Aris – Olympiacos 1-1: He put the brakes on him and “scissored” his hopes for the title – 2024-04-25 00:47:51

Aris managed to stop Olympiakos (1-1) and severely dent any hopes he had of claiming the title, with the Piraeus unable to take advantage of PAOK’s gela in Lamia and overtake him in 3rd place.

The red and whites entered the game strongly and just in the 2nd minute they missed a classic chance. Ese “broke” the ball to Fortounis, he returned it to him, the Argentinian midfielder crossed, but Cuesta was ready.

Olympiacos was pressing to open the scoring and in the 24th minute they came close to the goal. Jovetic carried the ball 25 metres, passed to Fortounis, who crossed with the Montenegrin getting a header and Cuesta clearing the danger.

In the next minute the visitors had a goal. Fortounis executed a corner, Ibora executed with a header, but sent the ball to the crossbar.

The game was a monologue for the Piraeus and in the 34th minute they missed another chance with Rodinei unable to find a goal from an advantageous position.

Second beam

In the delays of the first half, Olympiacos missed another chance. El Kaabi from close range tried to score, but Odubajo pushed over the line. The ball found the Moroccan and hit the crossbar.

The hosts created their first chance in the dying moments of the half with Tzolakis saving Fetfatzidis’ shot.

In the second part, A΄ris was the one who took Piraeus by surprise. Tragic mistake by Doi in the cross, Moron took the ball and went out alone with Tzolakis who he placed for 1-0. However, the visitors were not deterred and in the 53rd minute they managed to level the match. After a combination of Jovetic, El Kaabi, Fortuni, the latter found Martins who made it 1-1 with an excellent side pass.

The “red and whites” then took control of the match but could not find any chances, as Aris closed the spaces and tried to hit on the counter attacks. In fact, in the 90’+1′ due to a mistake by Karmos, Moron shot in front of Tzolakis but the goalkeeper of Olympiakos blocked.

Rade Obrenovic (Slovenia) has shown a yellow card to Martins, Zamora.

MARS: Cuesta, Odumaggio, Montoya, Brambetz, Fabiano, Zul, Darinda (90’+3′ Rose), Suleimanov, Fetfatzidis (60′ Garcia), Saverio (60′ Zamora), Moron.

OLYMPIC: Tzolakis, Rodiney, Doi, Carmo, Ortega, Ibora, Ese (68′ Ciquinho), Fortunis, Jovetic (68′ Pontense), Martins (79′ Navarro), El Kaabi (87′ El Arabi)