With the aim of victory, which will give him greater certainty, for presence in the next phase of the Europa League, the Olympic welcomes her to the crowded “Karaiskakis”. Twenty (19:45, Newsit.gr, ANT1, Cosmote Sport 3 HD), for the 6th matchday of the League Phase of the competition.
With a win against Twente, Olympiacos will rise to 11 points after the first 6 matches and will only be concerned with its attempt to enter the top 8 of the standings and direct qualification to the “16” of the Europa League, in the two matches that they remain with Porto (out) and Karabakh (in).
We remind you that Olympiacos currently has 8 points and comes from two consecutive draws, with Rangers (1-1 at home) and Steaua Bucharest (0-0 away).
For its part, Twente is not having a good League Phase having three draws and two defeats in the previous five matches (3 points). In fact, it comes from a heavy defeat in the Netherlands, conceding 6 goals from Eindhoven. Thus, the match at “Karaiskakis” has the character of a “final”, if the Dutch want to chase the minimal hopes they have of qualifying for the next phase of the competition.
Definitively out of the game of the 6th matchday of the League Phase of the Europa League is Danny Garcia. The Spanish midfielder comes from discomfort in Saturday’s match (07.12.2024) and was left out of the Olympiakos team.
At the same time – as was already known – Ciquinho is also facing a problem and was not included in Jose Luis Mendiliber’s selections. Instead, Karmo and Yaremchuk are again at the disposal of the Spanish technician.
On Wednesday afternoon (11.12.2024), Piraeus held their last training session ahead of the match against the Dutch, with Roman Yaremchuk training normally, wearing a special protective mask for the nose injury he sustained in the match against Steaua in Romania.
The mission of Olympiakos
Paschalakis, Tzolakis, Anagnostopoulos, Ortega, Biancon, Pirola, Carmo, Costinia, Rodinei, Retsos, Apostolopoulos, Doi, Stamenic, Martins, Velde, Willian, Oliveira, Ese, Mouzakitis, El Kaabi, Yaremchuk, Masouras, Kostoulas.