Kostoulas finds El Kaabi, who controls the ball outside the area and fires it home with his left foot. The ball hits the Porto defence.
Kostoulas is flagged for an offside position.
Pérez commits a foul on Masouras and is cautioned.
Aghehowa is flagged for an offside position.
Mora shoots from outside the area with his right foot and the ball hits the Olympiacos defense.
González advances through the middle and passes to Varela. The player controls the ball outside the area, shoots with his right foot and the Greek defense clears it again.
Galeno passes to Varela, who controls the ball on the left and crosses it with his right foot. Olympiacos’ defense blocks it.
Mora creates a play and passes to Galeno. The forward controls the ball on the left, shoots with his right foot and the ball deflects off Olympiacos’ defense.
The ball is rolling for the first half.
In less than five minutes the ball will roll.
Total Goals: Porto 12×5 Olympiacos
Total Assists: Porto 8×4 Olympiacos
Total Goals Conceded: Porto 10×3 Olympiacos
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Olympiacos 1×0 Lamia – December 21, 2024 – Greek Super League
Athens Kallithea 1×1 Olympiacos – December 16, 2024 – Greek Super League
Gil Vicente 3×1 FCPorto – 19 January 2025 – Portuguese Primeira Liga
CD. national 2×0 FCPorto – January 12, 2025 – Portuguese Primeira Liga
FCPorto 4×0 Boavista – December 28, 2024 – Portuguese Primeira Liga
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Martins: 2 assists in 4 games
Rodinei: 1 assist in 6 games
Chiquinho: 1 assist in 4 games
Pepê: 2 assists in 6 games
Nicolas Gonzalez: 2 assists in 5 games
Galeno: 1 assist in 6 games
El Kaabi: 4 goals in 6 games
Hezze: 1 goal in 6 games
Omorodion: 5 goals in 6 games
Galeno: 1 goal in 6 games
Pepê: 1 goal in 6 games
Porto and Olympiacos face each other on Thursday (23), at 2:45 pm, at Estádio do Dragão. The match is valid for the seventh round of the Europa League.
The central referee for this Porto vs Olympiacos will be:
“I remembered André (Horta), I didn’t remember Bruma (playing here). We have to think about the team, more than just the individual players. They have very good players, we’re not going to worry about just one or the other. We’re going to have to know how to defend the qualities that our rivals have and make the most of everything we have to win. I respect them, but we’re prepared to try and win.”
“I’m worried about the team, not the results they’ve had, just about tomorrow’s game (Thursday), in which I hope we’ll do well and be able to compete. I’m happy for them, because they’re getting good results, but that’s all. The numbers are there, but tomorrow will be a completely different game.”
“Especially at home, we have to play in the opponent’s half and create chances to score goals and win. We’re up against a good opponent, who we have to respect, but we want to be strong, with the support that our fans can give us.”
“The most important thing for this game is to look at ourselves. The team is very confident, united and we really want to win this game. We know that this is a very important stage of the competition, in a competition that we aim to win. We want to win the Europa League”.
“We know that we have to face things as they are. We are not going through the best phase, but we want to change that and get back to winning ways, which is what the club is used to”.
“We have to be able to ignore that [the noise surrounding the change of coach]. We are used to dealing with pressure, but we have to be men and able to focus on the game and the three points. We are all behind coach José Tavares and he also wants to win a lot. He has been at F. C. Porto for many years and knows the place well”.
“This is a team that has not lost in 16 games, we have to take that into account. Very aggressive, with a lot of quality, but we are F. C. Porto, we are playing at home and we have the ability to win. We will be united and I am sure that if everything is well-balanced we will get the three points and advance to the next stage”.
Tzolakis; Costinha, Restos, Carmo, Ortega; Mouzakitis, Garcia; Rodinei, Chiquinho, Masouras; El Kaabi.
Coast; FERNANDES, Perez, Otavio, Moura; A. Varela, Eustaquio; Pepe, Vieira, Galeno; Omorodion.
Midfielder Yusuf Yazici is out for the rest of the season after suffering a cruciate ligament injury and is a definite loss for Olympiacos. Santiago Hezze is suspended after receiving three yellow cards in the League Phase. Christos Mouzakitis, just 18, is set to replace Hezze and will be partnered by Dani Garcia, Chiquinho, Marko Stamenic or former Porto player Sergio Oliveira in midfield.
My name is Lucas Monteiro and I’ll be your host for this game. Follow pregame information on VAVEL.
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