Orgiastic in Europe too: Fortounis’ incredible premieres in the Europa League

Kostas Fortounis and Daniel Pontense were included in the top eleven of the final group stage of the Europa League (based on Opta’s special rating), the Olympiacos captain for his three assists and his performance (he had an average rating of 9.5) and the runner-up (9.2). for the two goals he scored against Batska Topola.

As for Fortounis, his performances in the six group stage games of the competition are impressive and the numbers speak for themselves:

• He leads the average rating with 7.92 (Opta) among players from 32 teams who played at least 60% of the competition’s minutes. Freiburg’s Vicenzo Griffo (7.90) was second, West Ham’s James Ward-Prowse third (7.68), Liverpool’s Rein Gravenberg fourth (7.64) and Molde’s Magnus Wolff Ekrem fifth (7.64).
• He also ranks first in assists (5), followed by Klaus (Marseille), Ward Prowse (West Ham), Harit (Marseille) and Virge (Leverkusen) with 4.
• He is first in goals+assists (6), along with Joao Pedro (Brighton), Lukaku (Roma), Grifo (Freiburg) and Wirz (Leverkusen).
• Together with Krauss (Marseille), he is the first to create big chances (6).
• He is the first to create big chances in a game (3), in Olympiakos Piraeus’ 2-3 win against Freiburg.
• He is second in key passes with an average of 3.2 per game – in first place is West Ham’s Ward-Prowse with 3.5 per game.
• He ranks second in crosses (46), behind Servette’s Stefanovic (50), and third in successful crosses (13), behind West Ham’s Ward-Prowse (19) and Rangers’ Barisic (15).
• And along with Virz (Leverkusen – Qarabag 5-1), he is one of only two footballers who had 3 assists in a game (Olympic – Backa Topola 5:2).

From then on, Fortounis has scored a total of three goals and seven assists in ten games in the Europa League qualifying and group stages. If you add his performances in the league, the experienced midfielder has 8 goals and 12 assists in 21 games across all competitions this season.

Also his top performances in the league

Kostas Fortounis also plays in the Stoiximan Super League. The captain of Olympiakos in the first round of the championship is the leader in participation in attacks in open play, with 2.8 completion participations, three key passes and 2.2 formation participations per 90 minutes.

In short, he operates as a striker, creates chances like anyone else and, when necessary, acts as a central midfielder, building attacks from the defense. His total is 8 open plays per game, an outrageous number.

As if that wasn’t enough, he is also the league’s leading dribbler with 2.9 successful throws per 90 minutes.