Olympiacos took a lead, albeit a narrow one, after their 1-0 win in the Conference League playoffs against Ferentzvaros. In the debut of Jose Luis Mendilibar on their bench and despite the sudden inspirations of the Basque technician, the “red and whites” absorbed the pressure of the Hungarian team and go to the second leg with a score that you can’t say is safe, but it doesn’t stop giving Piraeus the lead .
Varga’s goal in the 2nd minute was disallowed by VAR as Ferencvaros’ top scorer was exposed. But the Hungarians were not daunted. In the 24th minute, Ramirez forced Paschalakis into an impressive intervention, while in the 29th minute, Varga shot wide.
From the half-hour mark onwards, with the help of their fans, Olympiacos equalized and it took two Dibouze interventions for the Hungarian team to keep a clean sheet. At 32′ a header by Karmos, at 34′ a shot by Ese.
Ferentsvaros also entered the second half with a desire to press. But Jose Luis Mendiliber’s changes helped Olympiacos. Jovetic’s entry in particular freed up El Kaabi. The Moroccan was warned in the 80th minute when Dibouze made a save, but in the 83rd minute he scored the goal as he was unmarked at the back of his opponents.
Alexandropoulos, Makreskis, Karmo, Vingo, Ben Ramdan saw yellow cards.
OLYMPIC: Paschalakis, Rodinei, Doi, Carmo, Ortega, Carvalho (78′ Jovetic), Alexandropoulos (62′ Orta), Ese, Fortounis (92′ Ibora), Masouras (62′ Podense), El Kaabi (92′ El Arabi).
FERENTZVAROS: Dibouze, Wingo, Cisse, Mahe, Ramirez, Makrekis, Maiga, Zakarlassen, Fani (81′ Besic), Marquinhos (75′ Ben Romdane), Varga (75′ Besic).
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