Heroic Olympiacos, beat Inter on penalties and flew to the “16” of the Youth League

Olympiacos ready for big things! His players Sotiris Sylaidopoulou they also laid down their souls on the playing field of “G. Karaiskakis” against the strong Interthey didn’t chew on the fact that they were playing with ten from 73′ and got a huge qualification to the “16” of the UEFA Youth League with 6-5 on penalties (after 0-0 after 90 minutes).

Historic moment for the “red and whites” who pass for the second time in this phase and throw out a great team, with Kochi being the fatal one for Inter, after missing the last penalty and while earlier Piraeus had scored 6/6 .

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The match

The first minutes of the match were distinctive, with both teams picking up the pace after the fourth quarter. In the 19th minute, Kochi made a turn, but the Sinai kicked for a corner. After the phase, the Stabile took the close header, but was blocked by the Olympiakos goalkeeper. From then on the pace of the game was quite good, with the Nerazzurri pushing for a goal.

In the 32nd minute, the red and whites called for a penalty, when o Konstantinos Kostoulas he pinched the ball in front of him Raimondi and fell, but the referee signaled for the match to continue. In the 37th minute, the home team had a good chance to open the scoring, when Musician he made a nice shot but the ball stopped in the bodies.

The minutes ticked by, the pace was the same and nothing changed until the first half whistle, with the two teams going to the locker room tied (0-0). The match was also excellent in the second half, where Olympiacos came in very strongly and in the 49th minute they could have been given the opportunity to take the lead, but the referee showed “you are playing” in his reversal Lame within the area by Stabile. Nevertheless, his team Sylaidopoulou he didn’t flinch, he went up the field and made three big moves to take the lead with them Koutsogula, Pneumonides and Papakanellobut all of them were defeated by Raimondi.

In the 73′, things got tough for Olympiakos, after the referee exhausted his strictness and sent off with a second yellow card Papacanello, with Inter pushing until the end and trying to exploit their numerical advantage. Despite this, Sina with great interventions kept the score zero and the “red and white” almost… dried up the “neradzuri”, when the Liatsikouras from an advantageous position it did not find a home. Somehow, the two teams were tied at 0-0 and the game went to penalties.

There, his players Olympiakou they proved to be particularly cool and to the point, having 6/6 even though they her Inter they went to emulate them, they saw Kochi send his run out, ending the game. With the “red and white” ensuring the historic qualification to the “16”. UEFA Youth League and celebrate it with their people.

MVP: We will give the prize to Sina, because in the 87th minute he made a very big intervention in Mosconi’s shot, and even earlier he kept a clean sheet from Kochi’s attempt!

The penalty shootout procedure:

Olympic: Mouzakitis 1-0

Inter: Stankovic 1-1

Olympic: Bakulas 2-1

Inter: DiMaggio 2-2

Olympic: X. Kostoulas 3-2

Inter: Ogusou 3-3

Olympic: Liatsikouras 4-3

Inter: Stand 4-4

Olympic: Tanoulis 5-4

Inter: Sar 5-5

Olympic: K. Kostoulas 6-5

Inter: Kochi is OUT

OLYMPIAKOS (Silaidopoulos): Sina, K. Kostoulas, Koutsidis, Prekates, Koutsogoulas (88′ Tanoulis), Bakulas, Mouzakitis, Alafakis (84′ Damas), Pneumonidis (79′ Liatsikouras), Papakanellos, Th. Kostoulas

INTER (Kivu): Raimondi, Aidou, Stande, Stabile (62′ Alexiou), Kochi, DiMaggio, Stankovic, Berenbruch (86′ De Pieri), Kamate (70′ Mosconi), Sarr, Keto (62′ Augusto)