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Swapping the Red-and-White for the Blue-and-White
By: Peter Katsiris |
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Don’t worry the Blue and White refers to the Greek Flag and not Iraklis FC or something like that. It’s international weekend and unlike the MLS, the Greek Super League takes a break to embrace the national team in their quest to reach the World Cup Finals in South Africa. Many Olympiacos players will be [...]
Category: Olympiacos Team News
Tags: Avraam Papadopoulos, Christos Patsatzoglou, England, Greece, Greek Super League, Konstantinos Mitroglou, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Matt Derbyshire, Michal Zewlakow, Olympiacos, Olympiacos Team News, Poland, Vasilis TorosidisPfft! Basketball is a Welcomed Distraction!
By: Peter Katsiris | 4 Comments
Theoffside.com readers, you might remember the attack on popularity of basketball by Daryl and Chris over on the main page, but this past week or so has allowed me to pick up an opinion of my own. While football is, and always will be, my favourite sport, basketball is quietly creeping in to sooth the [...]
Category: Olympiacos Team NewsGreek math without an abacus (…but you might need a calculator)!
By: Peter Katsiris | No Comments
So, on Sunday night, through a combination of a win for Olympiacos and a draw for Panathinaikos, Olympiacos officially became the Champions of the Greek Super League for the fifth consecutive season.
Now, those who know little or next to nothing about the Greek game will probably say something along the lines of a derogatory remark [...]
Olympiacos claims Greek title with win in Nea Smyrni
By: Peter Katsiris | No Comments
A 3-2 win over Panionios in Nea Smyrni, and a 1-1 draw for Panathinaikos in Tripoli, saw Olympiacos clinch their twelfth in thirteen years. It was a rough night in the Athenian suburbs, but the Greek Champions prevailed with a late goal from Dudu allowing the Piraeus giants to claim their fifth consecutive title.
Olympiacos thrashed [...]
Diogo double saves Olympiacos in Tripoli
By: Peter Katsiris | No Comments
A comeback brace from Brazilian striker Diogo saw Olympiacos and Asteras Tripolis play to a 2-2 score-line in Tripoli after the hosts had gone ahead with a double from Lucio Filomeno. The defending Greek Cup Champions were rescued by their Brazilian ace, and now take a slim aggregate lead, on away goals, to the Giorgos [...]
Tags: 2008/2009 Season, Asteras Tripolis, Greece, Greek Cup, Olympiacos, Olympiacos Team News, Player NewsFive-star Olympiacos sinks Iraklis in Piraeus
By: Peter Katsiris | No Comments
Olympiacos ended a three-game winless run in the Greek Super League on Sunday with a five-star performance against Iraklis at the Giorgos Karaiskakis Stadium. The Greek Champions erased their three-game slide with goals coming from Vasilis Torosidis, and a brace each from Oscar Gonzalez and Matt Derbyshire, paving the way to an emphatic 5-0 win [...]
Hey, PAOK! What’s your beef?
By: Peter Katsiris | 1 Comment
Remember that? Well if you don’t, that’s basically PAOK’s Sergio Conceicao and Antonis Nikopolidis getting involved in a tussle in the player tunnel at the Toumba Stadium in Thessaloniki.
If the first wasn’t bad enough, do you remember this one? That’s Pablo Garcia auditioning for the next edition of the legendary motion picture Rocky. Yes, you [...]
Xronia Polla Olympiakara Mou!
By: Peter Katsiris | No Comments
On this day, March 10th, 1925, the tremendously successful sporting institution known as Olympiacos CFP was founded. Olympiacos fans might not have felt in a cheerful mood on this night as European play resumed in Athens with Panathinaikos taking on Villarreal in the round of sixteen in the Champions League.
Nonetheless, gifts usually cheer people up; [...]
Category: Olympiacos Team NewsDerby Night in Thessaloniki Tainted by Disappointment
By: Peter Katsiris | No Comments
There were plenty of expectations ahead of PAOK’s derby date with Olympiacos on Sunday, but the arrival of the final whistle at the Toumba Stadium came with a dose of disappointment as the top two clubs in the Greek Super League played to a 0-0 draw in Thessaloniki.
Olympiacos had come away with a midweek win [...]
I Survived Toumba!
By: Chris Pavlakos | No Comments
My friends, this is Toumba.
The Journey
The day started with a flight from Athens to Thessaloniki that took 45 minutes (fantastic) then onto the bus into the kentro to meet up with Koulis Apostolidis to collect my ticket and then to the stadium. Once I got my ticket I made my way to the [...]
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