When Retsos becomes (not) dangerous and Mitchell gives the house keys to the thief… | Blog – Kostas Nikolakopoulos

K.Nicolakopoulos comments on his blog Gazzetta about the reality at Olympiakos after last night.

There is a football offense (2-2 from 2-0) that happened last night in Karaiskakis. There are other similar football crimes committed in Olympiacos this season.

Let’s limit ourselves Just in the league, how it became 2-0 in Ioannina 2-2 (there too), how it became 1-0 in Peristeri 1-1, how it became 1-0 in Harilaou 1-2. What’s more, how the 1-0 in Lieuforo became 1-1 the way it was done. We are talking about 11 (!) Points that were in the hands of Olympiacos and lost. It is clear that there is a big and serious problem.

If we focus Yesterday: It all started with Ritsu’s incomprehensible choice on Stage 2-1. Clearly, the Olympiacos stopper brought Aris back into the match on the 70th^the – Even then, Aris had two last shots, missed, and a dangerous cross by Lazarus at the start… being with the goal conceded by Olympiacos. Personally, I feel I have exhausted all limits of patience in my criticism of him. Unfortunately I was not justified. An unsecured stopper on this team cannot play.

probablybut nothing would have happened if Mitchell had not violated football logic by taking 3^the Stopper on 20, Retso instead of Doi. In the previous three matches, Doi was a starter in two (with Levadeiakos and AEK) and a substitute in one (with Volos) – one has to accept that he wasn’t at his best. But Retsos had to play for more than a month and a half, from mid-February and in any case he was never a key player in the coach’s plans (4 league matches he was in the starting lineup), unlike Doe (15 matches in the starting lineup).

errors In football they get paid and Mitchell paid it – unfortunately for Olympiacos all together, they missed out on the biggest chance of getting one point close to the top. At the same time, he may have (we’ll see on Wednesday) lost something more important, the atmosphere and good psychology that brought him the double in Philadelphia.

Because one Often one stupid choice leads to another. And Mitchell, with the gift of Ritsos to Aris, decided to exhaust the field of mismanagement of the football game, leaving Olympiacos not only without a 10-man squad, but also without an attacking core! One can understand the change in Huang and Bakapo, who come from voyages from Asia and the depths of Africa, but why should the fortune come out? And if it happens, which it did, 2-2, how will the team chase 3-2, with three sixes? Why a picture?

What could be simpler? From Olympiacos, he plays with Impella, Kasami and Fortuni in the midfield, and Biel, Al Arabi and Masoura in the attack. No one can predict what will happen in this way, but at least you know that the logic of football is not violated in this way. Let Embila play 10 and striker Masouras. Because when Imbella entered the 10th place he played! Simply put, after a 2-2 lead, Mitchell passed 10 Kasami and put Impella back.

Chemistry. And Mitchell is not very good at chemistry and clearly doesn’t know it. What the Olympiacos coach did yesterday was give the house keys to the thief – what will the thief do, will he resist the temptation? No, he will steal. So does Ares. He immediately saw that the hosts “invited” them and took advantage of this, acquiring new players and exploiting the defensive insecurity of the “red and white”, which their coach himself conveyed to them with his tragic choices.

To understand That Mitchell saw how he was losing the battle of the quarterbacks and wanted new legs, too. In this case he could eliminate Huang and Kasame, and put Embella and Samasiko down as well. But not to take out Fortounis, whose one move could make all the difference. Don’t you see that after 2-2, Olympiacos won within 18 minutes (from 81′ to 99′) ‘endless’ corner kicks and free kicks, all of which strayed from Bale’s execution? Would it have been the same if Fortounis had been the enforcer, who earlier from a corner had made a good cross for Papastathopoulos’ goal with a header?

correct That before Mitchell decided to get rid of the training manuals, he also took heavy blows. First, the loss from the 41st minute to the best player of Olympiacos yesterday, Kanos. And after losing the most brilliant defender, Ba, in the 55th minute. This was really a major concern – made bigger first by the once again low profile of Masura, apparently showing problems and bad psychology, and then by Retsu’s entry.

Compassion And for Mitchell himself, who provided the team that melted Ares in the first half, with 17 finals! And until the 70th minute, she was in complete control of the match. It is also a shame for the Olympiacos players who have been fighting a lot for months and have no elementary brain, first of all Bale, Kasami and Bakabu (steals from the goalkeeper and doesn’t shoot or pass with three team mates picking around him!

for others, what I say; Before the match, I had analyzed that Olympiacos had lost more ratings this year than any other big team, playing Aris and Volos, whose owners last week spoke of “new friends” and “friendlies”. I have recorded in a few thousand words (!) the enormous danger of yesterday’s match in connection with the propaganda being unleashed by Olympiacos’ opponents about the relations between Marinakis and Karipidis. I even pointed out that the Portuguese Verissimo is a referee who rarely brings an ace!

for Olympiacos Admittedly, he won’t be whistled this year – we’re down to 28^the competition, if only he had already taken it. Other major teams also get not just whistles, but incredible stuff. Yesterday in Toumba we saw what happened in favor of PAOK, we saw that day what happened in Philadelphia in favor of AEK, we have seen and witnessed over and over again what penalties and dismissals Panathinaikos inflicted in so many matches!

what is happening now? Personally, I think it wouldn’t make sense for Mitchell to leave. It makes sense for the team to gather its pieces these three days and go on Wednesday night to play the final. Hopefully he will react, the absentee gaps will be covered and the coach will have a clear mind.

accidentalWhen you give three 24-hour days off (Friday noon to Monday noon) and don’t forbid your players to travel around Europe instead of resting in their homes in the southern suburbs four derbies in 11 days before them as manager, you must be prepared to suffer the consequences of the indolence that It will happen on the team. Combined with the fatigue of many foreigners from long journeys, there is the perfect combination for gila.