The excellent OFI of the last competitions preceding “G. Karaiskakis” and made it very difficult for Olympiacos, but the Piraeus team found solutions and achieved a very important victory with a score of 2: 1 in the context of the 20th game of the Super League, closing their gap with the leader Panathinaikos up to three points.

Diko put the Cretans ahead, but the Piraeus team managed to defeat them with goals from Bacabu and El Arabi. Crossbar in the 67th minute by Hwang In-Bum, several decisive interventions by OFI goalkeeper Christos Mandas, who was defeated in the 76th minute, saves in the match were made by Alexandros Paschalakis, in the 82nd minute instead of Groning and in the 90s in Bakic’s shot , keeping the victory for his team.

Olympiacos started the game very strongly and it wasn’t until the 7th minute that Gary Rodriguez failed to score properly due to a great pass from James.

In the 19th minute, OFI froze Faleri’s serve when Thorarinson made a turn from the left, and Diko sent the ball into the root of the left post and Paschalakis with a goal kick.

In the 29th minute, James Rodriguez broke free and shot powerfully from the left, but Mandas intervened perfectly in his corner, and in the course of the phase, a very strong shot by Hwang In Beom missed the target.

Olympiacos equalized in the 40th minute when a foul from James Rodríguez Bacabu headed the ball into the right corner of Manda’s goal to equalize (1:1).

Shortly before half-time, Biel was beaten by Manda in his attempt from the height of the square, and in the 54th minute, the Spaniard found himself on the height of a large area with the ball in front of him after Bakabu’s turn. , but the OFI goalkeeper did a great job and kept the score 1-1.

In the 67th minute, Olympiacos scored a goal thanks to an incredibly powerful shot by Hwang Inbeam, who was barely touched by Mandas, sending the ball into the crossbar, and in the 75th minute, a pass from Hames to Biel led to an unsuccessful finish by the Spaniard, who is placed.

The decision for the hosts was suggested by El-Araby in the 76th minute, a minute (!) after entering the field, when after a beautiful pass from Reabchuk in the rear of the defense and Embila’s turn, he was in the right place. in a small area to push the ball up the post and into Manda’s goal.

In the 82nd minute, Groning went face-to-face with Paschalakis, but the Olympiacos goalkeeper showed excellent reflexes, reflecting and maintaining the advantage of the red-whites.

He did the same thing in the 90s, when Bakic was in firing position, but he pulled out in 4-a-4 and kept his team winning until the end.

Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Macedonia).
Yellow: Embila – Pasalidis, Dius, Baloyannis, Larson, Tsilianidis

Lineups of the two teams:

OLYMPIACOS (Mitchell Gonzalez): Paschalakis, Rodini, Papastathopoulos (Cisse 85), Retsos, Reabchuk (Ramon 74), Embila, Huang Inbom, Biel, Gary Rodriguez (Masouras 65), James Rodriguez (Samasekou 85) , Bakabou (75′ El Arabi).

OFI (Valdas Dabrauskas): Mandas, Diamantis, Pasalidis, Vouros, Thorarinson (Cilianidis 82), Larson, Duce (Mosquera 82), Perea, Toral (Bakits 71), Diko (Balogiannis 71), Tzu (Groning, 55) ).

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