THE Olympic He gave Italy a friendly Champions League and… measured his forces against Napoli. The “Partenopes” defeated Jose Luis Mendilibar’s team 2-1 and forced her to his first defeat in this year’s friendly preparation.
Napoli had a good presence in the first half and went 1-0 in the locker room thanks to the stunning goal of the Citizen at 16 ′. Olympiacos had his biggest opportunity to find nets at 41 ′, but Milinkovic-Savic stopped El Kabi’s shot.
From 20 ′ and dominated the many hard marks, resulting in the pace falling. The second half started with the hosts reaching 2-0, with Luca’s goal (53 ′)
The pace of the game fell enough then, with the two teams making changes. Olympiacos found a new big phase at 84 ′. Rodinei made the foul from the right, Es was headed, with Milinkovic-Savic kicking in a corner.
Finally, at 90+1 ′ Olympiacos scored a goal, forming the final score. From Napoli’s defense, Rahmani was wrongly kicked out while Milinkovic-Savic was coming out to pick up the ball, she arrived at Tsikinio, who, with the left and lobby out of the area, reduced to 2-1.
Groups’ compositions:
Olympiacos (Mendilibar, 4-2-3-1): Botis (46 ‘Paschalakis – Costina (46’ Streeptsa), Retsos, Pirola, Ortega – Sipion (66 ‘Liatsikouras), Esse – Rodinei, Tsikinio, Pulmonides – El Kabi.
Napoli (Conte, 4-3-3): Milinkovic Savic – Di Lorenzo, Rachmani, Zezu, Olivera – Angissa, De Brionne, Lobotka (77 ‘Gilmour) – Maktominei (77’ Neres), Citizen (81 ‘Spinatsla), Loukakou (34)
The Olympic friendly
Brenda-Olympiacos 2-3
Olympiacos-Norwich 3-0
Alkmaar-Olympiacos 0-2
Herenfine-Olympiacos 1-1
Ado Den Hag-Olympiacos 2-3
Al Taavon-Olympiacos 1-2
Union Berlin-Olympiacos 0-1
Napoli-Olympiacos 2-1
16/08 21:30 Inter – Olympiacos