He ended up in London and is looking for a… miracle o Olympic. The “red and white” they lost 1-0 by West Ham and saw their quest to qualify for the next round of the Europa League stretched too far.
His goal Packages in the 73′ he brought the Piraeus to their knees, who stood well against the “hammers” and almost equalized in the 86′ with Arch to have a beam with a contact head.
THE Olympic called upon to go all out against Freiburg in Germany to stay alive for the Europa League, while holding his Europa Conference League fate in his own hands.
The results of the 4th round
West Ham-Olympic 1-0
(73′ Packages)
Freiburg-Batska Topola 5-0
(24′ Rell, 56′ Eggstein, 69′ Weishaupt, 80′ Adamou, 90’+2′ Doan)
The 5th matchday (30/10)
Freiburg-Olympiakos
Backa Topola-West Ham
The score of the 1st group
In the coach’s mind
With 4-3-3 Martinez lined up Olympiakos. Paschalakis was in goal, Retsos and Porosso were the stopper duo, while Rodinei and Ortega were the backs. Ese, Kamara and Alexandropoulos were the three midfielders. Podense and Fortunis played on the wings, with Jovetic on top.
With 4-4-2 West Ham started. Fabianski under the posts, Mavropanos and Ager the stoppers, with Tsoufal and Emerson being the backs. Ward-Prowse with Alvarez in midfield, Paquetas and Benrahma on the wings, while Kundous and Bowen were the duo in the attack line.
The match
West Ham had the ball at their feet early on, with Olympiakos waiting for them, looking to steal balls to threaten on the counter. THE Benrahma he showed his moods from the first minutes and in the 2nd minute he tried his foot outside the area, sending the ball just wide. In the first ten minutes, this was the most remarkable phase and the match was balanced during this period, or to put it another way, Olympiacos were not particularly threatened, seeing the game go generally as Martinez would have liked.
Her best phase in the first part, he probably made it in the 13th minute, with Benrahma to be unmarked inside the area and to the left, catching a sweet spot with him Paschalaki to kick for a corner. The Hammers heated up and three minutes later, Bowen headed wide.
He also threatened from the air in the 24th minute with Ager to miss with a header after a corner. In the 32nd minute, the Londoners worried Olympiakos with Benrahma catching a powerful shot that Paschalakis pushed away with difficulty and it was inside the one or two better phases of the hosts in the first half.
THE Ager little he wanted to do the damage to Olympiakos in the 34th minute with Agger’s header sending the ball just past Paschalakis’ right post. In the next minute, Martinez’s side produced their best phase of the first half, with Ortega turning in from the left and Pontense getting a one-on-one shot from a shooting position, which, however, was well off target. There was no other noteworthy phase until the break.
Tthe setting was no different in an important period of the second half, with Olympiakos having, in fact, the first good moment after the break. Piraeus went on the counterattack, with Fortounis stepping into the area and to the left, catching a shot just above the opponent’s goal in the 51st minute.
In 63′ West Ham missed a big chance to open the scoring, with Bowen feinting from the left and turning for Ward-Prowse, who from the edge of the area fired a shot at Paschalakis who blocked.
The hosts started to press in this period and while they didn’t have the big chance, they forced the Piraeus back. The 1-0however, from the hosts it came to a point where it didn’t smell like a goal, since the Piraeus had adapted to the conditions of the match, but were “hurt” by the quality of the Ward-Prowse and Packets. The former made nice balls to the back of the defense, Ortega was covering the 2nd, who executed Paschalakis in the 73rd minute.
THE Olympic necessarily he had to take risks, he gained yards on the field and managed to beat the English, but not equalize them. It came closest in the 86th minute, with Fortounis taking a corner from the left, Porosso catching the first header and Arch the second by sending the ball to Fabianski’s left post.
Two minutes later, the Greek team missed another opportunity, with Rodney to press area, bring the ball to the left, sending the ball out. This was essentially the last… roll of the dice for Piraeus for a positive result.
MVP: Packet. Quite simply because his goal determined the result. Overall he wasn’t West Ham’s best player, with Ward-Prowse and Benrahma more active-dangerous, having more length in their game.
Whistle: Youg is not charged with any mistake, he did not determine the result with his refereeing, but in the final stretch, when needed, he whistled home.
The film of the match via sport-fm.gr
West Ham (David Moges): Fabianski – Soufal, Mavropanos, Agger, Emerson – Benrahma (84′ Cornet), Ward-Prowse, Alvarez (80′ Sucek), Paquet – Kundous (89′ Mobama), Bowen
Left on the bench were: Areola, Anang, Antonio, Creswell, Fornals, Ings, Johnson, Kerr, Ogbonna
Olympiacos (Diego Martinez): Paschalakis – Rodinei, Porosso, Retsos, Ortega – Ese (90′ Biel), Kamara, Alexandropoulos (76′ Scarpa) – Podense (76′ Masouras), Fortunis, Jovetic (56′ El Kaabi)
Left on the bench were: Tzolakis, Papadoudis, Ibora, El Arabi, Kini, Carvalho, Doe, Solbakken
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
Assistants: Matej Zunic, Manuel Vidali (Slovenia)
4th referee: Asmir Sagrkovic (Slovenia)
VAR: Christian Dingert (Germany), AVAR: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Source: Sport Fm
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