The first hints of how Mitchell wants Olympiacos to play were partly shown on Sunday against Atromitos in the Spaniard’s debut on the bench. The Red-Whites – especially in the first half – put a lot of pressure on the opponent and clearly had better and faster development compared to previous games. But this match is already in the past, because ahead of them is the first “final” in the Europa League group.

Olympiacos welcomes Qarabag tomorrow on Matchday 3 of the competition and only wants a win to be able to hope for at least third place, giving them another chance to stay on the European circuit through the 16 play-off match. “Conference. The Azerbaijanis, on the other hand, are starting from their big win against Nantes (3-0), where they showed that they are not going to be the weak link in the group.

Mitchell is called upon to solve several puzzles before being assigned to Faliro. In addition to this problem in the center of defense, where only Cisse and Papastatopoulos are available, there is also a problem with the attack, after the injury of El Arabi. Since Bakabu is also not on the list, only Abubakar is available, who, however, has very few participation minutes. The second thought is the presence of Beal in the upper part of the attack, but the final decisions will be made by Mitchell after today’s practice.