‘Hot’ 12 days for Olympiakos in terms of games and transfers

Olympiacos are having a difficult month in terms of competition and the next 12 days will be crucial both to keep the Piraeus team points ahead of their rivals at the top of the league and to qualify for the cup semi-finals.

The Reds and Whites meet PAS Giannina (Sunday 23/1) and Panaitolikos (Wednesday 26/1) in Karaiskakis in the league and cup, respectively, and then travel to Thessaloniki for the derby with PAOK in Toumba (Sunday 30/30). /1). So everyone understands that during this period it will be judged whether Olympiacos will keep the +9 in the Super League Interwetten and whether it will move to the next stage of the cup against AEK or PAOK.

The Piraeus team comes from two draws (0-0 v Apollon Smyrnis, 0-0 v Panathinaikos) and one defeat (1-2 v Panetolikos in the Cup) over the course of the month, although Pedro Martins has yet to to find the answers to the absences of Agibu Kamaras and Cisse, as well as to the difficulties that his opponents put in, with the consequence that this has damaged the psychology of the red-whites. The Portuguese coach keeps pointing out that Olympiacos are ‘in a difficult phase’, he’s always looking for a reaction from the players, but hasn’t come for the time being.

Martins, seeing that the players of the Piraeus team don’t have the necessary energy, strength, freshness and efficiency of the past periods, only looks at the result, but even that didn’t come in the last games. And when a team doesn’t win and doesn’t perform well, it puts a lot of strain on the situation. Especially when we’re talking about an otherwise experienced team like Olympiacos.

The Portuguese coach used the same system (3-4-3) he used against Panathinaikos in the game against Panetolikos, but switched to ten changes in the starting lineup compared to the game on the Avenue, keeping only Ba in the starting lineup. . Christinson, Bagalianis, Papadopoulos, Androutsos, Karbovnik, Sourlis, Xenitidis, Vrousai, Valbouena and El Arabi took the places of Vatslik, Papastathopoulos, Manola, Lala, Reambiouk, Eablaiou, Kaabraiou, Ka.

Who took the opportunity from those who fought? The children of Sourlis, Xenitidis, Bagalianis and Kitsos. Neither Karbovnik, nor Brushai, nor Lovera, nor Lopez, nor Ticino made the difference. Of the most experienced, only El Arabi, Valbouena and Papadopoulos stood out at half-time.

Olympiacos is obviously not playing well and Martins must find a way to fix that immediately as the troubles for the Red and Whites lie ahead of Greece and Europe.

Draw for Keita, Carvalho, Zagariti

At the same time, the next twelve days are crucial and rich in transfers for the Piraeus team. In the sense that the cases of the acquisitions of Real Madrid’s Dibi Keita, Nottingham Forest’s Joao Carvalho and Parma’s Vassilis Zagaritis or any other left-back are still open.

In fact, Olympiakos does not rule out Olympiakos needing a last-minute vacuum when there is a satisfactory proposal from a foreign club for the sale of a footballer.

Two French teams for M. Kamaras, three Turkish teams for Tikinios

Mandy Kamara, for example, is in the crosshairs of Lille and Nis. According to Turkish media reports, Soares from Ticino is heavily involved in Galatasaray, Fenerbahce and Besiktas in Turkey. And Ba is always in the spotlight for St Etienne, who want him on loan until the summer.

From then on, Bulgaria has been insisting on the red-whites’ interest in Kiril Despodov, although Olympiakos management has not opted for the winger for the time being. After all, Ludogorets demands more than four million euros for the transfer of the Bulgarian footballer.

Furthermore, the news from Cameroon is not good as far as Agibu Kamaras is concerned as he continues to suffer from ankle pain and all indications are that he will be out for another week. If that happens, they lose (and) the Guinean national team will play in the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations on January 24th.