Olympiacos – Asteras Tripoli 2-1: Great win against El Kaabi and Pontense

So what if he found himself behind on the scoreboard after the first 45 minutes?

With Pontense and El Kaabi as the main protagonists, Olympiacos managed to achieve the upset by winning 2-1 at home to Astera Tripoli in the 24th match of the Superleague.

Two goals from the Moroccan “killer” (79′, 87′). Penalty won and excellent actions by the Portuguese… magician who managed to create several cracks in the defense of the Arkadians.

The visitors had managed to take the lead at the end of the first half thanks to Yablonski’s goal.

How did they line up?

Jose Luis Mendiliber selected Paschalakis under the posts with Carmo, Biancone, Rodiney and Richards forming the back four. In the axis Ibora, Horta and Ese with Cabral, Fortuni at the “extremes” and Navarro the only forward.

The 11th of Astera Tripoli: Tsiftsis – Carmona, Picsou, Christopoulos, Houhoumis – Yablonski, Alagbe – Sito, Zouglis, Crespi – Mantzis.

Overall, Olympiacos was better in the first half – Asteras took the lead against the flow

The picture at the start of the match was as everyone expected. With Olympiakos having the ball in their possession and Asteras Tripoli having as their primary goal the preservation of the zero.

The red and whites managed to find a way to the net only in the 6th minute with Navarro, however the Spanish forward’s goal was disallowed for offside and he threatened again this time with a header in the 17th minute.

After half an hour of the match, the first big moment for Jose Luis Mendiliber’s team came with Fortuny’s shot narrowly wide.

In the 40th minute, the first “bell” came for the defense of Olympiakos with Yablonski scoring from close range and Paschalakis making a save.

However, at the end of the first half, the midfielder of Asteras managed to get his blood back by sending the ball into the net for the lead of Arkades.

However, at the end of the first half, the midfielder of Asteras managed to get his blood back by sending the ball into the net for the lead of Arkades.

Pontense and El Kaabi did the job for Olympiakos

At the start of the replay, Mendiliber threw in the match of Pontense, El Kaabi and Vezo, thus shuffling the… deck.

The red-and-whites slowly began to raise the “turns” with Fortunis (51′) and Rodinei (67′) coming within a breath of the goal.

Finally, the home team’s pressure paid off in the 76th minute, when Pontense also won a penalty after Carmona’s clumsy marking. After the VAR check, Fotias pointed to the penalty spot, with El Kaabi keeping his cool and beating Tsiftsis for 1-1.

The Piraeus “scarred” another one in the last minutes for the reversal and achieved it in the 87th minute, when Fortounis, Pontense and Horta worked together exceptionally well with the ball ending up in El Kaabi who, in front of an empty net, sent it into the net for 2-1 .

OLYMPIC: Paschalakis, Rodiney, Biancone (46′ Vezo), Carmo, Richards, Ese (46′ Tsikinio), Ibora (57′ El Kaabi), Horta, Fortunis, Cabral (46′ Podense), Navarro (79′ Jovetic).

STARS: Tsiftsis, Atienza, Christopoulos, Houhoumis, Carmona, Alagbe, Yablonski (71′ Gos), Zouglis (71′ Palasios, Crespi, Sito (59′ Kaltsas), Mantzis (58′ Miritelo).