In tonight’s game in Hungary, the Piraeus not only defended the 1-0 of the first match in “G. Karaiskakis”, but they left with another victory, as they beat Ferentsvaros 0-1.
Thus, the Piraeus will know their opponent on Friday (23/2) at 14:00. Candidate opponents are Lille, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Plzen, Brugge, Aston Villa, Fiorentina, Fenerbahce.
The first match of the round of 16 will take place on March 7 in Georgios Karaiskakis, since Olympiacos is considered powerless. The second game will be held one week later, on the 14th of the month, at the home of the red and whites’ opponent.
From the first minutes, Olympiakos timidly pushed Ferentzvaros up and tried to steal the ball in order to beat the Hungarians. After the 20th minute, the red and whites increased their presence in the area of the hosts, who were harmless.
In the 25th minute, Pontense with the outside was filled in the area, El Kaabi took the header, but Mai sent the ball for a corner. As the minutes ticked by, Olympiacos became more threatening. In the 30th minute, Ciquinho freed Fortounis on the right, he crossed, El Kaabi got a header, but missed.
In the 38th minute, Olympiacos came close to scoring. The red and whites stole, Tsikinio back-heeled to Orta, who with a beautiful diagonal transfer found Fortounis on the right of the area. He shot, but under pressure missed the target. A minute later the Piraeus had another great moment. Fani turned the ball back, Podense stole the ball, found himself in front of Dubuze, but his shot went high and wide.
Before the end of the first half, Olympiacos was able to take the lead. Pontense was packed into the area, El Kaabi took the header and the ball hit Mai’s hand. The referee initially did not give anything, but was notified by the VAR regarding the extra time, checked the monitor and showed the white arrow.
El Kaabi took over the execution and was absolutely cool. He sent the ball to the right side of Dubuz, the Ferencvaros keeper fell on the other side and 0-1 became a fact.
From the first minutes of the second half, Olympiacos had the main goal of protecting their lead and looking for the empty spaces that Ferentsvaros might leave behind.
Indeed the red and whites were not threatened, while they were the ones who had their moments. In the 68th minute, Podense made the cross with a cross, the ball was deflected and Dibouze kicked for a corner. Three minutes later, Horta capitalized on Rodney’s cross, but his shot went wide.
Olympiacos was finding spaces and in the 83′ they had a good moment, with Jovetić executing from the right side of the area and the Ferentsvaros goalkeeper blocking and driving away for a corner. The Hungarians tried in stoppage time to create danger in the home of Paschalakis, however the 1-0 remained until the finale.
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