Placing in a wonderful first half and a stable second, Olympiacos took a useful 1-0 win over Malmo at Malmo New Stadium in Matchday 3 of the UEFA Europa League League Part, taking them to 6 factors within the competitors.
Jose Luis Mendiliber's males stormed the opening 45 minutes, with a aim from Gelson Martins (10') and a aim from Ayoub El Kaabi (30'), with the Moroccan lacking a penalty within the closing minutes of the competition. A number of issues from the Swedes who had been defeated for the second time at residence – the primary by Rangers (0-2), subsequent opponent of Piraeus.
The “pink and white” entered the match… moonstruck. Kostinia's header, after a nook by Christos Mouzakitis within the third minute, went over the crossbar of Johan Dahlin's aim whereas the left put up was the one which… saved the Swedish goalkeeper from the “lightning” of Gelson Martins within the tenth minute. And, actually, with the guests taking part in with one much less participant, as a result of harm of Francisco Ortega who finally gave method to Lorenzo Pirola.
Olympiacos continued to threaten, with Chikinio's place from the penalty spot discovering Dalin available within the fifteenth minute. Throughout this era, Malmö solely needed to present a diagonal shot by Hugo Bolin within the twelfth minute which didn’t discover the goal. Within the nineteenth minute, Gelson Martins and El Kaabi went on a two-on-two counterattack, however the Moroccan's closing move was not the fitting one to provide a closing try.
One thing that, nevertheless, occurred in half an hour. Horrible motion from Martins, who escaped two opponents and handed the vertical move to El Kaabi who scored with a diagonal shot for 0-1 within the 30' – the Moroccan's eighth aim of the 12 months in 11 matches. It was additionally the rating of the primary half.
Malmö entered the second half with a want to place strain on Konstantinos Tzolakis' aim. Gabriel Buzanello's shot from the penalty spot within the 51st minute, after a pleasant transfer from the left, was off beam, whereas 4 minutes later, after an exemplary counter-attack, Bolin's flip was poor with two of his teammates ready in entrance of the opposition aim. .
The Piraeus facet comparatively simply absorbed the house group's strain and scored the second aim within the 68th minute. On the counter-attack, Rodiney arrange El Kaabi however the Moroccan's left-footed cross was not sufficient to beat Dalin who stored his facet up. Within the 83rd minute, Olympiacos missed an excellent greater probability to “lock” the match.
Costinia's high quality via ball discovered El Kaabi, who was introduced down within the field by the onrushing Dalin. The Moroccan himself took over the execution of the penalty, nevertheless he missed – he shot previous the left put up of the Swedes' aim. And the sport remained “open” for the previous couple of minutes.
The “pink and whites” didn’t pay for it, protecting the valuable 0-1 till the finale, thus reaching their second victory and 6 (6) within the competitors, with the following recreation being the one in opposition to Rangers on November 7 on the “Georgios Karaiskakis » (19:45).
Referee: Simone Sozza (Italy)
Yellows: Loukili, Penia – Karmo, El Kaabi, Tzolakis.
The compositions of the 2 groups:
MALME (Henrik Rydström): Dahlin, Strieger, Ressler, Jansson, Buzanello, Jonsen (70' Rosengren), Pena, Ali (70' Berg), Lukili (60' Christiansen), Bolin, Bothheim (81' Ricks).
OLYMPIACOS (Jose Luis Mendiliber): Tzolakis, Costinia, Retsos, Carmo, Ortega (11' Pirola/78' Danny Garcia), Ese, Mouzakitis (78' Costoulas), Ciquinho, Rodiney, Gelson (85' Masouras), El Kaabi ( 85' Stamenic).
*Within the seventh minute of the match, Francisco Ortega felt a pull in his proper hamstring and a compelled substitution was made. The Argentinian's substitute, Lorenzo Pirola, was then compelled to make a change.
