One week after losing the undefeated in “Kl. Βικελίδης », Olympiakos … avenged the defeat by defeating Aris 2-1in the premiere of the playoffs of Super League 1.
Central to the winners, who escaped at +15 from PAOK, the Pape Cissewhere scored the first goal and won the penalty thanks to which came the second, from El Arabi (who had lost another in the first half).
And the “yellows” suffered their first defeat under the leadership of Herman Burgos and entered the playoffs and the battle of the four with the … left.
Worth mentioning the presence of 50 Mars fans in the standsan image rare in the era of non-movement of fans.
In the mind of the coach
With 4-2-3-1 lined up his team o Pedro Martins, with Vatslik immovable under the beams and Cisse, Manolas for the first time together in the center of defense. At the ends, Lala and Reabciuk were selected, with Embilas, Bouhalakis on the axis and a trio behind El Arabi, the Rodrigues, Carvalho and Massoura.
Ο δε Herman Burgos he also chose 4-2-3-1, with Cuesta at home and Sudgren, Brabets, Fabiano and Ghana. In the midfield, Sasha and Matija played, with Iturbe, Entiage and Gama trio behind Kamaras.
The match
The “red and whites” wanted to control the match from the first minute and managed to do so for ten minutes, before the team of Burgos balanced the situation.
The first phases even belonged to the guests, with Kamara and Ganea not finding a goal in 21 ‘.
Three minutes later came the first big opportunity for Piraeus, with El Arabi failing to beat Cuesta from the sidelines after a mistake by Aris’s defense.
The guests … responded in the 28th minute, when Sundgren returned exceptionally Iturbe but he saw his shot stop in Watslik’s hands.
In the 37th minute, Olympiakos found itself very close to 1-0, when an awkward marking of Ganea on Rodrεςguez in the area brought a penalty, which El Arabi failed to take advantage of – as Cuesta fell correctly and repelled.
In the replay, however, it appeared that the Spaniard did not step on the line during the execution, which normally leads to repeat the hit.
Nevertheless, the champions managed to take the lead before the break. In the first minute of the delays, Carvalho executed the corner and Cisse took the lead, sending the ball into the net of Aris for 1-0.
The second part started with a huge double opportunity for Piraeus. In the 47th minute, Embila saw his head send the ball to the crossbarwhile then the same player could not score from a side position.
The visitors were dangerous on the counter and two minutes later won a penalty in the overthrow of Kamaras by Vatslikwith the VAR however to indicate that there was nothing.
Finally, Aris managed to reach 1-1 thanks to another counterattack, with Kamaras taking out Entiage four times and the latter sending the ball under the feet of the Olympiacos goalkeeper, in the 61st minute.
A shot of him Agibu Kamara in 72 ‘he countered and forced him Cuesta to intervene on foot, while Embila (77 ‘) and M. Kamara (79’) failed to find a target.
The Guinean midfielder had a great shot that was blocked by the Spaniard in 83 ‘, but after the resulting corner Cisse won a penalty in a hold of Fabiano.
This time El Arabi was on target, making it 2-1 in 85 ‘.
A header by Brabets in the 5th minute of the delays after a foul did not worry Vatslik, who blocked comfortably, with the score not changing and the champions taking the victory.
MVP: Awesome match from Pape Cisse. The Senegalese defender opened the scoring (as he had done in the 1-0 of the regular season), while he had key positions in the back, before winning the penalty that brought the 2-1.
The … whistle: Difficult match for him Vangelis Manouchos. The first penalty at Olympiakos was given correctly, although it was not realized by the referee and the VAR that Cuesta was not on the line when El Arabi executed. The referee had to watch the video in order to … take back the penalty of Kamaras, while the phase of the second penalty of the home team brought protests, although it really seemed, in the end, that Fabiano kept Cisse.
The eleven teams
Olympiacos (P. Martins): Vatslik, Lala (81 ‘Vrousai), Cisse, Manolas, Reabciuk, Embila, Bouhalakis (64’ M. Kamara), Carvalho (64 ‘Valbuena), Rodrεςguez (64’ Tikinio), Masouras (46 ‘El. Kamara) Arabi.
On the bench: Christinson, Lopez, Papastathopoulos, Fantiga.
Aris (Ch. Bourgos): Cuesta, Sudgren, Brabets, Fabiano, Ganea (76 ‘Lumor), Sasha, Matija, Iturbe (69’ Jairovic), Entiage, Gama (69 ‘Palma), Kamara.
On the bench: Ciambanis, Empakata, Bertoglio, Sakic, Lopeth, Dukoure.
Referee: Manouchos
Assistants: Psarris, Dimitriadis
4th: Fire
VAR: Karantonis, Triantafyllou
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