Reinforcements, units and players to advance

The path Olympiacos must follow, as the situation develops, is the following.

Firstly, The Red and White team management needs to strengthen the Piraeus squad as much as possible during the month. After all, as Carvalial often points out, Olympiacos has to have a team twice as good to achieve its goals.

After Navarro and Gelson Martins, the red and white team needs to get two quality goalkeepers and two central midfielders, who should have been at Reentes yesterday. However, it is better to delay if the right players are found, rather than make hasty moves.

secondlyUnity in the locker room could lead Olympiacos to reverse the situation. Refereeing decisions increasingly mobilize the Piraeus players and it is no coincidence that Carvalhal said after the match in Kayseriani, “Everything that happens has given us more strength.”

By the way, the fact that Olympiacos players faced a dilemma twice in recent weeks (in the match against Volos and in the match against Kifisia) about leaving the field due to refereeing decisions or continuing the match, is something that constantly bothers them in the further process and “spoils” their minds during the game.

Third, It is necessary for the players – characters to advance. Fortounis and Orabi took the responsibility on themselves in Kaysariani, as they did a few days ago when they spoke to their colleagues in Rentis.

But everyone must realize the importance of moments and take two steps forward.

The need for players of the quality of Al-Arabi

Olympiacos, for example, needs players of Al-Arabi’s quality, who play with heart and courage. The Moroccan will be 37 years old in a few days, but when he steps on the field he gives another breath to the attack.

In the match against Kifisia, his goal was disallowed, but he persisted and after a quarter of an hour he scored again and gave the victory to the Piraeus team.

Red and white need players who refuse to lose, and who do not give up under any circumstances. As is the case with Arabi, Fortunis and some other footballers.

Regarding the match against Kifisia, Carvalial's interventions from the bench helped Olympiacos achieve the win. The third goal came with a collaboration between Zelson Martins (an assist, his first with the Piraeus team) and Orabi, who scored two goals but only scored one goal. Even Alexandropoulos and Ortega, who entered the field towards the end of the match, helped win the three points. So did Do, who played in the second part.

Masuras is very good, Fortunis is threatening

As for those who started the match, Masouras was very good in another match and has recently shown that he is on the rise in assists (he also scored twice, but only scored one goal). Carvalho made an assist against Masoura and earned a penalty kick from Mateus Santos.

Fortunis was a threat and helped develop the game. Rodney had a good partnership on the right side with Masura, while the left side was not at the level of Kane and Pontense in the first half.

Navarro scored, even from a penalty kick, which is important in the psychology of the striker, while regarding the defensive duo Rizzo and Bianconi there were no problems until the 43rd minute. Then came Rizzo's sending off with two yellow cards for two gestures that likewise became dozens in league matches.

It was not fair and the Greek international goalkeeper did not deserve to be sent off at these stages. As for the Bianconi, they should have had a healthier attitude and behaved differently in the penalty kick earned by Kifisia, with which they momentarily equalized.

As far as Carvalhal is concerned, he fought as hard as he had to for Olympiacos to victory. The Portuguese played the match without the suspended Essie and Al Kaabi, who are in the African Cup of Nations, and the injured Biel, Freire and Borusso, and made six changes to the starting lineup, with regard to the first match of the cup against Panathinaikos, in light of their absence and the return match on Wednesday in Karaiskakis.

During the match, as mentioned above, Carvalhal brought on Arbi, Zelson Martins and Alexandropoulos from the bench in the winning match.

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