Europa League

Olympiacos need high-profile signings now

Published

3 years ago

August 12, 2022

Madelyn

Olympiacos need players with quality and personality who will transform their competitive image. Qualifying gave the champion’s management time to make these changes immediately and build a very good team.

We are in the second decade of August and Olympiacos are making changes that should have been made in June. However, the situation can already be corrected. And it will be corrected because the decisions were made by the responsible person.

The red and white have qualified for the Europa League playoffs, but are not flying in the clouds. At Piraeus PAE they know the weaknesses of the team and what needs to be done to see a normal Olympiacos again. An Olympiakos who will not fight back and will not be forced to go to penalties with sides like Ludogorets and Slovan Bratislava to see if they qualify or are eliminated.

The two consecutive eliminations from the continuation of the Champions League (Ludogorets last year and Maccabi Haifa this year) have cost a lot. Just as Olympiacos’ sluggish image has weighed heavily on the scales for a year. The red and white qualified for the Europa League with Slovakia, but they know very well that they have to change immediately.

Olympiacos need players with personality

Olympiacos need transfers from top-flight footballers. Players – Personalities who will make a difference. And he needs it now, because the commitments are ongoing in Europe and the league is due to start in a few days

The good thing for Olympiacos and his people is that the Piraeus team continues in the Europa League and has the opportunity to overcome Apollon Limassol’s obstacle to enter the groups of the competition. Now Olympiacos is the only Greek team that continues in the European Cup and has a guaranteed place in the groups (the Europa League or, at worst, the Conference League) and will have games throughout the autumn.

It is also positive for the red and white that they have received a response and the qualification will strengthen the psyche and the self-confidence of the footballers with regard to the continuation. In addition, Corberan also had to celebrate this qualification, take a breather in the following days and work more calmly, because he had a lot of good mornings in Rentis.

The Spanish coach is trying to manage the situation (he didn’t expect so many muscle injuries to appear during this period), but he will also need the right support to succeed. And this can be given to him by the administration through referrals.

Two wingers and a goalkeeper are required

It’s obvious Olympiacos need two wingers (one, Conrad de la Fuente, is already in Greece), solid midfielder, left-back, stopper, center forward (Ticinho’s concession is likely) and maybe a goalkeeper who will put more pressure on Vačlik. However, the players coming in should be able to make a difference. To be able to change the level of the pirate team.

Olympiacos have players like Embila, who developed brilliantly in Bratislava, but they need others in a better footballing age. The Red and Whites need to add quality to their game, but also speed, creativity and efficiency.

At the same time, Huang and Leidner are here, and it’s about time they entered the equation. Now De la Fuente joins them and more players from abroad will join in the coming days. At the same time, Corberan is anxiously awaiting the return of injured Vrsalikos, Aboubakar Kamaras, Rodrigues and Papastathopoulos.

Olympiacos clearly needs to change and it will change. The sooner this happens, the better for the Piraeus team. A lot has to be done in a short time, but there is no other way.

As for the game in Slovakia, the red-whites keep: the qualification, the performance of Embila, Mazura and Kunde, the effectiveness of Zinkernagel, the help of A. Kamara, the maturity and composure of Vačlik and Valbuena in the penalty shootout.

In any case, the qualifiers give a team time and calm, and Olympiakos needed the team they got in Bratislava to approach the corrective moves and changing the playing team with a clearer mind.

Source: sport 24

Madelyn

I am a sports writer and journalist who has written for various online publications including Sportish. I’m originally from the UK but currently live in Toronto, Canada. I’m also an author on Sportish and have written several articles on a variety of sports-related topics.

Europa League

Vasily Kobin could go to Dnepr and play in the Europa League final

Published

12 hours ago

December 30, 2025

Jayden

Vasily Kobin could go to Dnepr and play in the Europa League final

football journalist Igor Tsyganyk He told the details of the long-standing transfer story regarding the possible transfer of Vyacheslav Kobin to Dnepr.

According to him, when Dnipro club had to choose between Artem Fedetsky and Vyacheslav Kobin, Kobin was the first choice to strengthen the squad.

Tsyganyk stated that the football player could really be transferred to Dnieper and noted that they made him an offer in the first place. According to the journalist, in the event of such a transfer, Kobin could even play in the 2015 Europa League final, but ultimately the transfer did not take place.

The journalist emphasized that the failure of the transition was not related to financial conditions. According to his information, salaries in Shakhtar and Dnepr were approximately the same. The reasons why the transfer did not take place lie on a different level, but the details of this situation are not reliably known.

According to Tsyganik, Dnepr considered Kobin as a priority option, but the transition was never implemented. Artem Fedetsky played for Dnepr from 2012 to 2016. In the 2014/15 Europa League final, Dnepr lost to the Spanish team Sevilla (2:3).

Source: Sport UA

Jayden

Hi, my name is Jayden James. I am a writer at Sportish, and I mostly cover sports news. I have been writing since high school and have been published in various magazines and newspapers. I also write book reviews for a website. In my free time, I enjoy playing soccer and basketball.

Europa League

Poland took the lead. Who is competing for an additional place in the Champions League?

Published

5 days ago

December 25, 2025

Jayden

Poland took the lead. Who is competing for an additional place in the Champions League?

The two countries with the highest UEFA coefficient at the end of a season will gain an additional entry. Champions League 2026/27.

Like last year, 36 clubs will compete in the main stage of the European Cup main tournament. Two of these will be determined by rating.

All important moments of the match are available in LIVE mode Telegram Sport.ua

The two best-ranked countries in the 2025/26 season will each send one more team to the 2026/27 Champions League.

Next single season rankings:

P.Olsha (13,625), England (13,486), Germany (12,285), Cyprus (11,406), Italy (11,250), Spain (11,218), France (10,714), Portugal (10,600), Greece (9,500), Denmark (9,500)

The top two countries on this list will be given an additional place in the 2026/27 Champions League.

Leadership Poland It’s about getting bonuses in the Conference League. Three Polish clubs reached the LK play-offs at the same time: Rakow, Lech and Jagiellonia. And only Legia Warsaw withdrew from the tournament.

Ukrainian It ranks 15th among 55 countries in the UEFA single season rankings with 6,812. Shakhtar Donetsk advanced directly to the 1/8 finals of the Conference League and Dynamo Kiev was eliminated from the tournament.

UEFA coefficient For national associations, it is calculated based on the total number of points scored by all clubs in the country. 2 points are awarded for a win, 1 point for a draw, and bonus points are also taken into account. Points received in the qualifying rounds are multiplied by 0.5 times. The total amount is divided by the number of teams representing the country in the European Cup season.

Race for two additional places in the 2026/27 Champions League (top 10)

Top 15 countries in the UEFA rankings for the 2025/26 season

UEFA five-year rankings

Source: Sport UA

Jayden

Europa League

Emery is surprised. Aston Villa have won 10 in a row in all competitions

Published

5 days ago

December 25, 2025

Jayden

Emery is surprised. Aston Villa have won 10 in a row in all competitions

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