Olympiacos-Panathinaikos: The quarter-finals can only fit one… eternal!

The mother of battles in “G. Karaiskakis”. The quarter-finals can only fit one… eternal and after the 1-1 of Leoforos, Olympic and Panathinaikos (21:00, Cosmote Sport, bwinSPORT FM, www.sportfm.gr) will settle their differences in Faliro for a place in the “8” of Greek Cup Betsson. With the team that will qualify to face him Fearless in the next phase.

Everything is open, as the first game left it a week ago at “Apostolos Nikolaidis” and the rematch promises to be particularly interesting. Two teams that are… hurt by their absences, but one could say that psychologically they seem to have recovered.

THE Olympic comes from the episodic match in Kaisariani, where he managed to prevail with 3-2 her Kifissia. A game that had big fluctuations and the “red and white” redeemed themselves with his goal El Arabi, but they also had many dietary complaints once again. With the three points, this reduces the difference from the top to 6 points and keeps… the Piraeus alive in the battle for the title, even though they have three opponents to overcome.

Now, o Carlos Carvalhal who with a particularly strong speech tried to raise the morale of his football players, hopes that he will see a similar effort and image that Olympiacos had in… parts of the games against AEK, Panathinaikos and Kifissia. The goal is undoubtedly the qualification, with the “red and whites” looking for the big result that can improve their season, in connection with the… injections of quality in the roster.

A mission did not come out from the Portuguese technician, who does not count on the services of the injured El Arabithe punished Retzo while he is also out El Kaabi. Biel will hardly compete, while in the morning the Podense, Richards will test their readiness. Otherwise, in Carvalho’s plans, it seems that the choice of 4-3-3 is preferred for formation, while a position in the axis is played between Carvalho and Kamara.

THE Panathinaikos comes from 2-2 in the “OPAP Arena” with AEK, in a match where he put in a very good performance, turned the score upside down but a misjudgment by Zeka brought the penalty and the equalizer into stoppage time. THE Fatih Terim he showed a willingness to take risks and try things, with most of them working out for him. Like for example using Kotsiras in midfield, adding runs and blocking function to his axis.

The “clover” is now tied at the top of the league standings with PAOK, has AEK at -2 and Olympiakos at -6. However, among his goals he certainly has the conquest of the Cup. In the effort for his team to leave the “G. Karaiskakis” and of course with the qualification to the quarter-finals, the Turkish coach will have to manage some critical absences. Because he can count for the first time on the recent transfer acquisition, Samet Akaidin, but at the same time he does not count on Palasios, Cerin, Djuricic, Ioannidis, Geremegev, Magnuson, Palmer-Brown. As, of course, does Brignoli, who no longer counts. Due to the injuries of Ioannidis and Geremegev, Terim has only one forward at his disposal, Sporar, and if he needs to change something at the top of the attack, he will have to try some… trick, using Verbic for example!

Panathinaikos mission in detail: Lodingin, Xenopoulos, Margono, Vaiannidis, Huancar, Ruben, Senkefeld, Zeka, Sporar, Bernard, Limnios, Mancini, Tsokai, Jedvai, Aitor, Mladenovic, Kotsiras, Vilena, Arao, Verbic, Akaidin, Fikai, Kyriopoulos.

POSSIBLE ELEVENS:

Olympiacos (Carlos Carvalhal): Paschalakis – Ortega, Biancon, Doi, Ortega – Ese, Alexandropoulos, Carvallio – Masouras, Navarro, Fortounis.

Panathinaikos (Fatih Terim): Lodgin – Vaiannidis, Gedvai, Arao, Huancar – Ruben, Vilena, Bernard – Mancini, Sporar, Verbic.

Referee: Johan Higler (Netherlands)

Assistants: Van Julien Maarten (Netherlands), Henk Dion Fickert (Netherlands)

Fourth: Aristotle Diamantopoulos

VAR: Van Beckel (Netherlands), Nikolakakis

The highlights of the first match at Leoforo: