A legend in Malmö and full for qualification!

He froze Malmö and returns to Greece with another “three points” in his luggage Conference League holder! THE Olympic he was excellent for most of the race and got through Sweden with -the poor chance- 1-0to reach them 6 points in the League Phase of the Europa League.

Goal and missed penalty from the “killer” El Kaabiterrible o Zelsonwhich made a mess of the opposing defense, Retsos, Mouzakitis and Kostinia were super in the blocking part.

Her Rangers welcomes in the next European… turn the team of Jose Luis Mendiliber, which produced a reaction of a large group after the incident with Levadeiakos and in three days is tested in Tripoli. Malmo was left with 3 points, which failed to find solutions and answers to the excellent pressing of Piraeus, finishing the match without a real chance.

In the coach’s mind

With 4-2-3-1 Henrik Rydström lined up for Malmö, opting to vary the classic 4-4-2. At home, Dahlin and Strieger, Ressler, Janson, Buzanello in the defensive four. Jonsen, Pena in the midfield, with Ali, Lukili, Bolin in the central attacking triplet, while Bottheim was at the top.

Same arrangement from Jose Luis Mendiliber for Olympiakos, choosing Braga recipe. Tzolakis in goal, having Kostinia, Retso, Karmo and Ortega in defense. Ese with Mouzakiti at the centre, with Rodney, Ciquinho and Gelson moving behind the promoted El Kaabi.

The match

Excellent start from Olympiakos in the game. As soon as in the 3rd minute, Mouzakitis crossed and Kostinia took the header at the first post, which went over the goal, while in the 10th minute, Zelson touched the goal but the shooterwhich he launched from 20-plus meters, stopped at the left post. Bad luck struck the “red and whites”, with Ortega leaving with an injury and Pirola coming on in his place. A change that, as it was seen, however, made the Piraeus people more inhibited.

Bolin in the 12th minute with a diagonal shot, which did not find the target, threatened for the first and only time in the half, with Olympiakos having a chance three minutes later with Ciquinho’s cross which was blocked by Dalin. The Piraeus continued with throttle pressedthey had a one-on-one phase in the 19th minute, but El Kaabi and Zelson didn’t finish it as they should have. The Mendiliber team she was suffocating pressing the Swedes, he wasn’t allowing them to move the ball around properly and another steal gave them a fair lead.

It was the 30th minute with Zelson stealing, emptying two opponents with a wonderful dribble and making the run. He played the right time vertically and El Kaabi with a perfect finish executed Dalin for 1-0. In the 33rd minute, Tsikinho made a weak play, with Piraeus overall being superior and going into halftime with a lead in the score.

The second half started with a good moment for Malmö, but Buzanello’s shot from inside the area was bad in the 51st minute, while three minutes later Gelson would have been in front of the goal, but the referee only called a foul on Ciquinho’s steal . The “red and whites” continued to control the tempo, although the Swedes tried to take measures on the field to threaten.

In the 68th minute, Olympiacos had a great chance to seal the three points when Rodiney played vertically, but El Kaabi wasted the 4-a-4 by essentially placing on Dalin. The two coaches made their moves from the bench to freshen up their teams, while Mediliber also saw Pirola to leave with an injury problem! Despite all that, Costinia who was ‘moved’ to the left was tremendously inspired, taking El Kaabi out on the back of the opposing defense in the 82nd minute. The Moroccan pounced on the ball, was brought down by Dahlin and won the penalty. However, he missed from the white bullet, sending the ball wide of the left post.

The fragile 1-0 remained and almost in the next period Ese saw Dallin beat him with major surgery. The Swedes stayed high up the pitch in the final, making a desperate bid to equalize but excellent stopping power put the brakes on the hosts. The final score found Mendiliber and everyone celebrating the new ‘three points’, this time with an excellent performance in a result that can be a boost for the ‘red and whites’ going forward.

MVP: El Kaabi may have scored, but it was Gelson who produced a stunning display to set up the only goal. Terrible the Portuguese, he ran up and down the opposing defense, showing that he has enormous quality.

The whistle: Correct suggestion of the penalty by Simone Sozza, with the Italian referee having no particular problems in the match. Of course, he whistled at times quite often, while he has wrongly intercepted Gelson’s 4-a-4 in the 54th minute in a clean steal by Cicinho.

MALME: Dahlin, Strieger, Ressler, Jansson, Buzanello, Jonsen (70′ Rosegren), Pena, Ali (70′ Berg), Lukili (60′ Christiansen), Bolin, Bothheim (81′ Ricks).

OLYMPIC: Tzolakis, Kostinia, Retsos, Carmo, Ortega (11′ Pirola-78′ Garcia), Ese, Mouzakitis (78′ Kostoulas), Chikinio, Rodinei, Gelson (85′ Stamenic), El Kaabi (85′ Masouras).