Athens Kallithea-Olympiakos: Changed to get a reaction

Looking for a reaction on the Avenue… Athens Kallithea and Olympiacos face each other in the first game for the “16” of Greek Cup Betsson (21.30, Cosmote Sports, bwinSPORT FM, www.sportfm.gr).

Both teams are coming off league defeats. The hosts at home and even heavily (0-3) by Fearlessthe guests in Tripoli from Asteras AKTOR (1-0). Which means that today’s match is a first-class opportunity for both to recover psychology in view of the continuation of the season.

OR Athens Kallitheatherefore, despite leaving many positive impressions at the beginning of the football year, it remains very low in the Stoiximan Super League standings. Tails with 5 points, having a record 0-5-4 so far. The win is overlooked despite some good football in some matches, while he has scored just 5 times and conceded 13 goals. He is coming off a 3 game losing streak, with things taking a turn for the worse lately.

Of course, the Cup is not the first goal for Kallithea. Both because they want to avoid relegation and because their path to the Cup is difficult. Even if they make a terrible surprise by eliminating Olympiakos, they will find the rest of the big-5 teams in the final. A rotation is expected from him Massimo Donatiwho will give time to other footballers who play less like Luquinas, Valbuena. In the last round, Athens Kallithea beat Diagoras in Rhodes on penalties, taking the qualification.

The mission in detail: Pantos, Gelios, Sakelliadis, Motok, Kainourgios, Manthatis, Soiri, Tsivelekidis, Matijevic, Pasalidis, Isimat-Miren, Vasilogiannis, Matiya, Demetrius, Ediage, Diba, Uldrikis, Jani, Loukinas, Valbuena.

The syndrome of… Greece made its appearance again in Olympic. A few days after the away three-pointer in Malmö, his team Jose Luis Mendilibar defeated in Tripoli. Just one win in the last five games, but the gels of the others allow him to be just -3 off the top of the standings. At 4-3-2 his record, with five losses in nine matches already being a lot. Which is mainly due to the fact that the transfers have not paid off as expected, with Vasco the coach expecting much more from players like Willian, Jaremchuk, Stamenic, Oliveira, Velde.

Today, there will be a big rotation again so that the team will be fresh in the next crucial trio of games against Panserraikos, PAOK for the league and Rangers for the Europa League. Mouzakitis returned to the mission, while Koutsidis and Papakanellos are here for the first time this year. Biancon, Doi, Velde are in again, while Willian, Yaremchuk are out of Jose Luis Mendiliber’s plans. Bakulas was not included in the mission either, while Tzolakis, Karmo, Ese are also absent for reasons of rest.

The mission in detail: Paschalakis, Botis, Anagnostopoulos, Biancon, Costinia, Rodinei, Retsos, Apostolopoulos, Koutsidis, Doi, Stamenich, Zelson, Velde, Garthia, Chikinio, Oliveira, Papakanellos, Mouzakitis, El Kaabi, Masouras, Kostoulas.

POSSIBLE ELEVENS:

Athens Kallithea (Massimo Donati): Gelios – Motok, Tsivelekidis, Isimat-Mirren – Soiri, Ediage, Matthias, Valbuena, Kainourgios – Tzani, Loukinas.

Olympiakos (Jose Luis Mediliber): Paschalakis – Costinia, Doi, Biancon, Apostolopoulos – Garthia, Mouzakitis – Masouras, Oliveira, Velde – Kostoulas.

Referee: Vergetis

Assistants: Buxbaum, Leo

Fourth: Perrakis

VAR: Tsakalides, Stefanis