The Agriniotes took the lead in the 33rd minute with Frederico Duarte, but Torrejon’s own goal in the 72nd minute and another goal from El Kaabi in the 79th minute brought the second consecutive upset of Olympiakos, who continue to count only wins with Jose Luis Mendiliber at his “helm”.
Despite the wide rotation, Olympiacos had an “explosive” start, missing four big chances in the first 25 minutes. In the 18th minute, Podense made the shot outside the area, the ball found bodies, got high and was blocked by Chavez.
In the 18th minute, Masouras made the turn from the left, Podense caught a one-on-one shot, but the ball ended up in the hands of the Panaitolikos goalkeeper, while in the very next minute (19′) El Kaabi’s clever vertical pass to Masouras , the Greek striker shot from a sideways position with the ball narrowly going wide
In the 24th minute, Jovane Cabral found space outside the area and took the shot, but the ball went just over the crossbar.
After Olympiacos missed all these opportunities to open the scoring, Panaitolikos found the goal in the 33rd minute in the first opportunity they created. After a nice one-two with Dias, Frederico Duarte entered the area and with a very powerful shot from the right made it 1-0 for the Agrinio team.
The same player missed a very important one in the 45th minute to score a second goal. In a very quick counterattack by Panaitolikos, Frederico Duarte entered the area, but he controlled too much and missed the opportunity to execute, losing possession of the ball.
In the second half, Panaitolikos continued to close the spaces well, looking for a way to “hit” the opposition. Olympiacos had possession of the ball, but might not find suitable partnerships outside of Chavez’s area to threaten.
The solution for the “red and whites” was provided by Gelson Martins in the 72nd minute. The Portuguese midfielder received the ball from the right, produced a low cross which was met by Torrejon (seconds following he had entered the match) and ended up in Chavez’s net for Olympiakos to draw 1-1.
Piraeus continued to be much more aggressive and their persistence was rewarded with a second goal in the 79th minute. Due to a huge mistake by Mali outside the area (he lost control), El Kaabi stole the ball, passed the goalkeeper and made it 2-1 for Olympiakos.
Panaitolikos looked for an equalizing goal in the final minutes and had its own “moment” in the third minute of stoppage time, when Paschalakis made an amazing intervention by throwing into his “window”, following an excellent direct foul by Sengelia.
Referee: Fotis Polychronis (Pieria)
Yellow: 52′ Frederico Duarte – 56′ Kini, 73′ Vezo
The compositions of the two teams:
PANAETOLIKOS (Yiannis Petrakis): Tsaves, Oikonomou, Malis, Tabitze (68′ Stagic), Mavrias, Hatzitheodoridis (70′ Torrejon), Peres, Duarte, Bouzoukis (61′ Tsingaras), Karelis (68′ Joao Pedro), Dias (61′ Sengelia).
OLYMPIC (Jose Luis Mendilibar): Paschalakis, Kini, Vezo (90′ Doi), Retsos, Ortega, Ibora (59′ Ese), Ciquinho, Pontense, Cabral (59′ Zelson Martins, 83′ lt. Alexandropoulos), Masouras ( 60′ Jovetic), El Kaabi.
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