His U-19 is ready for Brazil Olympiakou.
The Piraeus have completed their preparation ahead of the match with Flamenco for the final of the Intercontinental Cup, which is scheduled for Saturday (24/8, 22:00).
In the mission chosen by Sotiris Sylaidopoulos they are also the five players that Jose Luis Mendiliber has with him in the first team since the summer.
That is, Koutsidis, Bakulas, Papakanellos, Mouzakitis and Kostoulas.
The update of Olympiakos
At noon on Tuesday, the Olympiakos Youth team leaves for Brazil, specifically for Rio, where they will face CR Flamengo in the final of the Intercontinental U20, on Saturday (24/08, 22:00 Greek time). The “red and white” Youth having won the European Championship, specifically the UEFA Youth League, in the 2023-24 season, will claim the World Cup at Brazil’s historic Maracana stadium.
The Youth team on Monday held its last training session on Greek soil and the coach of Olympiakos, Sotiris Sylaidopoulos, announced the players who make up the team for Brazil and it consists of:
Boti, Kouraklis, Exarchos, Koutsopoulos, Koutsidis, Alafakis, Karkatsali, Pleioni, Prekate, Damas, Panagakos, Rollakis, Liatsikouras, Mouzakitis, Pli, Toufakis, Ligda, Loli, Bakula, Pneumonidis, Kostoulas, Papakanellos, Tzamali.
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Last season, Olympiacos won the UEFA Youth League, eliminating Lecce, Kampala in double matches and Inter, Lance, Bayern Munich in knockout matches and qualified for the Final Four of the competition held in Switzerland. There the “red and white” beat Nantes in the penalty shootout, while in the final they beat Milan 3-0 and lifted the prestigious trophy!
In the Temple of football
The match between Olympiakos and CR Flamengo will take place at the Maracana. In the stadium which is considered, together with England’s Wembley stadium, as one of the Temples of world football and is located in Rio de Janeiro. The capacity of the historic stadium is now at 78,838 fans.
It should be noted that among other major matches, the Maracana stadium hosted the final of the World Cup in 1950, the World Cup in 2014, while it is also the stadium where the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2016 Olympic Games took place.
Source: Sport Fm
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