The bad tradition that wants Olympiacos not to succeed against teams from Israel continues this year. Piraeus were defeated tonight 4-1 by Maccabi Tel Aviv in “Karaiskaki” in the first match of the “16” phase of the Conference League and will only go for a miracle to qualify for the “8”, in the second leg next Thursday ( 22.00, 14/3) on neutral territory that of Serbia at the headquarters of Backa Topola.
At the packed Faleri stadium (in the presence of 1,200 Maccabi fans), Olympiacos was disorganized in its defense at the start of the match and conceded two goals in the first quarter! In the 5th minute, due to a mistake by Ese who could not clear an easy ball, Zahavi, who was guarding behind him, executed Paschalakis for 0-1. The goal disorganized the Greek team for good, which in the 9th minute from unanswerable defensive mistakes.
Peretz, who found himself in a shooting position, shot, Paschalakis temporarily kicked out and Sahar, who was lurking, took the rebound and scored 0-2 from close range with another shot. “Karaiskaki” froze and while Maccabi showed to dominate the field, in the 13th minute Olympiacos found a reaction and reduced the score to 1-2. El Kaabi headed the ball into the net (for the 8th game in a row) from Fortouni’s cross at the second post and changed the psychology of the match. But the defensive function of the “red and whites” was tragic and so in the 30th minute, Zahavi again from close range from Milson’s effort and turn made it 1-3, making Medilibar furious…
The poor defensive performance of the home team continued and in the 35th minute, the 37-year-old Zahavi almost made it 1-4.
In the second half, Olympiacos put a lot of pressure and in the 51st minute, El Kaabi was defeated by Mispati. Maccabi clawed their way back to hold on to their advantage, but in their first final effort of the second half in the 74th minute, they finally made it 1-4 with an unmarked Perez heading in from Biton’s cross, ending any dreams of the home side. for an upset, at the same time waking up for good last year’s nightmare of the other Maccabi from Haifa who had defeated in N. Faliro with 4-0.
The last glimpse of Olympiakos was Carvallio’s shot on the crossbar in the 89th minute.
Englishman Craig Pawson “yellowed” Kanisovski, Sahar, Mispati, Revivo, Ibora.
OLYMPIC: Paschalakis, Ortega, Karmo, Retsos, Rodinei, Tsikinho (67′ Masouras), Ese, Horta (83′ Ibora), Fortunis (77′ Jovetic), Pontense (77′ Carvalho), El Kaabi (83′ El Arabi).
MACABI: Mispati, Revivo, Sahar, Saborit, Nahmias, Van Overeim (78′ Karze), Peretz, Kanisovski (81′ Golasa), Milson (81′ Davidantza), Davida (69′ Biton), Zahavi (78′ Turgeman).
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