Olympiakos “cleaned” OFI the unrestrained towards the title!

Galloped towards the title o Olympic! The “red and whites” prevailed 2-0 of OFI in “G. Karaiskakis “and sent the difference to +13 and the title closer to Piraeus. Due to PAOK’s goal against Ionikos.

THE Gary showed the way to the fifth consecutive victory with a goal in 19 ‘, while it was “locked” by own goal of Durmisai in 89 ‘.

The Cretans were dominated by Martins’s team, which lost a cart of opportunities and overall did not let the guests – who had serious absences – take their breath away. With 22 (13) -3 (0) finals the two teams completed the game. Excellent appearance by Epassi!

In the minds of coaches:

Back to 4-2-3-1 for Olympiacos. Vatslik was under the beams, Lala, Ba, Cisse and Kitsos in defense. Bouchalakis had Embilas by his side, while Rodrεςguez, Carvalho and Masouras composed the midfield triplet. At the top is El Arabi.

With 4-3-3 OFI. Epassi was at the end, in defense -from right to left- Marinakis, Vouros, Giannoulis and Korovesis. In the center Selimovic, Staikos and Bouzoukis, while in the “wings” were Tsilianidis and Van Dainen, with Lambrou moving to the top.

The match

The intentions of Olympiacos became apparent early on, as did the weaknesses -due to- OFI. The Piraeus entered loads in the match and squeezed the guests early, losing the first big opportunity in 5 ‘. From Lala’s cross to the second crossbar, Masouras took control, but Epassi protected his closed corner and his home in general. In the 8th minute, Bouchalakis almost found him with a header El Arabibut OFI’s defense stopped.

A similar phase with the minute, although it was done with the ball down this time, took place in 10 ‘. El Arabi paved the way for Bouhalakis, who immediately opened the game from the semicircle and Carvalho from Masura position, was defeated by Epassi. In the next minute, Piraeus found the net, but not 1-0. In a static phase, with a corner by Carvalho from the left, Cisse and El Arabi claimed the ball, which was taken by El Arabi and defeated Epassi, but touched the ball with his hand. Which Ekberg found through VAR.

Until 1-0, Olympiakos had two more good moments, with a shot by Masoura (16 ‘) and volley in the opponent’s area with El Arabi and Embila (17’), with the Frenchman not having time to shoot. Olympiacos managed to redeem its superiority in the 19th minute. El Arabi, who played a lot, paved from the left for Gary, the ball went through many legs and the ace from Cape Verde beat the opposing goalkeeper with a sliding shot.

The game had a good rhythm, Olympiakos dominated, while OFI could not balance the situation with anything and threaten. Vouros almost scored an own goal (27 ‘) in the effort of El Arabi, who had the last great opportunity of the first half (42’), catching an unbalanced shot almost from the height of the penalty in Carvalho’s paving.

The pace at the beginning of the second part was just as good with them “Red and whites” boss of the fight. However, OFI had the first good moment of the match of the second half and was actually really threatening for the first time, with Durmisai’s shot-miss. In the caps, there was a great opportunity for 2-0, with Gary going against, but Epassi read the phase well again, closed his field of vision and defeated him.

In the 66th minute, El Arabi with me strong shot bent the excellent Epassi, but the goal was canceled through on field review, as it was done by Masouras, who under other circumstances would have been credited with an assist. In the 70th minute, the mission of Olympiacos became much simpler. Gary passed Epassi and Giannoulis pulled his shirt resulting in expulsion.

Martins tried to take advantage of it advantage and put Valbouena on the field. Shortly afterwards, the best phase of Olympiacos in the final straight started before the Frenchman’s feet, before 2-0. After serving for Cisse, who sent the ball to right crossbar (85 ‘) of Epassi. However, he also participated in the goal, after filling the heart of the area, Bouhalakis went for the header that Durmisai got – for his bad luck -, sending the ball into his team’s net. That’s where it all ended!

THE development of the match as you watched it on sport-fm.gr.

MVP: Gary Rodrεςguez. He paves the way for the victory with 1-0 in 19 ‘, in a game in which only the efficiency of his team was lacking. He participated in several phases either as a performer or as a creator. El Arabi, who made a lot of games, also did very well, as did Carvalho.

Whistle: Cancels -correctly- two goals of Olympiakos Ekberg, but through VAR. In the first there are many bodies and it is justified up to a point for the fact that he did not see it in the first phase. For the second no. For the rest, with the fouls and the disciplinary control he was right.

Olympiacos (Pedro Martins): Vatslik – Lala (83 ‘Vrousai), Ba, Cisse, Kitsos – Embila, Bouhalakis – Rodrεςguez (72’ Valbuena), Carvalho (90 ‘+ 1’ Fantiga), Masouras – El Arabi

On the bench were left: Christinson, M. Kamara, A. Kamara, Tikinio, Manolas and Reabchuk.

OFI (Nikos Nioplias): Epassi – Marinakis, Vouros, Giannoulis, Korovesis – Selimovic, Staikos (61 ‘Kamaou), Bouzoukis (80’ Lymperakis) – Tsilianidis (46 ‘Durmisai), Van Dainen (46’ Wes), Lambrou (76 ‘Pasalidis

On the bench were left: Waterman, Diamond and Mandas

Referee: Andreas Ekberg.

Assistants: Mehmet Kulum, Fredrik Klaiver

4th Referee: Efstathios Gortsilas