He liked again, made a sack of phases but stayed in the tie Olympiacos

The winning series running in this year’s friendly preparation saw on Saturday afternoon (02/08) Olympicwho stayed in 1-1 with Herenfen in the “Abe Lenstra Stadion” in the Netherlands.

A final result that does not reflect the image of the match, As the ‘reds’ left again positive impressions Against a group that in a week begins its official obligations at Eredivisie, Creating a … sack of opportunities, especially with Roman Yaremtsuk.

The Ukrainian forward saw two offside goals canceled him, while he was in another 4-5 Piraeus moments, who, although many more phases than their previous friendly games, could not turn them into goals. The only end of the “reds” succeeded Tsikinio in the 50th minute.

Once again, however, the Jose Luis Mendilibar He saw the elements of direct football, suffocating pressure on all widths and lengths of the field and the aggressive philosophy to be … there, at a time when the young extremist stood out in another match, Stavros pneumonide. Unique asterisk of today’s race, the fact that Olympiacos received a few but quite dangerous moments from the Dutch.

Next friendly game for Greece’s dumbbells is this against In De Haag, tomorrow, Sunday at 16:00.



In … Coach’s mind:



Jose Luis Mendilibar lined up Olympiacos with the classic 4-2-3-1. Underneath the fireplace began Paschalakis, with Rodinei, Retso, Pirola and Bruno being the four -way defense. The seats by Sipion and Liatsikouras were twin, with Martins and Pneumonides playing on the two wings and Tsikinio as a “10th” role, behind only the promoted, Roman Yaremtsuk.

Note that the bench found the Botis, Vezo, Velde, Nastendo, Massaura and Bendacorwith the others staying in the training center, resulting in a fight in tomorrow’s friendly (03/08, 16:00) against De Haag.

The match:

THE Olympic got in a quite active on the pitch, taking off Energy and willing to play quickly and impose his own pace on the game. From the very first minutes, the “reds” They closed Herenfen in half of the court, pushing stranglers and almost immediately possessing the possession of the ball when she was lost. In the 6th minute, the first phase of the match came, with the miserable header of Martins From the first beam, after a foul by Rodinei. Five minutes later, the Piraeus players came out rapidly on the contrasting Bruno diagonal ball in Martins, he “broke” to Yaremtsuk, but the latter’s place found in defensive bodies and ended up in a corner.

The first Good time for the Dutch came in the 18th minute, With River converging from the left and shooting, with the ball going a little next to Paschalakis’ beam. Then there was a four -minute fire for Olympiacos, as in the 22nd minute, Yaremtsuk scored with close view From Martins’ head-to-header, with the Assistant to lift the offside flag. Three minutes later, Ukrainian forward found the way back to the nets with a nailed head after a “sweet” pneumonide cross, but Again the finish was canceled for offside …

Finally, those who opened the score were the hosts, since In the 29th minute and after fighting in the midfield, stole the ball, the Broyers came out quickly on the open court and with a beautiful place defeated Paschalakis for 1-0, While, seconds later, Retsos with a corner kick could not bring the match to the equal. Indeed, in the 35 ‘, Herenfen was missing a bit to make it 2-0, when again in attack, Rivera saw the Greek kipper rest as long as the ball and a corner kick.

The last quarter of the first half was entirely opened in the Greek dumbbells, who touched on three occasions. Initially, in the 37 ‘with Yaremtsuk making a header – something like a finish and pass – with Tsikinio unable to push the ball into the net to follow The huge dual missing opportunity of the Ukrainian forward in 44 ‘. There, after Martins’ vertical, Yaremtsuk “emptied” opponent Kipper, with Curses stopping his last minute place, to get the rebound himself and to He then sees Hoppland apost the danger to Herenfen on the line!

No change started the second 45 minutes for Olympiacos, With Jose Luis Mendilibar trusting the same eleven who started the match. As they are used With terrible intensity and pressure on the aggressive third of the courtreaping the fruits of their hard work early. Specifically, since at 49 ‘ Yaremtsuk wasted huge opportunity from the “heart” of the area After a beautiful pneumonide shoot, the Piraeus opened the scoring seconds later, with Tsikinio stealing the ball from the pressure of the young Greek extremist, combined with Yaremtsuk and Portuguese with a powerful shot writing 1-1 in the 50th minute!

Olympiacos continued to play in high tempo and exploit his potential from the “wings”, thanks to the active Pneumonide and Zelson Martins. In the 57 ‘, Yaremtsuk had another final with his head from Pneumonides crossing a shot, and five minutes later, and in the 62’, the impressive atomic energy of Liatsikoura on the line from the left, he took pneumonide in a shotwith Nopert with overwhelming deprivation of the goal!

From that point on, the rhythm of the match, especially Olympiacos, fell a bit. Something that Herenfen took advantage of, with the Dutch winning a few meters on the pitch and threatening after an hour in the 74th minute, with Van Overem high out of the “heart” of the “red -white” area. In the final of the match, the “reds” touched the overthrow goal with Nepert making contact with contact The nearby shots of Rodinei and Pneumonide in the same phase!

Olympiacos (Jose Luis Mendilibar): Paschalakis, Bruno, Pirola, Retsos, Rodinei, Siponi (63 ‘Nasimeno), Liatsikouras, Tsikinio, Martins (81’ Vezo), Pulmonides, Yaremtsuk (73 ‘Massouras).