After three very big victories in Greece and Europe o Olympic had a lot of difficulty but in the end managed to bend the resistance of Asteras Tripoli (2-1) having El Kaabi as a big star who came on as a substitute and scored his team’s two goals in the 24th matchday of the Super League.
In the empty match due to “Karaiskakis” suspension, Olympiacos dominated the first half against Asteras, who were trying with difficulty to keep the home team away from Tsiftsis. The “red and whites”, who had very good ball circulation but rushed final decisions, scored two goals with Navarro that were disallowed, the first in the 6th minute because the Spaniard was offside and the second in the 43rd minute as the Olympiakos striker’s rebound found his hand of Ibora and ended up in the net.
Asteras made his… appearance in the match after 40′ as in that minute he missed a very big chance, with Paschalakis saving Yablonski’s projection and in 45′ from Regis’ filling, Yablonski was again unmarked at the 2nd post with a shot in the move he “froze” the home team and gave Arcades a lead (0-1).
In the 2nd half, Mendiliber made three changes to boost their team but Olympiacos were not as creative as they were stressed and tired. The home team’s first good chance came in the 73rd minute with Rodiney’s shot saved by Tsiftsis, while two minutes later, a third goal, this time by El Kaabi, was disallowed for the scorer’s offside. . Finally, in the 77th minute, the Piraeus team won a penalty (via VAR) after Pontense was overturned by Carmona. El Kaabi executed it accurately and equalized 1-1 (79′). The “red and whites” put more pressure on Asteras and in the 87th minute, from a combination of Podense and Horta, El Kaabi again redeemed the Piraeus team (2-1) with his 12th goal in the league.
Vassilis Fotias “yellowed” Alagbe.
OLYMPIACO: Paschalakis, Richards, Carmo, Biancon (46′ Vezo), Rodinei, Ibora (57′ El Caabi), Ese (46′ Ciquinho), Horta, Cabral (46′ Podense), Fortunis, Navarro (79′ Jovetic).
STARS: Tsiftsis, Atientha, Christopoulos, Houhoumis (90′ Alvares), Carmona, Alagbe, Yablonski (70′ Gos), Zouglis (70′ Palasios), Regis, Sito (59′ Kaltsas), Mantzis (59′ Miritelo).
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