The coach of the podium: Game changer Valbouena, AEK reacted and… tired

Olympiakos defeated AEK (1-0) thanks to its goal Jan Embila in the 84th minute and got another victory on the way to his 48th championship. The coach of the podium points out the key points from the match

The “red and white” 20 minutes and the “yellow and black” closing: The pace at the start of the match is exceptional with AEK threatening first in the counter-attack and three phases of Olympiacos to follow. Piraeus had an excellent first twenty minutes, with Bouhalakis, Mandi Kamaras operating as eight-ten and Agibou Kamaras closing to the axis creating supernumeraries. Nevertheless, in the second half of the first half, AEK raised its lines, having managed to keep zero. She was discouraged, she built her attacks mainly from the right side and with Simanski raising his performance, she balanced the match.

Giannikis’s trick with Ansarifard and his change that ruined everything: Giannikis built a clever strategy for Faliro’s game, trying to limit Olympiakos and threaten against. He essentially reduced his team to 4-4-2, having Amrabat on the side of Ansarifard. The former, it seems, had the command when his team was in a defensive position to step back to be the one to have both the receptions of the ball and the breaks to his teammates, with Amrabat having the role of center forward to take advantage of his speed. This scenario happened many times, with Ansarifard breaking and sharing either to Amrabat or to Chouber, Livai and AEK coming out against. When Giannikis decided to change the Iranian, the Union’s performance fell sharply, he retreated and did not hold the ball easily.

The Valbouena game changer and the depth that the Union does not have: Olympiacos, in contrast to AEK, has great depth on its bench. It appears in every game, it also appeared in “G. Karaiskakis “with the movements made from the two benches. Martins threw in their match Valbuena, Arabi, Carvalho, Giannikis threw Gevtic, Sakhof, while he did not even have a second forward on the bench. In fact, Valbouena is the one who tries to pull Olympiakos in the attack at a time when AEK is better and more dangerous, while the experienced Frenchman “serves” Embila’s goal from his corner, essentially having the role of game changer.

The “rock” of Socrates and the confidence of Embila: Socratis Papastathopoulos was excellent and one of the leaders on the field, being the footballer who stopped the mood of AEK a few times to make phases in the counterattack. In contrast to Costas Manolas who did not make a good match, Socrates was a “rock”. Constantly good in the last games and Jan Embila, who in addition to the goal he scores and gives the victory to Olympiakos, is the only player on the axis who holds his position and tries to be the link between defense and attack. The good Embila was missing from the “red and whites” and his rise is coming at a critical turning point of the season.

The reaction and the fatigue of AEK: What was asked for AEK in Faliro was the result and to show that it reacts. He did it competitively, but the result once again this year was not what was desired for the “yellow-blacks” who are out of goals since February. In order for AEK to bring out this reaction, it relied on some pillars. Abrabat, Ansarifard were the leaders of the Union, with Simanski following and Rota, Javella having a good face, too. However, the fact that the match reached the 80th minute again to make changes played a role again for the team to retreat, which caused a lot of fatigue. This has happened many times this year…

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