Olympiakos - Schalke The big inter-club event that everyone was waiting for begins with Olympiakos facing Schalke.
Olympiakos after its course in the championship last year this year wants to do well in Europe and as stated by the Portuguese coach Zardim, the goal is at 16.
In the championship against Ioannina, they won 2-1 with Mitroglou opening the score as he entered the game in the second half and with Jimbour completing the project. Of course, he conceded a goal and could have suffered even more damage if Carol had not had good interventions, showing once again that there is a problem in the defense. After all, when Zardim got the players he got on the roster for Europe, he stated that he preferred a more defensive team.
In the competitive field he does not have any absence.
Positive for Olympiakos is also the prehistory it has with the German teams since in 6 games it has 4 victories, in fact having scored 29 times
Schalke are doing well in the league in their last game against Greuther Fried, they got a "comfortable" victory without raising their performance much, after all, before their European games, the teams do not push much for victories.
In the press conference, Hub Stephens avoided commenting on Olympiakos, contenting himself only with the fact that he has changed compared to last year and that he is more interested in his own team.
It is a special game for the Greek defender Kyriakos Papadopoulos who stated:
"I am very happy to be back here and play with the team that promoted me. My feelings are positive." stressed the Greek defender.
"I hope it is a good game without episodes. I do not want to say which teams have the lead. The group has balance. All teams have the same chances to qualify."
"Why shouldn't Olympiakos and Schalke pass? I wish this would happen. I would not like to face Olympiakos if it happened. But that is the way football is."
There are no absences.
The beginning is half of it, however, says a proverb with Olympiakos wanting to make a good start and Schalke getting something good from here. I believe that in the first half the two teams will look to have more control in the center and will be careful in the back. We will go with X in the 1st half
