Only the good ingredients of Olympiakos are not enough to prepare a delicious meal

The quality of some Olympiakos players tries to make up for the lack of consistency, automation, poor preparation, injury-related absences and spelling mistakes in the summer.

In some games this is possible, in others it is not. Especially those with a higher difficulty index.

The red and white went against the logic of football and continue to pay for it. So far this season, 40 players have been used in Greece and Europe and three coaches have overtaken the Piraeus side from the bench.

All of this while we are still in mid-October. And Mitchell has to manage one team for the Super League and another for the Europa League. Which other European team has this data in the last quarter?

The defense does not inspire confidence

Based on the image and the chances it created in the game, Olympiacos could have beaten PAOK.

However, he was defeated due to his defense and poor blocking. If the opponent scores two goals in a chance and a half, it means that you are not doing something right.

And this is not the first time. If the defense doesn’t inspire confidence and the players feel that the team will pay for it in the first round, it’s natural for uncertainty, fear, pressure and the legs to get heavier.

During the season in Karaiskakis, the Piraeus team could not beat Slovan Bratislava (1:1), Apollon Limassol or Volos (1:1) and lost Maccabi Haifa (0:4), Freiburg (0:3)), Karabagh (0 -3) and PAOK (1-2).

The red-white only defeated PAS Ioannina (2-0), Ionikos (3-1) and Atromitos (2-0). That means they didn’t win a big game. So it’s obvious that there is a problem, something hasn’t been done right and, more importantly, hasn’t been corrected to this day, resulting in a cost in points, prestige and psychology.

Olympiacos is not a team

Olympiacos have some great players as units but they are not a team. Individual action and quality try to fill the emptiness of the whole.

But football is a team sport and if you don’t respect its unwritten rules, it will turn its back on you.

Good ingredients alone are not enough to prepare a delicious meal. You need the right dosage and the appropriate prescription.

And he can’t “tie” a team overnight either if he was constantly changing from mid-June to the end of September and some players trained in the summer and others didn’t because they were free transfers. It takes patience, time and proper management.

With the latter, it is essential to place the right pieces in the line-up every time in order for Olympiacos to achieve the best possible result.

18 different lineups were set up in 18 games

The question isn’t how the technical lead will confuse the opposing coach or whether the journalists will fall into the lineup or not. Nobody cares anyway.

It’s not about confusing the group itself. For example, on the eve of Olympiakos’ match against Qarabag in Baku, Mitchell didn’t have Biel in the doubleheader tests, but he used him as a starter the next day. On the eve of the game against PAOK, the Spanish forward was among the tests of the eleven, but the next day he was excluded from the 20, he wasn’t even on the bench.

The most expensive transfer from Olympiacos (Piraeus PAE spent six million euros to buy Biel) and a very good footballer was not in the selection in such a crucial game as the one against the North doublehead, not even as a substitute – there was none Update on player injury issue.

Also, Masouras is the Piraeus team’s most prolific winger and has established a good scoring tradition against PAOK, having scored five goals with Olympiakos and Panionios.

However, he came into play in the 65th minute to make it 1:2. Not even at the beginning of the second half, when the game was a draw and the Reds and Whites wanted the second goal. And there are other examples.

At the same time, we reached mid-October and Olympiacos do not have a stable “twin” in the stoppers, winger Vrousai plays on the right side of defense and Reabchiuk “rain and snow” on the left, who has reached 92 games with the Piraeus team in less than two years.

Marcelo has always been placed in midfield, Leidner, who is a key player in his country’s national team, never had a single chance, and on the right flank, Vrsaliko is sometimes used as a winger and sometimes as a stopper.

In general there is no consistent goalkeeper, no consistent four or three in defense depending on the system, no consistent winger and the fact that they have played 18 different lineups in 18 games says a lot.

By the way, is Samaseku, who is worth €16m, so bad in training that he doesn’t get a chance?

He fights with himself

Olympiacos are currently fighting first of all with themselves and then with their opponents.

Its players are under suffocating pressure, but that’s the Piraeus side and that doesn’t change. The Red-Whites have the quality and depth in their squad to get back to normal and fight to the end for their goals.

However, you should help yourself, lift your head and do each of his part what is appropriate and appropriate to the size of Olympiakos.