Olympiacos: When you have six months (!) to get a result in the second half in a difficult match, you have to do something | Blog – Kostas Nikolakopoulos

Analyze K. Nikolakopoulos wrote in his blog in Gazeta that Olympiacos is a phenomenon this year, which Mendeliber will find in front of him and he must “see what he will do”.

How lucky can a team have to score high goals, when they can't score in…the second half? The question about Olympiacos is clearly a rhetorical one.

analysisTherefore, out of Olympiacos' last 10 matches in all competitions, we come to a disappointing result: in seven of the 10 matches he did not score in the second half! In which three second innings did he score? With theoretically easier opponents: with Ovi (4-0) one goal, with Kifissia (3-2) one goal and with PAS who won 3-1 on replay goals. In which of the second seven halves did he not even score? In the three derbies with Panathinaikos (1-1, 0-0, 0-2), in the derby with AEK Athens (1-2), in the defeat (0-1) in Lamia, in the double in Harilao (2-1) and of course The score is 0-0 in Peristeri, that is, in the most difficult matches. Now Olympiacos only has difficult matches, in the league and in Europe…

Somebody It can be said that this phenomenon is only linked to Carvalhal's presence in Olympiacos, as we are talking about matches that coincide with him on the “red and white” bench. But is this the case? Let's remember what happened with Martinez on the bench? Olympiacos has not scored in the second half of its five European matches (against West Ham 2-1 and 0-1, with Genk 1-0, with Czukaretskiy 3-1, with Freiburg 0-5), and the striker has not scored in the second half in his other five European matches. It was from one goal in Genk (1-1), with Freiburg (2-3), with Czukaretsky (3-0), with Topola (2-2 and 5-2). In Greece, he did not score in the second half of the derby against AIK. Overall, under Martinez the situation was somewhat better, but not great.

We enter Now in the final phase of the season, this year's Olympiacos have learned to win or, in any case, not lose in their toughest matches only through their good image in the first half. Thus, he achieved his two major victories in Europe, with three goals in the first half against West Ham (2-1) and Genk (1-0). Thus, they effectively eliminated the two Serbian teams, Čukaretski (3-0 and 3-1, with five goals in the first half!), but also Topola (5-2, with four goals in the first half!). Thus, he did not lose in two derby matches away from home, with two goals from the first half, with AEK (1-1) and Pau (1-1). Even his only important brace in the league was cleaned up from the first half (see the 2-1 Aris, two goals in the first 45 minutes)…

MCan Someone say, do you mind Olympiacos cleaning up their games since the first half? of course not! I hope that happens! Except that it is mathematically improbable, or impossible, or whatever you want to call it, for him to achieve his goals in this way, simply because it is unlikely, impossible, etc., for any team to win consistently from the first half – no There is a team in the world that can succeed.

I don't know How can Mindliber manage this, with the man coming in February to Olympiacos, but it would be good to bend over and find the best he can find at this stage. Did the team not prepare properly in the summer for the off-season, after focusing on how to reach the Europa League, combined with late signings, which resulted in new players not training with the team? Should Olympiacos have in its roster several players who have no athletic qualifications and in the second half throw their roles vertically? All this together?

if, But the Basque coach wants to make a difference, and he must find a solution so that Olympiacos has a better balance in its matches. Yes, traditionally it is a team that should come in strong, especially in Karaiskakis, and send a message to the opponent that “you will not pass from here tonight”. However, in the overall view of the battle for the Championship and Europe, the “red and white” must somehow show another face, especially offensively, in the second half. There is no other way.

So far this year, the team has only beaten Asteras, Panserikos, Kifisia and Bas in the second half! Obviously, such an account is not even intellectually sufficient. After 34 games since the start of the season, we can finally remember just one great game where Olympiacos got a result in the second half. That was in August, a full six months ago, with a goal in the 96th minute, in Genk…

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They transferred me That Frenchman Rudi Garcia was not the other coach who, along with Medibar, were Olympiacos' last two choices to replace Carvalhal. But they didn't tell me who he was. Certainly not Dutchman Janssen, who had no chance of agreeing with the club.

By the wayDon't listen to what is written in Spain that Mendelibre will get eight times the contract at Olympiacos compared to the contract he got from Sevilla last year when he went for two months at the end of the season – in fact he had agreed to 200 thousand euros for two months. Vascus will have a regular contract with Olympiacos until the end of the season. If Olympiacos and Medilibar agree in the summer to continue together, his money is already around 1.5 million euros.

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Are you?Who wants Olympiacos in the cup final? Bayo or PAOK vs. Aris. Who will logically eliminate Panayetolikos? If we assume that Olympiacos wants to go to Europe and that he may not enter the top three in the league, so along with the Cup winner Aris, he will remain out of European competitions next season, then we can believe that he will prefer PAOK in the league. last!

because The world of PAOK In the final match with Aris, there is not a single person in a million who will act with the logic that says: “Let Aris take it, so that Olympiacos stays out of Europe.” Conversely, no one knows how the PAO world would operate with the same logic, i.e. “let Aris take it, keep Olympiacos out of Europe”, especially if PAO are crowned champions. As for Olympiacos, who last year denied Panathinaikos the championship 1-0 in Karaiskakis…

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