Olympiakos brought the soulful AEK to its knees!

February 13, 2022

Chad Weaver

At the end he smiled Olympic. The Piraeus prevailed 1-0 of AEK in “G. Karaiskakis “with him Emvila to tilt the scales in their favor with a goal in 84th minute. The “red and whites” are more cynical, more psychic and with a longer duration, but without substance the Union, which short-circuited the hosts.

The result counts, however, in these cases and the Greek champion reached his goal, protecting the +9 by PAOKwhile he left at +17 from them “Yellow-blacks”. Who could not reduce the weight, which they carry on their backs.

Another benefit for him Olympic is the fact that he goes psychologically to the “battle” of Thursday against Atalanta for the playoffs of the Europa League.

In the minds of coaches

With 4-3-3 Olympiakos lined up having from the beginning a stronger center compared to the recent derbies. Vatslik was at the end, Lala, Papastathopoulos, Manolas and Reabchuk the four in defense. Embila, Bouhalakis and Mandi Kamara are the trio in the center, with Masoura and Agibu Kamara being on the “wings”, with the latter converging a lot, while Tikinio was at the top.

The system 4-2-3-1 chosen by Giannikis. Tsintotas was at the end, Rota, Mitoglou, Tzavellas, Hadjisafi were the four in defense. Simoes and Simanski are the two midfielders, with Garcia, Chuber and Amrabat being the midfield trio that flanked Ansarifard.

The match

The pace was good in the beginning. The start was reminiscent of OAKA, with Agibu Kamaras catching a shot this time from the semicircle, while the development was not the same. AEK had runs, pushed high and was not scared, in a period in which, however, it is consistently good against Gianniki. She had her lines close and went decisively to the ball. In 6 ‘, in fact, she lost her first good moment and her best in the first part. Amrabat crosses sweetly for Chuber, but his header from a shooting position was bad and the ball went parallel to the goal.

Two good phases followed (one was great) for Olympiakos, which woke up somewhat on the occasion of AEK. The nice development of the “red and whites” brought the misplaced shot of Bouhalakis from a somewhat lateral position and in 11 ‘the best phase of the first part. The ball-hole of the Greek midfielder, brought Mandi Kamaras in shooting position, the ball countered his shot and ended up on the crossbar. There was a gap in phases, in which, however, the game moved closer to the “want” of the Union, as it did not allow Olympiakos to find corridors.

In the 25th minute, Masouras sent the ball into the net after a nice cross by Kamaras, but it was offside and remained 0-0. Despite the possession of the ball, which went to 65% -35% after the first half, Olympiacos did not have the upper hand. With the shot from outside the area, Amrabat found Watslik on hand, while the best moment towards the end of the half belonged to the Union, with a phase suspicion. Lala walked away in front of Chuber, after Ansarifard’s header.

Martins showed that he was not happy with Olympiakos and trying to make him more aggressive he put Oniekourou instead of Mandi. In the 52nd minute, Lala served for Tikinios, who with an out-of-balance header could not beat Tsintotas.