Volos 2-2 Olympiacos: A draw in a game with three penalties, two sending-offs, two disallowed goals and an hour-long interruption due to incidents

The episodic match at Panthessaliko Stadium between Volos and Olympiakos ended in a 2-2 draw. The game was marred by incidents between the fans at the Horseshoe and the police, which led to a disruption of around 50 minutes and made the atmosphere oppressive.

The game included one sending off for each team, three penalties, one own goal and two goals from Olympiakos after the 2-2 draw was ruled offside by VAR.

In the 20th minute, Moraitis scored the first goal after a save by Paschalakis from the Volos player’s penalty, leaving the red-whites ten points due to Retsos’s sending off. El Kaabi equalized with a penalty in the 44th minute and the Thessalonians also had ten points later due to Myga’s sending off with a second yellow card.

In the 51st minute, Moraitis gave Volos the lead again with a penalty, while Kalogeropoulos immediately afterwards made it 2-2 with an own goal in the 54th minute.

In the 65th minute, the Red and Whites found the back of the net with Masoura, but after a VAR review the goal was disallowed for offside. In the 89th minute, Olympiacos scored again with El Kaabi, but this goal was also disallowed by El Arabi for offside.

The match

The first part of the game was pretty busy. Olympiacos came wanting to take the initiative but failed to seriously threaten. The best moment was a shot from Fortounis in the 15th minute that went wide. In the 17th minute GKarsia entered the area four by four and fell to Retsu’s cover.

At first Papapetrou gave nothing, but was notified by the VAR, checked the phase on the monitor, gave a penalty and sent off Retsu. Now in 20′ Moraitis took the lead, Paschalakis parried, but the Thessaly player picked up the rebound and sent the ball into the net.

Olympiakos Piraeus tried to react, but it was very difficult to endanger Kostic’s goal. In the 34th Masouras fed El Kaabi, who was unable to beat the Volos goalkeeper from close range. In the 39th minute, Fortounis After a free kick from the left, Kostic managed to escape and hit Biancone in the face shortly before half-time.

Papapetrou checked the phase again on the monitor and awarded a penalty for Olympiakos. Ayoub El Kaabi sent the ball to the right of Kostic’s goal and increased the score to 1-1. In stoppage time, the Thessalians had a good moment with Koba’s final game, while Volos only had ten players left after 45+13 minutes. Mygas beat Kostas Fortounis in midfield, He received a second yellow card and was therefore sent off.

The start of the second half was dynamic. In the 51st minute we had the third penalty of the game. Moraitis pushes the ball into the box and Ibora knocks it down, with Papapetrou showing the white ball. Garcia scored in the middle of the goal, Paschalakis chose a corner and so the 2-1 was a fact.

Olympiakos Piraeus reacted immediately and specifically in the 54th minute. Rodinei dribbled well, he made the pass from the right, Kalogeropoulos sent the ball into his team’s net in his pursuit attempt. In the 62nd minute, the Red and Whites hit the net with Masoura following a foul by Fortounis. However, after a review by VAR, who had a lot to do in the game, the goal was disallowed for offside.

Both sides had chances for another goal, in the 82nd minute a possible penalty against Ibora was checked, but they didn’t give up.

In the 89th minute, the Red and Whites hit the net again. After a free kick, Arabi headed into the penalty area on the left, Kaabi headed into the goal. However, the goal was again disallowed by VAR as Arabi was offside when he accepted Fortounis’ foul.

Then there were incidents that led to a disruption of almost an hour. When the players returned, a few seconds had been played and the game ended in a 2-2 draw.

• MARBLE: Kostic, Mygas, Kalogeropoulos, Sielis, Luna (32′ Kitsos), Glavcsits, Truige, Alho, Koba (77′ Cornet), Moraitis (59′ Moraitis), Garcia
• OLYMPIC: Paschalakis, Rodinei, Retsos, Biancon, Ortega, Kamara (72′ Carvalho), Ibora, Biel (24′ Ese), Masouras (83′ Arabi), Fortounis, El Kaabi.