However, the “red and whites” tonight missed the very big big chance to lay the foundations of the qualification from the very first game as they led 3-0 having pinned their opponent, but an inexplicable penalty by Retsu got the Turkish team back into the game and made it difficult the rematch.
Mendiliber’s choice to start in a 4-4-1-1 formation meant the “sacrifice” of Andre Horta from the starting line-up, after central midfielders Ese, Ciquinho were flanked by Fortounis and Masouras who were positioned on the wings, with Jovetic moving behind from El Kaabi.
Olympiacos entered the game cautiously and Fener made its presence felt in the 4th minute, in a phase that started with a foul on Masoura which was not charged. Tadic found Dzeko outside the area, he shot on the move but Karmo “blocked” the effort giving away a corner.
In the next minute a dribbled shot by the Bosnian was firmly blocked by Tzolakis and as time went on the Turkish team’s pressure began to wane as the home side began to press high. A pressure that brought immediate results in the 8th minute when Masouras pressured Soyuntsou and forced him into a blind clearance from which Fortounis took advantage and curled a shot from outside the area to beat Livakovic for 1-0.
With Olympiakos controlling the pace thereafter, the “red and whites” came close to a second goal with Karmos’ dynamite header in the 27th minute, which the Croatian goalkeeper saved with an overpowering corner.
At 32′, “G. Karaiskakis” stood up again to celebrate the 2-0, the product of an excellent cooperation from the hosts: El Kaabi found Jovetic with his head, he opened for Fortounis, who bent and with an excellent cross found Jovetic again, who executed for 2- 0.
Against a dominant opponent, Fenerbahce got back into the game at 45+4 when Tzolakis made an impressive one-handed save from Krunic’s shot. The second half also started with an opportunity for Olympiakos, when Masouras in the 46th minute tried to surprise Livakovic, who parried. Five minutes later the Mendiliber team had the big moment to make it 3-0, but the Turkish goalkeeper saved El Kaabi’s shot with his foot.
However, Livakovic was not… an octopus to be everywhere and in the 57th minute he failed to do anything at all to Cicinho’s excellent execution with a diagonal shot that made it 3-0, after another wonderful pressing by Hesse this time.
The Olympiakos crowd, which had created a fantastic atmosphere even before the start, had entered the game for good and were pushing the “red and whites”, who strangely instead of continuing in the same way seemed as if they were trying to manage the score, they gave measures to Fener and needed the intervention of Tzolakis in the 61′ and 63′, on Osagi’s shot and Simanski’s header respectively.
And while Medilibar was shouting from the bench to his players not to turn back, Retsos took an unimaginable penalty on Osagi-Samuel who had almost left the field having made a harmless turn of the ball. Really remarkable what happens to the Greek defender and the ease with which he falls for penalties.
Tadic beat Tzolakis from 11 steps, reducing the score to 3-1 in the 68th minute, while as if that wasn’t enough, Retsos saw a yellow card and loses the rematch. And because a thousand bad things follow, Kahvetsi reduced it even more by scoring from touch to make it 3-2 in the 74th minute and putting the Turks back in the qualification game.
REFEREE: Sandro Scherer (Switzerland)
YELLOW: Retsos, Masouras – Kahvetsi, Fred
OLYMPIC (Jose Luis Mendilibar): Tzolakis, Rodiney, Retsos, Carmo, Ortega, Ese, Tsiquinho (84′ Ibora), Masouras (87′ Kini), Jovetic (82′ Horta), Fortounis, El Kaabi (87′ El Arabi).
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Olympiacos-Fenerbahce 2-0: Fortounis makes “papades” [δείτε τα γκολ]
Olympiacos-Fenerbahce 2-0: Fortounis “smashed” the Turks – He gave Jovetic a ready goal
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