Vatslik starts and Olympiakos laughs at the end

Olympiacos didn’t play shocking football in Napoli but as we speak, that wasn’t the end in and of itself. If the team is supposed to put on a terrible performance at the end, its people prefer to see it in Bergamo. How did Cagliari fare this Sunday? Well, something of that sort… Shortly after the Sardinian team proudly won at the home of Atalanta, the Piraeus team were called up to fulfill the Nice signing.

Vatslik – as in Toumba – went first, his teammates had to follow and the job was done. For Olympiakos it was another mission to be carried out. There was danger in the first 45 minutes, but not at all in the second. It’s about improving the pace, because now there are games of particular importance. And in terms of qualifications, but also in terms of prestige…

Operation and Torch

From the beginning of the game until Martins met his players in the dressing room, Martins had the right to draw many conclusions. The team didn’t start badly but the truth is that without Vatslik Ionikos would have found the net. They will tell me “that’s why there are goalkeepers”. And the Czech showed it to Toumba. It’s on a good moon. What is definitely not good is a crack that is constantly developing in the defense of Piraeus. Ok Cisse is missing who was the best in the stopper this year, but at one point it’s not about faces anymore. It’s also a question of service.

The defense of Olympiacos in Naples went through phases, just because the distances were wrong, some were forgotten while others classically lost personal duel stamina. When one team defends, everyone defends too. It’s not just the wingers or central defenders who are to blame. If your midfielders have gone to… greens and the opponent is outnumbered, well, it’s not possible to attack the defender who suddenly sees two in front of you. This happened in the first part and it was the weakness.

On the other hand, the champions made good progress. They found a quick goal that was denied by a few inches. They insisted and eventually went ahead with the…flare of Agibu. The team could have scored a second goal but it could have already been conceded so let’s not speculate. For me, unfortunately, the moment of Rodriguez’s injury was the turning point. Not for this game, but in general. The best from the sidelines, the man who seemed to find the rhythm. A footballer who can give a lot more than Lopez and Oniekourou.

Another Olympiacos

Ionikos isn’t even worth causing trouble in the category in my opinion. It’s a team that plays games. With a coach who was given nothing. A mix of veteran foreigners and Greeks struggling to keep their jobs in the Super League because if this team doesn’t stay in the big saloons they’ll either have to move to any province or foreign small and medium team leagues. What they showed against Olympiakos in Nice is their true colors all season. A team that you will phase with relatively easily, but it will do the same for you.

So in these cases, your best bet is to make your team faster and more aggressive. Martins passed Bouhalakis in the match, sidelined Agibu, knocked out Valbouena and Olympiakos stopped doing favors. The penalty came after Masura’s very nice goal.

Before they thought well of Ionikos that they could find a draw, they had conceded two more. And the time all of this happened gave the Portuguese manager the right to make more changes quickly. Oniekourou and El Arabi came in, Agibu came back in place of Embila coming out and the game ended with short procedures. If Ionikos plays like in the first half, there will be a save, no analysis is needed for that.

Qualification Challenges

The champions didn’t slow down too much, but they knew from one point that they had won. They went through the match on calm paths, defending themselves properly by simply spinning the ball and without putting the opponent in an equalizing mood, and returned home calmly. With a unique theme, that of Rodrεςguez.

The continuation is very important, it now hides games in which Olympiacos will have to prove ready. In a relatively short time he will play two qualifiers (the first in a few hours for the cup), but he also has games with special conditions for prestige and points, like the one with AEK in the next game. And of course it is very important how the transfers can go to the team and what condition Cisse will be in to take his place again…