Olympiacos is stuck and Carvalhal now knows which league and squad he is playing in

Olympiacos failed to win in Peristeri, or rather, Atromitos also posed an obstacle for Piraeus.

Against a team that had started badly in the league, but had found character and stability over time and after the change of coach. The “red-whites” after Serres could not get another three points with fire and iron, because if they had, they would have conquered it that way.

The points lost by Panathinaikos and AEK do not bring Olympiakos to a ranking position that would give them a bad holiday. But in Serres and Peristeri, Carvalhal probably understood what he was getting into. What I mean; How hard and defensively his team will play, but also how much they lack players who won’t let him get up and down on the bench.

Olympiacos will find a future as long as they get more serious, find defensive cohesion, make transfers and don’t have Fortounis out of the lineup. And I understand that some people have read the last one and laughed as I write it, but the truth is that Kostas’ numbers this year and his general presence always guarantee that something will be found to get the job done.

Even the way the good Kamara plays brings out things that were missing from this Western Suburbs game. Olympiacos had a mood, not a goal. He didn’t have a good final phase and apart from Rodney, he didn’t have a good penultimate phase from anyone else either.

A different orientation

The “Red and Whites” understood what Atromitos can do in a time when fun – of adults – is forgotten before they went to play. Both because of the way Ilic has transformed his team and the talent he has produced in Panathinaikos.

Carvalhal had two serious failures which, strange as it may sound, accounted for 40% of his game. And not only that. We are talking about two players moving along the axis. One (Kamara) runs and threatens. The other (Fortounis) pulls and forces those “in front of him” to adapt to him and leave gaps for his teammates. And at the last minute he also lost Biel, who, according to reporters, was intended for him as a regular player.

So it was not surprising that the port team and its direction changed, but also… new blood showed. Brnic had played 31 minutes up to this game, while Carvalho’s first and last appearance came in the premiere against Serres. Olympiacos did a lot of work from the outside, it was logical to go there.

You can’t find the quality of Fortunis. Podense himself knew he should have a big game, but he doesn’t have the skills of his captain. He does other things well, but he’ll never get the ball to the point where he creates something lasting. On the contrary, the Portuguese did the right and logical thing.

He appeared on the right and left to support Rodney and Ortega’s climbs. And in the 79th minute he had his moment, after finding the field he made a nice move, stepped well into the penalty area but sent the ball to… egaleo.

About… building

Atromitos with five defenders and the entire team behind the ball, it was clear that at first they were not scoring and not scoring goals. Just like Panserraikos had done last Monday. The peristeriotes managed to eat the first part, with only one visit to the framework of Paschalakis, while there were phases in their own large territory, but no one “Red-White” turned out to be ready to find the net.

It’s only natural for stress to build up over time. Olympiakos’ attacking tempo wasn’t bad, but El Kaabi and Masouras-Brnic didn’t take part in the build-up of the game. They waited. And as long as you wait, you won’t do much damage to the opponent’s defense if it is layered.

Carvalhal saw this and the change was made at half time. Brnic went out and in came Jovetic, who is a much more creative footballer and brings just as much experience as the other 21 combined (with the exception of Xavella, who is also an old Caravan). Ilitch had a team that couldn’t keep the ball. This is very tiring for both the eyes of the Fearless and their trainer.

On the contrary, the relaxation was fun for the guests. Speaking of which: Carvalho is not an all-rounder, but alongside Ese he gave Olympiakos a braver midfielder. At least that’s what his compatriot did, regardless of whether the Argentine ran more, climbed more and the home team felt him more…

United have done it here…

In an unusual phase for senior goalkeepers, Paschalakis saved his team by sending the ball onto the post with an excellent intervention in the 53rd minute. From then on, Atromitos continued to stop holding the ball. His players ran after her and grew tired. Olympiacos increased the pressure, Rodinei took over the phases, Retsos had a post, Pontense made two good phases that he finished like an amateur and Rodinei passed them all from the right side, made razors, but none of them found his teammate, to achieve a goal.

Olympiacos dropped two points to Peristeri because they simply couldn’t find a way to beat them. His players were doing quite well until they left the Chintota area. Until there. Atromitos did not go crazy, but contented himself with spoiling the opponent’s tactics. All of United have done it with Liverpool here, why shouldn’t the Peristeri team do the same?