Olympiacos drew (1:1) with Apollon Limassol in the first match between the two teams for the play-offs. Europa League. Two teams left open accounts before the replay, which will take place in a week.

Debuting Huang started for the team of Carlos Corberan. He was equalized by a South Korean Olympic 29th minute, but remained wounded.

Both teams from the very beginning of the match tried to look threatening. Apollo scored 10 points minute, but Pitta’s goal was not counted after the scorer was offside.

From that point on, Carlos Corberán’s team increased their yards per field. The visitors scored in the 17th minute from Kunde in their first big moment.

A minute later, Apollos opened the account. Yanga went four on four against Cisse and beat Vaclik.

Olympiacos twisted the ball but failed to create good conditions in the opponent’s area. Piraeus equalized in the 29th minute with Huang, who evaded a defender brilliantly from a Reabchuk cross to score on his debut in an Olympiacos shirt.

Until the end of the first half, the guests tried to score the second goal, mainly due to El Arabi. The Moroccan had two good chances but failed to hit the net.

At the beginning of the second half, Piraeus was more dangerous. The match was stopped for approximately six minutes due to smoke detectors lit on the pitch. Olympiacos blew big chances with El Araby and Juan with the South Korean before being out of action with injury.

Since 70′ the Cypriots managed to balance the situation. The players of Olympiacos had difficulty holding the ball and playing.

The pace of the game dropped noticeably, both teams were not particularly threatened. Apollos scored in stoppage time, but the goal was disallowed due to offside.