This is what Horta did in his first appearance with the red and white

Olympiacos celebrated their third consecutive win in the Stoixeman Super League. It was a bit tense, but Bas Giannina won 3-1 in Karaiskakis in the 20th round of the tournament.

From the start of the match, the 'spotlight' fell on Andrej Horta. The Portuguese midfielder made his debut for the Red and Whites, playing alongside Santiago Essie at the center for Olympiacos for 61 minutes, when he made way for Tequinhos.

In the Opta/Stats performance graph, you can see the transfer network and average workspace of Olympiacos footballers.

Horta (5) had a medium playing space in midfield and on the left. There he worked mainly with Martins (10) and Ortega (3), while often passing the game to Essie (32) and Fortunis (7), who came together often, before Carvalhal placed him in the '10' position.

Influential from its first minutes

The 27-year-old Portuguese midfielder was influential from his first minutes of the match. He often had the initiative in traffic, helping to create threatening situations for the opposition defence, while also contributing stops when the Reds and Whites were high pressing.

With the help of Opta you can see all his actions on the field, as well as his best performances in the match.

Horta in the 61 minutes he played 78 ball movements. A very high number for the time he played, while at the end of the first part he was the player who made the most moves. His average movement space was in the middle and left, but he had movements both the length and breadth of the pitch between the two areas.

He had a final, with his shot on the bodies, the ball rose and Athanasiou scored, while he also had it Ten recoveries of possessionSix of them are in midfield. This is the highest performance among Olympiacos footballers.

Pioneer in offensive moves

Andrej Horta, as previously mentioned, was extremely valuable in Olympiacos' trades, as he helped greatly in the build-up, mainly from the left side. On the Opta chart see all his transfers in the match.

Horta had Passes 60/67 that it 90% accuracy. In fact, most of his unsuccessful passes were long diversions, which entailed a greater risk. Moreover, he had 39/46 passes over the midlinewhile being the game leader in offensive turnovers 24/29.

The match against PAS Ioannina was Horta's 80th match under the instruction of Carlos Carvalhal, whom he trusted “blindly” and thus took him to Olympiacos. The Portuguese midfielder is set to play a pivotal role in the Reds' midfield and in his first attempt at the Reds.

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