Olympiacos with a "warm" heart

With a positive result, Olympiacos will try to leave Moscow, which will face Rubin Kazan at noon for the "32" phase of the Europa League (13:00, RIK2)…

Piraeus is called to take the first step to qualify for the next phase of the tournament and to cope with the difficult weather conditions prevailing in Russia.

The game will take place normally, as long as the temperature on the field does not fall below -15 degrees Celsius. If, however, it falls below -15, then everything is in the "air" and the Greek champions do not want to think about this possibility!

In this case, the referee of the match, Milorad Majic, will ask the opinion of Ernesto Valverde and Kurban Berdiyev.

The coach of the "red and whites" wants the match to take place today so that his players are not burdened by an extra day in the Russian capital, while his counterpart stated that it would not be good for the game to take place under these conditions. Thus, there is a possibility that the match will be postponed and will take place tomorrow at the same time.

As for Valverde's plan, he intends to use the same recipe as in the match against AEK. However, he will make a change, given the absence of the punished Abraham Papadopoulos.

Specifically, under the beams will sit Megieri, who in front of him will have - from right to left - Torosidis, Melmberg, Markano and Cholebas. In the center of the midfield will play Maniatis and Orbait, while the triple will be Kazim, Ibagasa and Miralas. Jembour will be at the top of the attack.

The mission is completed by Carroll, Modesto, Papazoglou, Makoun, Foster, Abdoun, Pandelic, Potouridis and Fetfatzidis. Abraham Papadopoulos (punished), Diogo, Feisa, who can play with Panionios, and Daskalakis, Monche, who is not on the UEFA list, stayed in Athens.

How the Russians will play

With a 4-4-2 system, Kurban Berdiyev will line up Rubin Kazan against Olympiakos. Under the beams will be Arlauskis and in defense Kuzmin, Sharonov, Boketi and Ansaldi. Ryanchachev and Nacho will play in the center, with Kasaev and Karadeniz on their side. The attacking duo will be Martins and Diadoun.

The mission is completed by Hadjiji, Navas, Kvirkvelia, Kalesin, Kislyak, Nemov, Bistrov, Eremenko R., Valdes, Potnyagin and Orazakedov.

Delivery

The record of the Olympics in the away matches with Russian teams or clubs from the former Soviet Union is positive. Specifically, Piraeus counts three wins, one draw and two defeats.

Source: sport-fm.gr