THE Olympic he is not in Barcelona for tourism and wants to get a positive result against “Montjuic” Barcelonawhich has many absences, in the context of the 3rd game of his League Phase Champions League.
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Piraeus are in 29th place with one point and want to spring a surprise by getting a point or points in a high-demand match that is the outsider. Hansi Flick’s side have three points in 16th place, having beaten Newcastle in the Premier League and lost at home to Paris Saint-Germain.
In purely competitive terms, the return of Olympiakos after the break had a positive sign: they prevailed 2-0 in the field of AEL Novibet – returning to winning ways after the two defeats against Arsenal and PAOK – having a great protagonist Ayoub El Kaabi who scored both goals.
Jose Luis Mendiliber wants to see from his players the image they had in London against Arsenal, where they were 100% focused and excellent in the tactical plan, threatening rationally with a shot and pressing high in the second half to find the equalizing goal.
“Olympiacos has a good attack. The stats say they are one of the best attacking teams. Just look at the game against Arsenal, where they had a lot of chances. We have to be alert in these situations. They have good players and a plan to play, so we have to be careful with them“, said about the champions of Greece Hansie Flick at press conferencewith the Piraeus technician pointing out among others:
“We will not change the way we play. We want to be the best Olympiacos we can be. We come here with the goal of winning. We know of course that it is something very difficult but we have the desire to try to make a good match».
His unique and expected absence Rodneywith Medilibar taking all three center forwards (El Kaabi, Taremi and Yaremchuk), while we remind you that Gustavo Mansa, Yussuf Yazici and Remi Cabela are not on the European list.
Olympiakos mission in detail: Paschalakis, Kouraklis, Tzolakis, Ortega, Biancon, Pirola, Kalogeropoulos, Costinia, Retsos, Bruno, Nascimento, Martins, Garthia, Sipioni, Chiquinio, Strefetsa, Ese, Pontense, Pneumonidis, Mouzakitis, El Kaabi, Jaremchuk, Taremi.
On the other hand, Barcelona have been struggling with their performance more and more of late, with their many injury problems playing a role. important role: after defeat by Paris Saint-Germain and four by Sevilla, it may have beaten Girona in stoppage time, but its image was problematicmainly, in the first part.
As far as tonight’s match is concerned, the “three points” is a one-way street for the Catalans, since with a new loss of points they will be left behind the group of eight that gives direct qualification to the “16”.
Flick’s absentee card has not changed despite Christensen’s absence from training on Monday (20/10), with Spanish reporters taking his presence in the starting line-up for granted.
The German coach cannot count on Ferran Torres and Rafinha (they did not train on Monday either and are running to catch up with next Sunday’s derby against Real Madrid), as well as Garcia, Olmo, Lewandowski, Gavi and Ter Stegen.
Possible lineups:
Barcelona (Hanci Flick): Sezny – Kute, Christensen, Araujo, Gerard Martin – Casado, Pedri, De Jong – Yamal, Rashford, Fermin Lopez.
Olympiakos (Jose Luis Mediliber): Tzolakis, Costinia, Retsos, Pirola, Ortega – Ese, Garcia (Sipioni) – Gelson Martins, Ciquinho, Pontense – El Caabi
Referee: Ours Sneijder (Switzerland)
Assistants: Benjamin Zircher (Switzerland), Marco Zircher (Switzerland)
4th: Lucas Fedrich (Switzerland)
VAR: Fendai San (Switzerland)
AVAR: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Source: Sport Fm
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