First home friendly test ahead of the new season for Olympiakos!
The “red and white” face the Nottingham Forest tonight (21:00, Cosmote Sport 2, News Bulletin 247, sport-fm.gr) at “Georgios Karaiskakis”, with the friends of the team having the opportunity to see their favorite team up close for the first time after the historic night of May 29 and the final of the Conference League at the “OPAP Arena”!
Having given five friendly preparations against Ajax, Malin, Al Cancia, Nijmegen, Ternana and Romein the Netherlands and Italy, Jose Luis Mendiliber’s team enters the “final stretch” of its preparation ahead of the start of its official duties, on August 17 at Panthessalikos against Bullet for the premiere of the new Stoiximan Super League, with the Vasco coach continuing to test different faces in his lineup. Let us remind you that another friendly will follow for Olympiakos, on 10/8 in Cyprus against Aris Limassol.
As the “red and white” PAE has announced, tonight’s friendly will feature both European trophies (Conference League and Youth League) won by the club at the end of last season, while the team is expected to wear the new home kit for the first time her.
In their most recent and strongest friendly test for this summer, Olympiacos showed many positive elements in their game and were held to a 1-1 draw against Romewhile tonight’s match is a first-class opportunity for the footballers to show that they are in good shape ahead of the officials.
El Kaabi and Garthia they have not overcome the injuries that plague them and will not be on the mission, while on the other hand o Stamenic it will probably take time to play. As for Mendiliber’s plans for the starting line-up, Pirola is expected to start as a starter in the center of defense, Cicinho will logically have the role of the most advanced in the axis again, while Velde and Martins will be the two wings, behind Yaremchuk, who will logically start at the top of the attack.
Regarding the Nottingham Forest, continues his preparation ahead of the start of the Premier League and tonight is the last friendly he has scheduled before the opener against Bournemouth (17/8). In their friendlies so far, they have 2 wins against Chesterfield and Millwall, 2 draws against Sunderland and Villarreal, while they were defeated by Elche.
Possible Olympiacos lineup: Tzolakis – Rodinei, Pirola, Retsos, Ortega – Mouzakitis, Doi, Ciquinho – Martins, Velde, Yaremchuk.
Source: Sport Fm
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