What Mitchell did against Marcelo and James Rodriguez

Olympiacos changes sides. The Red and Whites found a replacement for Carlos Corberan in Mitchell, who is taking over the Piraeus Bank.

In Rendis, the Spanish coach finds two stars, Marcelo and James Rodríguez. These are two footballers Mitchell has faced in the past as manager of Getafe, Sevilla and Malaga.

The 59-year-old manager had played seven times against the ex-Real Madrid captain during his time in La Liga. By six o’clock the merengues, with Marcelo as the main player, had managed to defeat the Olympiakos coach’s teams.

Mitchell had managed to beat Marcelos Real once while in charge of Sevilla on September 15, 2012. He had met James Rodriguez once on May 21, 2017 in the Sanchez-Pitjuan game against Real. The Merengues had won the doubles 2-0 and the Colombian superstar came on for Isco in the 66th minute.

Mitchell’s games against Real

• October 31, 2009Real – Getafe 2-0 (Marcelo is the key)
• March 25, 2010 Getafe – real 2-4 (Marcelo stayed on the bench)
• January 3, 2011 Getafe – real 2-3 (Marcelo is the key)
• May 10, 2011 Real – Getafe 4-0 (Marcelo is the key)
• April 29, 2012 Real – Seville 3-0(Marcelo is the key)
• September 15, 2012 Seville – Real 1-0 (Marcelo is the key)
• May 21, 2017Malaga – Real 0-2 (Marcelo starts, James Rodríguez came on in the 66th minute)
• November 25, 2017Real – Malaga 3-2 (Marcelo is the key)

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