Europa League
El Kaabi follows in El Arabi’s footsteps: he fully justifies Martinez’s decision to use him as a starter
Olympiacos’ two Moroccan strikers each scored four goals in their first eight games at the start of their tenure in red and white. In fact, they each scored two goals in a European Cup game and two more in the first four games of the championship. For now, El Kaabi fully justifies Martinez’s decision to use him.
Olympiacos is different at the start of the season than last season, higher quality, more dynamic, more efficient, fuller in most positions, its players have confidence and show it in training.
The Red and Whites were chasing the score in New Philadelphia, but got an immediate reaction. They increased their performance, gained yards on the field, managed phases and quickly equalized.
The players in the Piraeus team showed character, brought personality to the pitch, were well-read and if they had taken risks in the second half they might have gotten even more out of the game.
Martinez preferred to play it safe and ensure a draw, believing that this would be beneficial for Olympiakos in continuing the championship.
The positive for the Spanish coach is that Ayoub El Kaabi scored in his first derby in Greece, which will help his psyche but also the entire team in general.
It wasn’t easy for Martinez to keep a player of Stefan Jovetic’s quality on the bench and keep Olympiakos’ top scorer in European competitions, Youssef El Arabi, out of action.
El Kaabi explains Martinez’s decision to use him as a starter
For now, El Kaabi justifies the 42-year-old technician’s decision to use him as a starter by saying he has scored four goals in eight games in Greece and Europe. Two for the league and two for the Europa League qualification.
If you count his minutes played, the Moroccan striker scores a goal every 121 minutes. The 30-year-old scores a goal every 98 minutes in Europe and a goal every 143 minutes in the league. And all this while he only completed 40 days of competition at Olympiakos.
El Kaabi is currently following in the footsteps of his compatriot El Arabi, who also scored four goals in his first eight games in Greece and Europe at the start of his first season with the red-whites. Except that the latter then scored one goal for every 68 minutes of action.
What the two Moroccan center forwards also had in common was that El Kaabi scored two goals in a game in Europe, this one against Chukaritsky in the Europa League qualifiers and El Arabi scored two goals against Krasnodar in the Champions League qualifiers.
At the same time, they scored two goals in two of the four league games. The former scored in the games against Lamia and AEK and the latter had scored against Asteras Tripoli and Volos.
At Olympiakos it is hoped that El Kaabi will have a similar competitive trajectory as El Arabi in terms of productivity, as this will benefit the Piraeus team.
It’s not the easiest thing to do, as the latter has left his mark on the Red-Whites’ modern history, but the former is off to a good start.
Source: sport 24
I have been working as a sports journalist for about 6 years now. I currently work as an author at Sportish, which is a sports news website. I mainly cover sports news and I love writing about all aspects of the sport. I also have experience working as a broadcast journalist, so I have some great insights into how sport is reported and presented.
Europa League
Panathinaikos: “It will be a coincidence if the study is published while 120,000 spectators were present”
PAE Panathinaikos issued a statement on the issue arising with OAKA and raised some questions regarding the specific issue.
Shortly after the stability of the Olympic Stadium and the problems arising at the European Cloverleaf Games became known, PAE Panathinaikos published a corresponding statement in which it referred to the problem that had become known and asked some questions.
The Green Party’s statement says:
“It is with regret that we have been informed that there is a study on the roof of the football field at the Olympic Stadium which comes to the conclusion that the construction does not meet the permissible static efficiencies.
It is surprising that the roofing by Calatrava, one of the leading architects of this type of construction, and by Cimolai, the world’s leading iron construction company, which built the roofing of most European football stadiums, were the main Greek architects and engineers at the Project involved.
PS It may be a coincidence if a study is published that began in 2021, at a time when Panathinaikos hosted 120,000 spectators in this stadium…
PS1 Asked about the study by Calatrava and the Cimolai company?
PS2: Some time ago we were informed that the first structural study called for very strong glazing of the roof of the shelter and in the end Plexiglas/Lexan was installed instead because they could not keep up with the Olympic Games schedule. The canopy was built to specifications to withstand the weight of the panels, which are many times greater than Lexan. Do the people who did the static control study know this? We are waiting for answers/clarifications.”
Source: sport 24
I have been working as a sports journalist for about 6 years now. I currently work as an author at Sportish, which is a sports news website. I mainly cover sports news and I love writing about all aspects of the sport. I also have experience working as a broadcast journalist, so I have some great insights into how sport is reported and presented.
Europa League
The OAKA is over for Panathinaikos: it is changing its venue for the Europa League games
Panathinaikos will not be able to use it in the remaining Europa League games against Rennes and Maccabi Haifa after the problem identified at OAKA and is looking for a new home base with a more likely return to Leoforos.
The closure of OAKA due to the problem with the stability of the roofer Calatrava represents a major problem for Panathinaikos and especially for its presence in the Europa League games.
According to government circles, the problem cannot be solved quickly and the Greens will not be able to play in the games they have to play in the groups against Rennes and Maccabi Haifa.
The Greens are asked to find another seat. Unless UEFA grants permission to host the Cloverleaf at its historic venue, the Avenue, in the next few games, which is the most likely scenario.
Panathinaikos will play for the Europa League first against Rennes on October 26th and against Maccabi Haifa on December 14th.
At the same time, of course, there is a problem for Panathinaikos B’, which had declared the Olympic Stadium as the home venue for Super League 2 games. From now on, some matches will be played in Leoforos and some matches will be played in other stadiums in Athens.
Initial estimates assume that the projects to be carried out will take at least nine months.
Source: sport 24
I have been working as a sports journalist for about 6 years now. I currently work as an author at Sportish, which is a sports news website. I mainly cover sports news and I love writing about all aspects of the sport. I also have experience working as a broadcast journalist, so I have some great insights into how sport is reported and presented.
Europa League
Palmer-Brown’s sprain, Sporar’s biceps problem at Panathinaikos, doubtful ahead of PAOK
Sporar left the Tripoli Stadium pitch with biceps problems, while Palmer-Brown suffered a sprain. Magnusson’s surgery on Friday.
Panathinaikos earned a big away win against Asteras 4-1, but the Greens finished the game seeing two of their players sidelined with injuries.
Sporar initially suffered from biceps problems and Palmer-Brown, who was replaced by Schenkefeld at half-time, suffered a sprain. The condition of both will be assessed on Friday according to the tests presented and of course there are doubts about PAOK.
On Friday, Magnuson will undergo surgery to repair the cruciate ligament damage he sustained in the Derby with AEK.
Source: sport 24
I have been working as a sports journalist for about 6 years now. I currently work as an author at Sportish, which is a sports news website. I mainly cover sports news and I love writing about all aspects of the sport. I also have experience working as a broadcast journalist, so I have some great insights into how sport is reported and presented.
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