Olympiacos-Panathinaikos: A “Clasico” with enormous importance in the title battle!

Everything stops, the Greek “Clasico” begins! “Georgios Karaiskakis” will be crowded and opens its doors to welcome the derby between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos (20:30, Cosmote Sport 1, BWINSPOR FM, www.sportfm.gr) for its 20th Stoiximan Super Racing League.

A game of enormous importance in the title battle, since its outcome may play a decisive role in the outcome of the championship. With Olympiacos having for 8 consecutive games at the top and Panathinaikos at -4 of him.

The derby finds Olympiacos in an excellent momentum. Four wins and one draw in 2025 for the “reds” in all competitions. Last Thursday’s latest match, where Mendilibar’s team with a great tactic left Dragao 1-0 against Porto and locked in the Europa League knockout. In the league, Olympiacos has four consecutive three -pointers and has been established on top for several games.

“Yes it is the most important match so far in the league, but to get to the moment we had to win a lot of games earlier. Therefore, all the games that brought us at this point were important. We are good, but Panathinaikos is also at a good time and I think they will come with a good game and win. That’s why we have to be calm and do our job, thinking about how much effort we have been to find in this position. “said Mendilibar.

All means for Olympiacos, with 22 players on the mission: Paschalakis, Tzolakis, Anagnostopoulos, Ortega, Biancon, Pirola, Karmos, Kostinia, Rodinei, Retsos, Stamenic, Zelson, Veldi El Kabi, Yaremtsuk, Massouras and Kostoulas.

Panathinaikos, who is at -4 from the top and will bring him a breath away. With Rui Vitoria he does not lose in the championship and overall counts only one defeat, which came to Europe from Gurgarden at the beginning of the Portuguese. The “clover” comes from a 1-0 win over AEK a week, and is unbeaten for 15 games. Two less than the Piraeus.

“What we can say is that it will be a very difficult game for both teams. Both opponents have an ambition to continue positively in the league. We, on our part, come from a positive result and want to “build” on it and continue the very good course we have done so far. “Rui Vitoria said about the big match.

The Portuguese coach can again count on Azedin Unai’s services, while Bart Schenkefeld is outside. In detail: Lodigin, Dragovsky, Lilo, Vagiannidis, Max, Zeka, Ioannidis, Unai, Tem, Bakassetas, Palmer – Brown, Ingason, Cherry, Mantzini, Limnios Nika, Arao.

PUBLIC ELECTORS:

OLYMPIC: Tzolakis – Rodinei, Retsos, Carmos, Ortega – Ese, Mouzakitis – Tsikinio, Kostoulas, Velde – El Kabi.

PANATHINAIKOS: Dragovsky-Vagiannidis, Palmer-Brown, Ingasson, Mlandenovic-Arao, Maximovic, Bakassetas-TETE, Ioannidis, Djuricic.

Referee: Slavko Vincic.

Assistants: Kovacic Andraz, Clandnnik Tomaz

Fourth: Fire

VAR: Borosak Allen, Papadopoulos