It wasn’t a lie! As of today (18/09) the 2002o Olympic thrashed last season’s Champions League finalists Bayer Leverkusen with scores 6-2with Predrag Djordjevic to shine on a legendary night in Rizoupoli, which looked like a… volcano, every time the nets of the ill-fated Djuric were shaken!
And yet, they passed 22 whole years since that unforgettable evening, when the “red and white” wrote one of the most glorious pages, not only in their own European history, but also in that of the entire Greek football. The entirety of it Takis Lemonisin the premiere of the competition for the 2002-03 season, they were invited to face the Germans, one of the best teams in Europe at that time.
The amazing thing is that Leverkusen took the lead in the 22nd minute through Sneijder, but the equalizer came quickly, just 5 minutes later, with an own goal by Clyne, and from then on, a unrepeatable triumph.
In the 38th minute, Olympiacos turned the match upside down, taking the lead in the score with Stelios Giannakopoulos and one minute before the end of the first part o Predrag Djordjevic it was 3-1 for the Piraeus team with projection, after tremendous energy and assist by Christos Patsatzoglou.
In the second 45 minutes, o iconic captain of Olympiakos struck twice again, making it 4-1 with a penalty and 5-1 with an individual effort, in the 63′ and 73′ respectively, in biggest night of his career!
The visitors temporarily reduced it to three goals with Sneijder from the penalty spot in the 78th minute, but 3 minutes before the end of regular time the Par Zetterberg he put the icing on the cake with a masterful free kick, for the final 6-2, which drove Europe crazy!
Olympic: Eleftheropoulos, Patsatzoglou, Venetidis, Giannakopoulos (83′ Oforikue), Karebe, Giovani (86′ Alexandris), Djordjevic (90′ Drasena), Ze Elias, Anjas, Zetterberg, Anatolakis.
Leverkusen: Djuric, Lucio, Zifkovic, Simak, Basturk, Balic (71′ Ogwe), Vranies, Sneijder (51′ Brdaric), Neuville, Ramelof, Klein.
Source: Sport Fm
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