Europa League
Tikini and Mandi Kamara lead in view of Atalanta
The competitive questions that Pedro Martins asked in the next few hours in view of the game between Olympiacos and Atalanta on Thursday (24.2.) at “G. Karaiskakis” must solve.
Some of the racing questions that Pedro Martins will resolve over the next few hours is whether Olympiacos will play Atalanta on Thursday (24/02, 7:45 p.m., COSMOTE SPORT 3 HD, Live by Sportish) in a three- or four-man defense, with two or three central midfielders, with Agibu Kamaras on the axis or on the flanks of the attack and whether Tikino Soares or Youssef El Arabi will start at the front of the attack.
In the latter case, the Brazilian center forward seems to be ahead of the pack at the moment. Ticinio scored in the first game against Atalanta in Bergamo, has scored three goals in the last six LaLiga games (with PAS Giannina, PAOK and Ionikos) and appears to be in better shape overall.
Arabi scored in the Red-Whites’ first cup game against Panetolikos in Agrinio a month ago (19/1) and his immediately previous goal was against Lamia in Karaiskaki for the championship two months ago (19/2).
Of course, the Moroccan striker provided the assist for Valbouena’s goal in Volos last Sunday and is a player who can always make the difference for Olympiacos in Europe. He proved that with his 16 goals in the red and white jersey against Bayern Munich, Tottenham, Arsenal (3), Wolves, Eintracht Frankfurt (2), Red Star, Eindhoven, Adraspher (2), Omonia. Slovan Bratislava and Ludogorets.
Arabi has 15 goals and 1 assist in 35 games (1,945 minutes) this season and Ticino has 12 goals in 34 games (1,803 minutes). However, the former has six goals from a penalty while the latter has only one from the white ball.
In any case, Martins will need the services of both players in the decisive game against Atalanta. Regardless of who will be in the starting line-up, whoever comes off the bench will get the opportunity to make a difference and contribute to Olympiakos’ efforts to qualify for the Europa League 16.
As for central midfielders, Mandi Kamara is said to have a lead over Bouhalakis to play alongside Embilas. This of course if Martins opts for a 3-4-3, 3-5-2 or 4-2-3-1 system. Because if the Portuguese coach prefers a 4-3-3 formation, then Mandi and Bouhalakis are in the starting XI.
Rodrεςguez is ready
Atalanta will start without a classic centre-forward as both Zapata and Muriel are injured and Gian Piero Gasperini is considering Boga and Malinovski’s solutions at the forefront of attack with Pasalic as an alternative, according to the Italians. It is possible that the absences of the Italian team will make Martins think about the system and the people of the eleven.
After all, Gary Rodrεςguez trained normally with the rest of the team on Tuesday (Feb. 22) and was made available to the red-white coach for the game against Bergamaski. Logically, it will sit on the bench and is likely to be used throughout the game.
Now the Portuguese coach has no competition problems and is convinced that Olympiakos can qualify against Atalanta.
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english team Aston VillaThe player continues to show incredible form and has already won his 10th consecutive victory in different tournaments.
The successful series includes 7 Premier League matches and 3 Europa League matches. This is a new club record for Aston Villa.
The last win came on 21 December, when the home team beat Manchester United 2-1 at Villa Park in Birmingham.
This winning streak has allowed Aston Villa to secure a place in the top 3 (36 points) of the Premier League standings, ahead of Arsenal (39) and Man City (37).
In the Europa League, Unai Emery’s team safely passed the league stage and entered the top 3 together with Lyon and Mittjylland (15 points out of 18).
Aston Villa’s 10-match winning streak
- 21.12. 19:30. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Manchester United – 2:1
- 14.12. 16:00. nuclear submarine West Ham – Aston Villa – 2:3
- 11.12. 22:00. LE. Basel-Aston Villa-1:2
- 06.12. 14:30. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Arsenal – 2:1
- 03.12. 21:30. nuclear submarine Brighton – Aston Villa – 3:4
- 30.11. 16:05. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Wolverhampton – 1:0
- 27.11. 19:45. LE. Aston Villa – Young Men – 2:1
- 23.11. 16:00. nuclear submarine Leeds – Aston Villa – 1:2
- 09.11. 16:00. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Bournemouth – 4:0
- 06.11. 22:00. LE. Aston Villa – Maccabi Tel Aviv – 2:0
Aston Villa’s winning streak in the 2025/26 season
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Ukrainian defender Nottingham Forest Alexander Zinchenko He shared his feelings after his team beat Utrecht (2:1) in the main round of the Europa League.
“It’s a great feeling. First of all, I’m back. Secondly, it’s an incredible feeling to win a match. Getting three points today was very important for us. As you can see, it was a difficult match. But at the end of the match, I think we got what we wanted and let’s continue like that.”
“As a defender you always want to keep a clean sheet, but unfortunately we couldn’t do that today. So it’s something we need to work on in the future.”
“This is one of those matches where whoever wins the most challenges in different areas of the field will win the match. Today we won many more goals which helped us a lot in the game. But to be honest, even the opportunities we created, including me, we should have scored and finished this match earlier,” said Zinchenko.
Nottingham Forest is in 11th place in the rankings with 11 points after 6 matches in the Europa League this season.
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sports doctor Dmitry Babelyuk He was not happy with the decision made by Sean Dyche, the head coach of English Nottingham, in the match against Dutch Utrecht in the Europa League (2-1).
The Foresters’ coach has given Ukraine national team defender Alexander Zinchenko a place in the starting squad after the player missed nine matches due to injury.
“These old-school coaches never cease to amaze. In 2025, with the advancement of sports science and medicine, I don’t understand how it is possible to release a player from the winger position for a full 90 minutes at the same time after two muscle injuries.
First, Moyes did this to Mikolenko, which led to Vitaly’s relapse. Now Dyche makes the same obvious mistakes.
Understanding that Zinchenko is a player who has regularly suffered from muscle problems in recent seasons; injured twice at Nottingham in the last three months; Having not played for the last six weeks, I cannot imagine how anyone could be so negligent in getting a player into top playing form.
This is not often seen in the new generation of coaches such as Thomas Frank or Enzo Mareschi, but the old ones continue to rely on their own emotions, leaving players in danger of unnecessary relapses.
I hope everything goes well for Sasha and he returns to his best form, but playing 90 minutes at a time after two months of treatment is outright stupidity in modern football at the top level,” Babelyuk raged.
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