The triumphant goals were scored by Pontense (10′), Fortunis (36′), El Kaabi (45+3′, 65′), Jovetic (93′), El Arabi (104′), while for the Israelis, the penalty was scored by Zahavi at 57′. A first half taken from the wildest dreams of Olympiakos fans!
The players of Jose Luis Mendiliber managed within 45 minutes to erase the 1-4 of the first match and start dreaming of the biggest upset in the History of European competitions. In the 10th minute, Podense with a shot from the height of the area sent the ball “post and in” giving the trigger for the big “bang”!
In the 25th minute, El Kaabi missed a great opportunity with Mispati making a surprising move. In the 36th minute, Podense stole the ball and played a pass to Kostas Fortounis who made it 0-2. And in stoppage time (45+3′), El Kaabi with a header after a precise cross from Pontense brought the pair level.
There was still a half to go, while Maccabi looked completely disorganized. The shock was incredible for the Israelis who believed that the rematch would be procedural in nature. In the 57th minute, Kanichovski found himself in a shooting position and Retsos overthrew him inside the area.
Zahavi took over to make it 3-1. In the 65th minute from Ortega’s cross, El Kaabi scored the goal of the night with an amazing “scissors”, equaling the score of the first match again. Everything was now hanging by a thread and in the 3rd minute of stoppage time Jovetic found himself in a shooting position, but his shot went just wide.
Thus, the match went to overtime. There, with the “good evening” (93′), Jovetić made it 1-5 from close range after a foul by Fortunis, and now the “Legend” held qualification in his hands. He made sure of it at the end of the half-time of extra time (104′) with Masoura receiving an amazing cross from Ese and then passing to El Arabi who simply “pushed” it into the net.
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)
Yellows: Davinda, Davijatza – Fortounis, Pontense
The compositions:
MACCABI TEL AVIV (Robbie Keane): Mispati, Sahar (91′ Av. Cohen), Nahmias, Saborit, Revivo (113′ Davijatza), Peretz, van Overeem (74′ Turgeman), Kanichovski, Davida, Milson (16′ min. tr. Beaton, 108′ Bondoso), Zahavi (108′ Jon. Cohen).
OLYMPIC (Jose Luis Mendilibar): Tzolakis, Rodiney (106′ Kini), Retsos, Carmo, Ortega, Ese, Ciquinho, Horta (82′ Jovetic), Fortunis (95′ Masouras), Pontense (103′ Ibora), El Kaambi ( 88′ El Arabi)
Look at the goals
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