Assist by James and win the favorite in Greece: OFI vs Olympiacos

OFI vs Olympiacos is the new challenge for James Rodríguez, recovered from the injury he suffered on the last FIFA date with the Colombian National Team.

END OF THE GAME. OFI 1- Olympiacos 2. Good win, with James assisting but missing a penalty and a good harvest in the Greek League for the visitor

Minute 81- Gooooalll Olympiacos!!! CBakmbu’s header for Olympiacos’ 1-2 comeback

Minute 68- Pause to hydrate, Olympiacos reaction is good but lacks a bit of precision in definition

minute 60- Fear of crossing James, he is hit on the arrival of Olympiacos, but soon seems to recover

Minute 57- Gooooollll of Olympiacos!!! James assisted Rodrigues and great definition for 1-1. Míchel’s new entrants are already working

Minute 52- Cobra James but spectacular goalkeeper Mandas takes it out

Minute 51- Penalty! Foul by Mellado on Vrosuai, to the collection of James

Minute 48- Turn for Diamantopoulos, again involved on the 10th, who gives his team the association that was missing

Minute 47- James enables Vroussay and the shot goes over the top, but it is a great attempt for the tie

Minute 46- Changes in Olymp1iacos: James Rodríguez enters for Masouras, Rodrigues replaces Ntoi

SECOND TIME AT PLAY

FIRST TIME ENDS. OFI 1- OLYMPIACOS 0. An own goal punishes the visitor, who proposed more but was imprecise. It seems like an ideal match for James’ entry…

Minute 45+4- A. Ntoi makes another mistake, saves the expulsion and Marcelo warms up

Minute 40- Gooooooollll of OFI Crete !! Own goal by A. Ntoi, the shot he scored dislocated his goalkeeper

Minute 38- Ávila is injured in Olympiacos, forced change by Vrosai

Minute 37- Middle distance attempt for Olympiacos

Minute 33- First clear option: service from Manoulas to Bakambu and in heads-up the goalkeeper saved… although the play seemed vitiated by being out of place

minute 30- Diamantopoulos tries to do damage, the shot goes high

Minute 23- Pause to hydrate… cameras show James giving advice to his teammates

Minute 22- Ávila’s great escape down the left wing, the attempt went from above… he lacked partners

Minute 19- Masouras tries from medium distance for Olympiacos, but the shot comes out very open

Minute 14- Nouha Dicko’s shot without location, OFI seems more threatening at the start

Minute 13- Olympiacos tries to react and Biel reaches the goal, but OFI is saved in an imprecise shot.

Minute 11- Olympiacos gives up the initiative and it is Mellado who has a double goal option for the local

Minute 5- First arrival at the OFI goal by Olympiacos, both teams enter very cautiously

ROLL THE BALL

Coach Míchel has decided on a starting payroll in which he can be an alternative at any time.

These are the 11 starters:

This is how the place will be formed:

This is how OFI and Olympiacos arrive

Olympiacos is third in the Greek Super League but its intention is to reach the top as soon as possible. Today that place belongs to Panathinaikos with 18 points, while Volos NFC came second, with 14 units, in this round. AEK starts third with 13 units and is the first rival to beat in the current day.

Michel’s team has three wins, two draws and one loss, precisely on the day of James’ debut, who was absent due to injury in the last match.
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OFI is one of the worst in the tournament, they are in 11th place (among 14 teams) and only have 4 points in 6 games. Total one win, one draw and four losses.