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By: Peter Katsiris |
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Last night marked the end of Olympiacos campaign in Europe as Saint-Etienne emerged 5-2 winners on aggregate to reach the next round of the UEFA Cup. After winning the introductory leg in Piraeus by a 3-1 score-line, the French grabbed another win, this time at home in front of Michel Platini, to round out an [...]
Category: Olympiacos Team News
Tags: Didier Domi, Diogo, Ernesto Valverde, France, Greece, Greek Super League, Kostas Mitroglou, Matt Derbyshire, Olympiacos, Olympiacos Team News, Saint-Etienne, UEFA CupSaint-Etienne purges Olympiacos’ UEFA Cup campaign
By: Peter Katsiris | No Comments
UEFA president Michel Platini watched from the stands as Saint-Etienne handed Olympiacos its walking orders from the final edition of the UEFA Cup on Thursday evening. Dimitri Payet and Ilan scored for the French, before Oscar Gonzalez tallied for the traveling Greeks to pave way for a 2-1 win for Saint-Etienne at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.
Already [...]
Olympiacos out to salvage European season against Saint-Etienne
By: Peter Katsiris | No Comments
A mountainous chore lies ahead for Olympiacos, after their self-destructive performance at the Giorgos Karaiskakis Stadium last week allowed Saint-Etienne to cruise to a comfortable 3-1 victory in Piraeus. On Thursday night, the Greek Champions will aim to overturn that deficit at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, but the odds are stacked heavily against the Greek Super [...]
Olympiacos looks to hand St. Etienne their “ASSE” in France
By: Chris Pavlakos | 1 Comment
Olympiacos are in a deep hole as we head to the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard to take on Saint Étienne tomorrow afternoon (or night if you are in Europe).
Tough Task
If you are an Olympiacos supporter, I don’t have to tell you that being down 3-1 on aggregate and needing a 3 goal win away is a [...]
Belluschi blow for Olympiacos
By: Peter Katsiris | No Comments
Following their second defeat of the Greek Super League schedule, and second in consecutive fashion, Olympiacos received another dose of bad news to start a crucial week for the Greek Champions.
Didier Domi and Fernando Belluschi, who was absent during his side’s 1-0 loss at Ergotelis over the weekend, has been ruled for three weeks. The [...]
Category: Olympiacos Team News Tags: Didier Domi, Ernesto Valverde, Fernando Belluschi, Greece, Greek Super League, Luciano Galletti, Olympiacos, Olympiacos Team News, Sebastian Leto, UEFA CupOrange: Collina’s new favorite color!
By: Chris Pavlakos | 3 Comments
Not really Olympiacos news per say, but this is too good to pass up.
In Italy they are going to experiment with the use of an ORANGE card. Article from Italy (in english) here
”It would be good for those situations where a red card is too much and a yellow not enough,” said an ironically ORANGE [...]
Koutsianikoulis strike upsets Olympiacos
By: Peter Katsiris | No Comments
In the end it may be a blessing in disguise, but on Sunday night Ergotelis handed Olympiacos its second defeat of the Super League season with a 1-0 defeat of the Greek Champions at the Pankritio Stadium in Heraklion. Greek prospect Vasilis Koutsianikoulis showed why the likes of Panathinaikos and Olympiacos are seeking his services, [...]
Olympiacos forced to shuffle priorities ahead of Pankritio trip
By: Peter Katsiris | No Comments
A shocking 3-1 defeat at the hands of Saint-Etienne on Wednesday has imposed serious issues for Olympiacos and manager Ernesto Valverde ahead of the club’s Greek Super League fixture with Ergotelis FC (Novasports 1. On the verge of elimination from the UEFA Cup after their self-destructive performance at the Giorgos Karaiskakis Stadium against the French [...]
‘Djole’ becomes Olympiacos’ top UEFA Cup scorer
By: Peter Katsiris | No Comments
It’s merely consolation, but Predrag Djordjevic’s penalty goal in Olympiacos’ 3-1 defeat to Saint-Etienne on Wednesday made him the club’s all-time leading scorer in European competition.
Bagging his fifteenth goal in Europe against the Ligue 1 outfit, Djordjevic surpassed Nikos Anastopoulos’ mark of fourteen goals to become Olympiacos’ leading scorer after eighty-nine appearances in Europe for [...]
Category: 2008/2009 Season, Europe, Greece, Olympiacos Team News, Player News, UEFA Champions League, UEFA CupParty Crashers: Saint-Etienne win snaps Olympiacos’ streak, threatens UEFA Cup progress
By: Peter Katsiris | 1 Comment
Alright, I know Chris already wrapped up Wednesday’s horrific result, but this post here is all about me salvaging my little postgame tradition. I’ll be honest, I was pissed, and still am; however, I’ve cooled down since Wednesday afternoon. Like Chris said, it’s going to be a hell of a ride next week, and it [...]
Tags: 2008/2009 Season, Europe, France, Greece, Olympiacos, Olympiacos Team News, Saint-Etienne, UEFA Cup
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