Kefatos Olympiacos, brought Lamia to its knees and… marched for Aston Villa!

He did his… duty before the big matches o Olympic.

Piraeus returned to winning ways, winning 4-1 of Lamia in “G. Karaiskakis”, hoping for good news from PAOK-AEK and Panathinaikos-Aris, while… they warmed up in front of Aston Villa.

The “three point” for the Mendiliber team, which freshened up its eleven again, it had a stamp from Iberia. Since the Chikinio opened the scoring at 24′ with a place kick from the height of the penalty, after a nice action by Pontense and o Navarro three minutes later with a sweet shot from the semi-circle of the large area he defeated Koselev. THE Pontense “hang” on 52′ the opposing goalkeeper.

Lamia gasped at his entrance Tosicwho at 64′ with nice shot defeated Paschalakis, while in the 77th minute he gave a ready goal to Chilouli, who missed from an excellent position. The final score formed at 90’+3′ The Alexandropoulosenergetically returning to action.

In the coach’s mind:

With changes and 4-3-3 Jose Luis Mendiliber lined up for Olympiakos. Paschalakis returned under the posts, Vezo and Retsos were in the center of the defense, while Kini and Richards were on the wings. Ese, Ciquinho and Horta formed the trio in the center, Masouras, Pontense and Navarro in the attack.

With 4-4-2 Leonidas Vokolos lined up Lamia. Koselev was in goal, with Janetopoulos and Giannoutsos in the center of the defense, Sidclay (left) and Simon (right) at the ends of it. Jandaris and Nunes in midfield, with Martinez and Lake on the flanks, while Tsiloulis and Kontonikos played in the attack line.

The match

Olympiacos, therefore, was asked to bring out chemistry in its game, having new faces in its composition and it took time to find a rhythm, with Lamia waiting for him playing tightly.

In the 3rd minute, Piraeus had the opportunity to open the scoring, in order to force the guests, who were looking to threaten through counterattacks, to take more risks. Podense made a nice cross for him Masurawho, however, step on the ball and kicked the opportunity. Two minutes later, Horta crossed from the right and Masouras missed the ball which went parallel to goal.

The best moment of this period came in the 12th minute for the Mendiliber team, with Ciquinho taking a corner from the right and Vezo heading in, but not quite enough to beat Koselev. THE first dangerous attack of Lamia in the first half it happened in the 14th minute, with Sidclay taking a shot to the bodies, while Kinney stopped Tsiloulis and then the flag was raised for a corner.

Gradually Olympiacos succeeded to find a rhythm and to start the most frequent and dangerous ones in the defense of Lamia. In the 21st minute, the active Masouras went wide, but his left-footed shot was weak and Koselev blocked. Three minutes later, Piraeus opened the scoring, with Podense moving nicely down the left, making a series of feints before turning into the heart of the opposition area, from where Ciquinho scored for 1-0.

The “red and white” they invested in the momentum and they redeemed it, as three minutes later they pressed and stole with Ese, who crossed for Navarro, who with a pass from the semi-circle of the area sent the ball to the left side of Koselev. In the next minute, Masouras moved nicely from the right, looked for Tsikinios, but was cleared by Tzanetopoulos.

Olympiacos came close to the goal in the 32nd minute, with Ese nibbling the ball nicely from Navarro’s lay-in, but caught strong-miss shot. Apart from a shot by Tzandaris in the 34th minute, Lamia did not have anything noteworthy offensively during this period. Olympiakos’ next good moment came in the 38th minute, when Podense moved parallel to the area and his shot sent the ball just past Koselev’s right post. In the next minute, Piraeus created their best chance after 2-0. Masouras carried the ball many meters and passed it to Tsikinios in the area, but his shot found in bodies. As a result, Olympiacos went to the locker room with a lead, which was poor based on the chances they created from the 20th minute onwards. After all, the double change of Vokolos after the break shows something.

Aiming for a third goal, with which he will he was oversimplifying Olympiacos entered his mission in the second half and had a very good moment in the 50′. Horta took a free-kick from the left, Masouras made a nice leap and got a good header, with the visitors’ keeper making an impressive save. Finally, he found the 3-0 shortly after. Vezo made a long ball from the defense, Simon wanted to chase in front of Navarro and he did it stupidly, with Podense becoming the receiver and with an elaborate finish, he hung the Moldovan goalkeeper in the 52nd minute.

In a similar way Masouras almost scored three minutes later, with the Portuguese delivering a hole-in-one, but the international ace missed. The entry of Tosic stimulated Lamia aggressively and from his own pass Tsiloulis found himself in a shooting position in the 61st minute, but was beaten by Paschalakis.

Shortly after, however, Lamia reacted, taking advantage of the relaxation of Piraeus. After Tosic found himself in a good position after a clever free kick by Lake and executed Paschalakis with a nice shot in the 64th minute. The Vokolos team missed a huge opportunity to come back strong in the 77th minute, with Tosic making a through ball to Tsiloulis, who passed Richards, but the experienced striker missed from an excellent position.

Olympiacos showed that it is waking up from this phase and reached 4-1 in the 79th minute. Kinney made the turn from the right for him El Kaabi who shot at Koselev from the height of the penalty. The… icing on the cake was put by Alexandropoulos in delays. El Kaabi found himself face to face with the 30-year-old goalkeeper, he was unable to execute and served for the international midfielder who set up the final score with a spot kick.

The film of the match via sport-fm.gr.

MVP: In high spirits, Pontense (especially in the first half), who made it 1-0 for Navarro, scored a beautiful one for 3-0, while he could have been credited with more assists if his teammates had been more effective. With the highlight of the phase after his goal, where he faces off with Koselev the Masoura.

Whistle: Diamantopoulos’ refereeing was almost unnoticed. Such was the flow of the match, while there were no difficult phases for anyone to be able to stand in this part.

Olympiakos (Jose Luis Mendiliber): Paschalakis – Kini, Retsos (58′ Abi), Vezo, Richards – Ese, Tsikinio (58′ Alexandropoulos), Orta (84′ Orta) – Masouras (73′ Z. Martins), Pontense, Navarro (73′ Navarro)

Left on the bench were: Tzolakis, Fortounis, Rodinei, Carvalio

Lamia (Leonidas Vokolos): Koselev – Sidkley, Simon (58′ Tosic), Tzanetopoulos, Giannoutsos – Tzandaris, Nunes (46′ Tereziou), Martinez (75′ Tsoukalos), Lake (84′ Tsilianidis) – Kontonikos (46′ Vasilandonopoulos), Tsiloulis

On the counter: Hadjiemmanouil, Saramantas, Maltsi, Cornezos

Referee: Aristotle Diamantopoulos (Arkadias)

Assistants: Andreas Meidanas (Achaia), Vasilios Nikolakakis (Lassithiou)

4th: Alexandros Tsakalides (Halkidiki)

VAR: Evangelos Manouhos (Argolidas), AVAR: D. Vergetis (Argolidas)