For the first match of the 3rd qualifying round of the Europa League, Olympiacos welcomes Slovan Bratislava to the Karaiskakis Stadium. Followed by replay next week in Bratislava, no away goals rule.
Massive failure for Olympiakos in the 2nd qualifying round of the Champions League against Maccabi Haifa, in the second leg of the 1-1 draw in Israel, he suffered a 4-0 defeat in Faliro and inevitably eliminated from the next round and "relegated" to the Europa League.
As the final score shows, the red and whites were tragic defensively, while offensively, he was almost non-existent, continuing the problematic image he presented in the first match, and so he practically never got into the trick of qualifying.
This exclusion also brought the removal from the Olympic bench of Pedro Martins as he paid for the mediocre image of the team from the middle of last season and in his place 39-year-old Carlos Corberan takes over, while there are expected to be many changes in the team's roster .
Slovan may have taken a qualifying lead by winning the first leg of the second qualifying round in Budapest against Ferentsvaros with 2-1 but with her defeat in the replay with 4-1, she was eliminated and saw the Hungarians go on for the Champions League group stage dream.
She paid for her many defensive mistakes with a characteristic that in the first half an hour her goal was violated twice, in the second half she reduced and had an overtime score but in the last minutes she collapsed and conceding two goals the final result was formed.
Last Saturday, she prevailed for the Zeblin championship with 4-2, despite finding herself losing 2-0, and achieved her 2nd victory in the first 3 matches of the season.
Change of data now at Olympiakos, with the new coach making his debut on his bench and with a different mentality he will look for a victory tonight with a qualifying score and a good performance. Slovan lacks quality and experience, but they play open and this can help to see an open match with many phases and goals.
Tip: Olympiakos – Slovan Bratislava 1 & Over 2,5 with odds 2.07