Act one in “Georgios Karaiskakis”. In one of the biggest, until the next, games in the history of o Olympic hosts the Fenerbahce (19:45, Cosmote TV, bwinSPORT FM, www.sportfm.gr) in the first quarter-final of the Europa Conference League.
A game in which the “red and whites” are looking for victory and the first step that will bring them closer to a semi-final for the first time in their history, having of course to face a very strong opponent, who is looking for European distinction in turn .
THE Olympic comes from tight league wins by aggregate goals 8-1 against Aris and Lamia, while looking in excellent condition after the break of the national teams. Of course, just before the interruption, the “red and white” had achieved the impossible, destroying Maccabi Tel Aviv 6-1 in neutral Serbia and overturned his 4-1 defeat in the first game. A rhapsody the likes of which we have never seen before, while even “Opta” gave him a 2% rate to qualify before the rematch, with his total Jose Luis Mendilibar to turn everything upside down.
“I have decided, we are on the eve. I have made my decisions since yesterday and I hope nothing serious happens in training so that I have to change them. We are only thinking about tomorrow’s game and not the second leg. We have to win it for sure”Vaskos said, among other things, at the press conference, while when he was asked about whether he will be the main Joveticavoided answering: “You’ll find out tomorrow if it’s in our plans or not. Pleasant headaches are good for the team. When you know you can use players safely and it’s hard to make a mistake, then the team will be helped, whether someone is a starter or comes off the bench.”
In pure racing, o Mendiliberwho completes 2 months on the red and white bench today, has only one serious problem to face which he has known for a long time, since Daniel Pontense he is penalized since he has completed cards. The question mark is who will take his place, while in fact two positions are being played between three players (Jovetic, Horta, Masouras) for the eleven. Otherwise, Alexandropoulos returned, while it is worth noting that Karmo, Retsos, Fortounis, Alexandropoulos and Ibora are on the card limit, so whoever “turns yellow” will lose the rematch.
The mission in detail: Alexandropoulos, Karmo, Carvalio, Tsiquinio, El Arabi, El Kaabi, Fortunis, Ese, Horta, Ibora, Jovetich, Masouras, Doi, Ortega, Papadoudis, Paschalakis, Kini, Retsos, Richards, Rodinei, Tzolakis.
On the part of Fenerbahce has played just one match in the last 20 days, the one a few days ago against her opponent Adana Demirspor where he prevailed with an emphatic 4-2. In the Super Cup against Galatasaray, he went down with the U19 and left after the first minute, protesting the Turkish Football Federation, while he had also requested that the day of the final be changed so that it would be restful in view of Olympiakou. Sure, it lacks pace, but it’s restful and counts several footballers returning to the squad after there’s been all the time for the injured to recover. In order to reach the quarterfinals, he eliminated her in the previous phase Saint Ziloise with one win (0-3) and one loss (0-1).
“Each match has a different story. We worked with our players. We want to leave tomorrow’s match with a good result, worthy of Fenerbahce’s history. We know what kind of game our opponent will play. Our plans are ready for any eventuality. We know the power of Olympiakos. It is a club with an important position in Greek football. We are well aware of the strengths of our opponents, but we want to take advantage of our own strengths and return home with a good score to qualify there.”said Ismail Kartal at the press conference.
The Turkish coach does not count on the services of Yandas, King and Tzikou with injuries, while Batshuayi and Inter are normally in the squad.
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— Fenerbahce SK (@Fenerbahce) April 10, 2024
Sandro Scherer, elite category, was appointed referee for the match. His assistants will be the also Swiss Stefan De Almeida and Bekim Zogai, with Alejandro Dudić as the fourth. The German Bastian Dankert will be in VAR with the Swiss Lionel Chudi in AVAR.
POSSIBLE ELEVENS:
Olympiakos (Jose Luis Mediliber): Tzolakis – Rodinei, Retsos, Carmo, Ortega – Ese, Tsiquinio – Fortounis, Orta, Iovetic – El Kaabi.
Fenerbahce (Ismail Kartal): Livakovic – Osagi-Samuel, Oostervelde, Soyuncu, Kandioglu – Yukcek, Fred – Kakhvetsi, Szymanski, Tadic – Dzeko.
Source: Sport Fm
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