Olympiacos Thread

[Redbeliever]

Comical defending again and another heavy defeat at home in the derby against Panathinaikos.
We are probably gonna finish 4th in the league.

 

[Quntib Hollox]

Olympiakos winning 3-0 away at Maccabi Tel Aviv at halftime in the Europa conference league. 4-4 on aggregate. Great effort to get back in it

 

[Morpeth]

6-1 away win to go through 7-5. Impressive.

 

[Huxley]

Yay! Some fine work chaps.

Although it’s always a sad day when European giant Tel Aviv go out.

 

[Thomas]

it’s always a sad day when European giant Tel Aviv go out.

Noooo not *checks notes* the Israeli team.


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[GreeksBearingGifts]

6-1 away win to go through 7-5. Impressive.

A 6-1 away win after a very embarassing 4-1 home defeat is indeed impressive, especially considering that (with the exception of the goalkeeper) the team consisted of the same players in both matches. Not a bad fifth goal either...

 

[GreeksBearingGifts]

If we eliminate Maccabi Tel Aviv in the round of 16 in the Conference League, the club will have competed by the end of the season in the round of 8 in European competitions in all four major team sports: football (Conference League), basketball (Euroleague), volleyball (CEV cup), handball (EHF cup) and waterpolo (Champions League men and Champions League women). I wonder if that's been done before.

The first team in football is in the semi-finals of the Conference League; our U19 in football are in the semi-finals of the European Youth League; the basketball team is in the round of 8 in Euroleague; the men's volleyball team reached the quarter-finals of the CEV cup (the only team of my previous post who have been eliminated); the men's handball team is in the semi-finals of the EHF cup, unbeaten; the men's waterpolo team is one win away from the final four of Champions League; the women's waterpolo team is in the final four of the Champions League (and yes, pictures of the celebrations will be posted here should we win the title).

 

[GreeksBearingGifts]

Isidoros Koutsidis, 19, is a promising CB, tall, strong, good with both feet, amazingly calm for his age. He mostly plays with the U23 team (who play in the Greek equivalent of the Championship), but also with the U19, and often trains with the first team. His week went as follows:

On Monday, he played with the U23, who suffered a humiliating defeat by Panathinaikos U23, and are now in danger of being relegated. On Tuesday, he trained with the first team, who did not have enough CBs for the crucial quarter-final of the Conference League against Fenerbahçe. On Wednesday, he travelled with the first team to Istanbul for the game. He was an unused sub there on Thursday, celebrated the result which takes us to the semi-finals, immediately left for the airport, slept for 3 hours in a hotel there, and early on Friday morning flew to Switzerland, where the U19 were playing against Nantes for the semi-final of the UEFA Youth League early in the afternoon. He was a starter, and one of the standout players. On Monday he will play at the final.

A rollercoaster.

 

[GreeksBearingGifts]

The wonder boys of the U19 just won the Youth League final (thrashing one of the best academies in the World, Milan, 3-0, with two of the goals being a thing of real beauty) and we became the first Greek club to win a European cup.

 

[GreeksBearingGifts]

The third goal: https://x.com/Karaflademon/status/1782461898480631894

The second goal: https://x.com/FootballReprt/status/1782462030340931785

 

[Huxley]

The wonder boys of the U19 just won the Youth League final (thrashing one of the best academies in the World, Milan, 3-0, with two of the goals being a thing of real beauty) and we became the first Greek club to win a European cup.

Milan were the first Italian team to make it to the final. And whilst your words are kind the primavera squad is a long way from being a top academy. Abate is however doing a fine job with them.

That overhead kick is pure finery though!