“Georgios Karaiskakis” opens its doors for the holder of the Conference League. Olympiacos hosts Braga at 19:45 (Cosmote TV, bwinSPORT FM, www.sportfm.gr) for the 2nd matchday of the League Phase of the Europa League.
The two teams have many acquaintances in common, which makes the game even more interesting, and the fact that they started with opposite results in Europe, then adds extra motivation.
THE Olympic returned to positive results after three straight losses, defeating Atromitos with a score of 2-0. Piraeus took a step forward but still have a lot of room for improvement. Of course, they are looking for the first treble of the season in Europe after they were beaten 2-0 at home to Lyon in their opener. The creation is missing and this is the main problem, which the “red and whites” are called upon to solve starting from today, while overall a great effort will be needed for victory to come. Certainly, the entirety of it Jose Luis Mendiliber he is looking for a three-point confirmation but also for psychology in the hot Karaiskakis, since the away derby with Panathinaikos is also coming up.
“It is the moment when we should take a step forward, improve, as the world expects. In the preparation we didn’t have some players, but we are all trying together now to become much more competitive, like last year. To press very high, to be more aggressive, but also to be effective in defense. We are playing a very good team, we want to take advantage of our opportunities and we need the help of our crowd.”the Basque technician said, among other things, at the press conference.
Medilibar included everyone in the squad, since now Pirola, Masoura, Zelson are also available, while the “small” ones, Mouzakitis-Kostoulas, are also among the chosen ones. The mission in detail: Anagnostopoulos, Masouras, Biancon, Carmo, Chiquinho, Costinia, Danny Garcia, El Kaabi, Mouzakitis, Ese, Doi, Ortega, Paschalakis, Pirola, Rodinei, Oliveira, Stamenic, Tzolakis, Velde, Willian, Jaremchuk, Retsos, Kostoulas, Martins.
OR Braga on her part she is in a good moon. With several acquaintances at Olympiakos, since the former coach of Piraeus, Carlos Carvalhal, is sitting on the bench, while Bruma and Andre Horta are key members of the roster. The Portuguese are coming off three straight 9-1 league and European goals. They started their journey in this year’s Europa League with an upset against Maccabi Tel Aviv (2-1), also having… refereeing help.
THE Carlos Carvalhalhe is unable to account for Salazar, Oliveira, Babu and Moutinho. Some of them have been injured since August and others since September. The mission consists of: Mateusz, Sa, Hornicek, Victor Gomet, Ferreira, Arey-Ebi, Niacate, Marin, Ribeiro, Carvalho, Andre Horta, Gorbi, Garbi, Marquez, Vasconcelos, Bruma, Gitane, Ricardo Horta, Roger, El Ouazani, Gabry, Roberto Fernandez .
THE POSSIBLE ELEVENS:
Olympic: Tzolakis – Costinia, Retsos, Carmo, Ortega – Ese, Garthia – Rodinei, Chiquinio, Masouras – El Kaabi.
Braga: Mateus – Gomes, Ferreira, Niacate, Marin – Carvalho, Gorby – Bruma, A. Horta, R. Horta – El Ouazani.
The referee is the Pole, Damian Silverczak, and he will have his compatriots Pavel Sokolnicki and Adam Karasevich as assistants, while the VAR will be Piotr Lasik.
Source: Sport Fm
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