Olympiacos-Kifisia: The “debt” and the challenge

In the first game of the day, o Olympic hosts (17:00, Cosmotesport1 News Bulletin 247, sport-fm.gr) at “G. Karaiskakis” in Kifissia as part of the 5th matchday of the Stoiximan Super League.

For the hosts, who come from the home defeat with 3-2 from Freiburg in the premiere of the Europa League, the “three points” in this match looks like… an obligation towards the newly enlightened team. So that they return to winning a week after the 1-1 in the derby with AEK, which left a sweet taste for Piraeus. Diego Martinez’s team wants to combine substance and spectacle in this match in order to go unbeaten in the match against Aris that follows in midweek.

The Spanish coach will freshen up the lineup, as there has been a demanding, but also painful game against Freiburg, while the schedule is quite heavy at the moment, since the “red and whites” will have 4 matches in 12 days (Freiburg, Kifissia, Aris , PAS). “When we make changes we don’t only have in mind the specific moment but also what follows and the rest of the team’s needs», pointed out Diego Martinez in Cosmote TV.

The one change is forced, as Ese has been knocked out. In addition, the 42-year-old coach wants to gradually integrate players who do not have a lot of playing time, and it is specifically about recent transfers (see Solbacken, Jovetic, Podense).

On the opposite bank, Kifissia, which comes from the spectacular 4-4 with Panserraikos, in which he made a terrible comeback from 0-4, he will fight without stress to get the best out of the match. After all, just in terms of performances it will be a profit for the team of Yannis Anastasiou, which has, however, already played in a “hot” venue, as it faced PAOK in the 2nd matchday.

In fact, it presented itself competitively and suffered a 2-1 defeat. He will have two significant absencesas Ozegovic is suspended and Nini is injured, while Gobelic joined the team for the first time, but not Landr.

The mission of Kifissia in detail: Anagnostopoulos, Kristinson, Nikopolidis, Vafeas, Tsapan, Botia, Loumor, Parras, Gobelic, Yannis Masouras, Sbokos, Spinos, Papasavvas, Peios, Antounes, Ipalibo, Konstantakopoulos, Iliev, Bifuma, Anderegen, Tetei, Krisiouma

Olympiacos (Diego Martinez): Paschalakis – Rodinei, Doi, Freire, Kini – Ibora, Kamara – Pontense, Scarpa, Solbakken – El Kaabi

Kifissia (Yiannis Anastasiou): Christianson – Masouras, Botia, Tsapan, Loumor – Papasavvas, Peios – Bifuma, Krisiuma, Iliev – Tetei

Referee: Konstantinos Resident

Assistants: Andreas Fotopoulos, Antonios Siniorakis

4th Referee: Konstantinos Tsetsilas

VAR: Andreas Gamaris, AVAR: Ilias Konstantinou