Olympiacos-Twente: In his castle for the three-pointer… of eight

The return to victories in the League Phase of the Europa League is looking for Olympic. His team Jose Luis Mendilibar hosts in the packed “Georgios Karaiskakis” the Twenty (19.45, Cosmote Sports, ANT1, bwinSPORT FM, www.sportfm.gr) for the 6th matchday and the three points seem like an end in themselves for the Piraeus.

Because they have 8 points and the teams above them either play each other or have tough games and points will be lost. On the other hand, the Dutch have 3 points with equal numbers of draws and defeats, while today they are looking for their first victory.

The showdown finds him Olympic at the best point of the season and with great momentum. Five straight league wins and a nine-game unbeaten run in all competitions for Jose Luis Mendiliber’s side. The rotation opens up, more and more options appear for the Vasco technician. This allows him to cover the gaps that his team has, after the absences of García-Cicinho who are suffering from ailments.

However, Karmo and Yaremchuk are back at the disposal of Medilibar, while the following were included in the squad for the match against the Dutch: Anagnostopoulos, Apostolopoulos, Biancon, Costinia, Karmo, El Kaabi, Mouzakitis, Ese, Doi, Paschalakis, Pirola, Rodinei, Oliveira, Stamenic, Tzolakis, Velde, Masouras, Yaremchuk, Retsos, Kostoulas, Willian, Ortega, Martins.

“Twente is a very good team. It has very good results. They are a typical Dutch team with 2 wings and a ball-hungry centre. We like the way this game plays in relation to us. We should not stand in the game he did. We shouldn’t be fooled by the one bad play he made.”Mendiliber said, among other things, at the press conference.

On the part of Twenty comes from the heavy 6-1 away defeat by Eindhoven. They are in 5th place in the Eredivisie, having a good season, while in the Europa League they have 3 draws and 3 losses with 4-7 goals. The two points have come in the same number of away games against Manchester United (1-1) and Nice (2-2). At the same time, in the league away from home, it has a record of 4-1-3 with 15-14 goals, proof that it concedes and eats goals.

“We are strong psychologically as a whole and we will react. El Kaabi is a very good striker and obviously we know and remember Willian. Olympiacos is very strong at home”said among others Joseph Austin, coach of the Dutch, who is again counting on the services of Van Wolfswinkel and Unerstall.

POSSIBLE ELEVENS:

OLYMPIC: Tzolakis – Costinia, Retsos, Pirola, Ortega – Ese, Mouzakitis – Rodinei, Kostoulas, Zelson – El Kaabi.

TWENTE: Unnerstal – Reger, Hilgers, Bruns, Salah-Edine – Beselnik, Vlap – Roach, Stein, Van Bergen – Lammers.

Referee: Jerome Bichard (France)

Assistants: Alexi Ozet (France), Michel Bersebrou (France)

Fourth: Romain Lisor (France)

VAR: Eric Vatelier (France), Jeremy Pinard (France)