a very good preparation, we worked on several things. We improved on what we wanted, we saw it in the games and we are waiting to start. We are playing against a very good team, but we are also a good team. They are a team that has played European games, but we are also at a very good level and we are waiting to get started.

It’s a home game and that gives us a big boost, because we know the crowd will be there to support us. We are waiting for you all at the stadium, it’s our first game, you give us a lot of strength, and we will all celebrate together after the game.” were the words of the Greek goalkeeper.

OFI’s mission:

Mandas, Christogeorgos, Marinakis, Larson, Abada, Thorarinson, Giannoulis, Lambropoulos, Pasalidis, Vouros, Karo, Gayegos, Meyado, Bakics, Neira, Toral, Riera, Bifuma, Mosquera, Diko, Felipe.

On the other hand, Mr Mars he wants to make a positive start in this year’s championship, to which he will devote himself from now on (along with the Cup), after being eliminated by Dynamo Kyiv in the third qualifying round of the Champions League. In fact, in Thursday’s match, the “yellows” wronged themselves, after they accepted the upset and ended up being out of the tournament after the penalty shootout, with Udobajo to lose the last one and become the fatal one.

Apostle Terzis included in their mission Quest and brambles, but not him Darida, who was injured in the match against the Ukrainians.

“We didn’t deserve the exclusion but the qualification. This is football, anything can happen and I’m sad about the result. I want to thank our fans, who came to Bucharest and helped us.

My teammates and I did the best we could. Now, we don’t have time to think about what happened… We need to rest, regroup and focus on the first game of the new league. Let’s keep our heads up, to continue positively”, were some of the words of the “yellow” leader.

The Mars Mission:

Cuesta, Houtesiotis, Montoya, Odubajo, Ferrari, Fabiano, Brambetz, Jules Darinda, Djurasek, Rupp, Pavicic, Ducouret, Palma, Menendez, Carlson, Moren, Zamora, Christodoulopoulos, Panagidis.

Possible lineups:

OFI (Valdas Dabrauskas): Mandas, Vouros, Bakits, Karo, Lampropoulos, Larson, Bakits, Toral, Gagegos, Thorarinson, Diko, Meyado.

Ares (Apostol Terzis): Houtsiotis, Montoya, Fabiano, Odubajo, Ferrari, Djurasek, Zul, Pavicic, Carlson, Palma, Moron.

Referee: Manouchos (Argolida)

Assistants: Buxbaum (Province of Attica), Spyropoulos (Province of Attica)

4th: Citizen of Athens)

VAR: Diamantopoulos (Arkadias), Meidanas (Achaias)