Superleague
In the same project, spectators at Olympiakos
Dimitris Christofidellis writes about Olympiakos, who continues to be a spectator in the same play.
Olympiacos are not doing well in the competition, their players and Martinez are affected by the heavy defeats against PAOK and Freiburg, but that doesn’t mean they should be deprived of what they deserve on the field.
The Red and Whites are still spectators in the same project, both in terms of their competitive image but also in terms of their treatment by the referee.
Olympiacos’ image was not good
But the arbitration in Volos is one side of the coin. There is another question that concerns Olympiacos’ competitive image, and that wasn’t good for another game. Similar mistakes, similar mentality and a team with no ideas in their game, with a lack of self-confidence, that hasn’t “pulled” lately.
On the first penalty taken by Volos, Rodiney was not drawn into line with the rest of the back three to put Garcia offside. Retsos went up, saw the Argentine on his back, then ran to catch up with him, didn’t position his body correctly and the penalty came.
But was that the first time this season? No, because this has already happened in other games in Europe and in Greece, and especially with individual mistakes by the central and side defenders. However, the lesson did not become a lesson.
And it’s not just the individual mistakes of the footballers, it’s also the general inhibition of Olympiacos. He has been the Red and Whites’ Achilles heel since the start of the season and scores even more, especially in the big games. It’s a question of people, quality and personality, but also poor teamwork.
In Rentis, the Red and Whites don’t seem to have succeeded so well in limiting mistakes and hiding their weaknesses in this area to some extent.
Mistakes are not corrected and that puts a strain on the coach and the players
Olympiacos have no balance between defense and attack and that is costing them dearly. Because it costs him the fact that his players are slow and now come into the games every half time, and that is a question of mentality.
The Red and Whites recovered from the heavy defeat in Germany, from the discussions among themselves and the self-criticism in Rentis, but Volos was the one who took the first penalty and until the 35th minute the Piraeus team didn’t have much of a chance on Kostic’s goal.
In the second half, Volos scored a second goal early on, at the moment when the Olympiacos players should have stepped in – after the 1-1 score in the first 45 minutes and the fact that the hosts also had one player less – more determined and persistent to score and get the three points.
So you see that some things are repeated and not corrected, and that puts a strain on both the coach and the players, who are not without responsibility.
The red and whites are waiting for important decisions and all this at the moment when Masouras and El Kaabi celebrated together with Martinez by going to the bench after the goals they scored in Volos but were ruled out for offside.
Let Papapetrou see them on the monitor
Let’s move on to the arbitration decisions. In the 59th minute after Ibora’s header, the ball hit the outstretched hand of Moraitis and in what was a penalty, and there have been many of those in the league in the last four years.
The referee Papapetrou showed a corner, while Gortsilas (VAR), who had every consolation of seeing the phase again, did not call him to check on the on-field monitor.
Also, in the 81st minute, a Volos player held Ibora by the shoulder and right hand, preventing him from reaching the ball, which knocked him to the ground, but for Papapetrou and Gortsila this was not considered a penalty.
The latter didn’t bother to call the former in review, just as he hadn’t bothered to call him midway through the first half (22nd) when Sielis pushed El Kaabi back in the penalty area.
Let Papapetrou see these on the monitor and decide, as he did with the first two penalties he gave in the first half against Volos and Olympiakos.
If a team does not perform well, it does not automatically mean that the penalty should not be given when it is taken. Even with Biancone’s penalty in the first half, Gortsila and Papapetrou were challenged for five minutes when the Frenchman was apparently elbowed by Glavcic and then fell on top of him and goalkeeper Kostic while the ball was elsewhere.
Source: sport 24
I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.
Superleague
Despodov became an integral part of a well-coordinated machine: the two great performances against Kifissia
Kirill Despodov put in his best performance with the PAOK jersey in the 2023 final and showed that he has fully integrated into Razvan Lucescu’s group. The Bulgarian midfielder’s outstanding performances against Kifissia.
PAOK ideally completed its commitments before the end of 2023, when it passed Kaisariani with full football and played the newly enlightened Kifissia.
Lucescu’s men produced their most productive performance in this year’s Stoiximan Super League, finishing second in threat as their 15 final appearances were valuable 2.29 xGoals. The previous event happened three days ago in Tripoli when they beat Asteras 4-1. Thomas Murg’s star shone in this game. In Caesariani, Kirill Despodov was MVP.
The Bulgarian midfielder was one of six goalscorers for the Black and Whites and provided three assists, marking his most successful appearance for the Black and Whites. Tyson and Zivkovic were absent from these two games (Asteras and Kifisia), but their absence was never felt. And in this (especially at Kifissia) Despodov played an important role.
Despodov’s two great performances against Kifissia
Kirill Despodov was deployed on the right attacking wing, the position where Lucescu uses him most often, and the Bulgarian once again fulfilled his role. In fact, he was the player higher up the field (77) than Brandon Thomas (71) who turned further back on the field several times, as we can see in the Opta Stats/Perform graph.
Lucescu held him the entire game and Despontov finished the game with 58 actions with the ball. In fact, ten of them were in the Anagnostopoulos area. It was the highest performance by a Dikefalo player in the league, behind Tomas’ 11 appearances against Lamia.
In one of these ten actions, Despodov scored with a beautiful shot from deep. Where it stood out from Kifissia was the creation part. Created four finals All three even provided assists for his teammates (for goals from Thomas, Murg and Ozdoev).
At the same time he had four successful dribbles a record performance by a PAOK player in 90 minutes. Because Despodov was high up the pitch, he didn’t have many passes, but he had a very good scoring rate 26/32 precise passes.
The Bulgarian started perfectly at PAOK, but gradually experienced a slight decline as his role in Dikefalos is different to the one he had in Ludogorets. But now he shows that he is fully integrated, which is clear from both his appearances and his statements.
The summer addition of Despontov and the return of Murg gave Lucescu the opportunity to comfortably and successfully navigate the league and Conference League by splitting time and opening up the rotation. These two footballers were able to adequately fill the gap left by Živković and Tyson, who were missing in the last few games.
Source: sport 24
I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.
The league announced that a board meeting will be held on Wednesday (December 27). The first item on the agenda was changing the overall program of league games.
The management of the Super League announced that a board meeting will be held on Wednesday (December 27), the first item on the agenda of which will be the change of the summary schedule of league games are not the election of a new president following the resignation of Vangelis Marinakis.
The corresponding announcement states:
“It is announced that a meeting of the Super League Board of Directors will be convened via video conference on Wednesday, December 27, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.
The agenda items are as follows:
1. Change to the annual summary schedule of the Stoiximan Super League 1 (Men).
2. Open points from central sponsorship contracts from previous years.
3. Miscellaneous”.
Source: sport 24
I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.
Stoiximan and PAOK PAOK made an act of donation and solidarity with the hospitality hostel of the “Storgi” association in Thessaloniki a few days before the Christmas party.
More specifically, PAOK footballers Theoharis Tsingaras, Yiannis Michaelidis, William Paul Troost Ekong and Brandon Thomas were at the hospital for children with cancer on the occasion of the club’s Christmas event this year.
During the event, the footballers met and chatted with the children while giving them gifts and autographs as a small act of solidarity in a festive atmosphere full of joy and love. At the same time, the two partners undertook another act of providing financial support from the organization, thereby demonstrating in practice support for their valuable and demanding work.
“Through his actions, Stoiximan practically supports people who struggle with serious illnesses and fight their own battle every day. This Christmas, together with PAOK PAOK, we support the commendable efforts that the Association of Friends of Children with Cancer “STORGI” makes every day. with the aim of contributing to improving the everyday lives of the sick children and their companions who are staying in the “STORGI” guesthouse. We wish all children a speedy recovery and that they return home soon in good health,” said Ms. Ioanna Kozadinou, Head of Corporate Responsibility at Stoiximan.
MS. Anna Mouradidou, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at PAE PAOK, stated:
“The Association of Friends of Children with Cancer “STORGI” takes on an important role in caring for sick children and their families in northern Greece. This year, together with our sponsor Stoiximan, we are also strengthening the work of the “STORGI” hostel, which houses dozens of sick children. We stand by these life fighters and wish them a healthy year with more smiles.”
Source: sport 24
I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.
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