#FT: Olympiacos 2-1 West Ham United
Olympiacos scorers: Konstantinos Fortounis (33’), Rodinei (45+1’)
West Ham scorers: Lucas Paqueta (87’)
Venue: Stadio Georgios Karaiskaki, Piraeus
#FT: Backa Topola 1-3 Freiburg
Backa Topola scorers: Nemanja Petrovic (13’)
Freiburg scorers: Vincenzo Grifo (Pen 49’, 59’, 73’)
Venue: TSC Arena, Backa Topola
#FT: Marseille 3-1 AEK Athens
Marseille scorers: Vitor Oliveira (27’), Amine Harit (Pen 60’), Jordan Veretout (Pen 69’)
Athens scorers: Orbelin Pineda (53’)
Venue: Stade Orange Velodrome, Marseille
#FT: Aris Limassol 0-1 Real Betis
Limassol scorers:
Betis scorers: Ayoze Pérez (75’)
Venue: Alphamega Stadium, Kolossi
#FT: Sparta Prague 0-0 Rangers
Sparta Prague scorers:
Rangers scorers:
Venue: epet ARENA, Prague
#FT: Rakow Czestochowa 1-1 Sporting
Czestochowa scorers: Fabian Piasecki (79’)
Sporting scorers: Sebastian Coates (14’)
Venue: ArcelorMittal Park, Sosnowiec
#FT: Sturm Graz 2-2 Atalanta
Graz scorers: Alexander Prass (13’), Tomi Horvat (Pen 80’)
Atalanta scorers: Luis Muriel (34’, Pen 45+7’)
Venue: Merkur Arena, Graz
#FT: Molde 5-1 Häcken
Molde scorers: Fredrik Gulbrandsen (6’), Magnus Wolff Eikrem (27’, 55’), Emil Breivik (30’), Martin Bjørnbak (90+3’)
Häcken scorers: Momodou Sonko (21’)
Venue: Aker Stadion, Molde
We got a road win this entire season since Aug 13, 2023 when we beat Villarreal 2-1 at the death in El Madrigal (Game 1 of La Liga).
This season just feels like a comedy skit.
Fortounis rejected a huge West Ham bid in 2019. Today he made a statement as to why in this game
That was Olympiakos and Karaiskaki of old, intensity from the team and unimaginable noise from the stands.
I knew we would win the second I saw the Hammers line up and how lightly Moyes was taking us.
Antonio is such a dirty player, almost injured Bowen trying to cause harm to our players
Should just stick to his awful podcasts because he’s utterly washed
Well our group is still open and anything can happen
I’ve been informed of another Hezze-Pancho Ortega masterclass, nothing new tbh
Massive win, keeps us in the race for the next round. Didnt know Antonio was a dirty player, frustrated for being benched?
2:2 against Atalanta. Those last 16 minutes were pretty exhausting to watch, but fuck yeah, I did not expect a point after going one man down.
Could be a massive point since Rakow managed to get a draw too.
We didn’t choke, thank God
just want to say that Cornet is an idiot for handing the ball to an Olympiacos defender instead of placing it down for the goalkeeper. I think Olympiacos wasted a whole minute on that goal kick.
Grifo is the literal Goat
It would be beyond suicidal if we dropped points in the end for a 3rd match in a row.
We played very well for 85’, West Ham barely threatened us (and it was from set pieces where we are weak), almost all of our starting lineup played well today. We fully deserved the win, and actually 4 points is the minimum we should have given how we’ve played so far in the Group. Let’s hope football will give us something back in England or Germany.
Apart from that, I am really surprised how easy West Ham made the match for us. Our biggest weakness is if you apply pressure high in the pitch, from the 1st pass of our GK to our CB. We are error prone, and can’t handle pressure well. But West Ham was never pressuring the ball, they were always giving us space and tactically waiting a few meters in the back. If you had asked coach Martinez how he’d like the opponent to play, that’s what he would answer you: play like West Ham did. Either it’s a good matchup for us or Moyes didn’t bother to scout us at all.
We’re a fully different team when Hezze and Camara both play. It allows us to use a 3 CM system and they are both high quality players. Fortounis finally starts having big European performances and Podence looks even better than when he left. The defense is overall our problem (apart from Rodinei) but well, that’s not for today.
Feels pointless to talk about football but we once again grew into a game after starting slowly and made a big mistake in a big game. I guess those are the takeaways to fix, considering everything else.
Injuries, calls, and terrible finishing wise this has been a season from hell. Being where we are is a testament to the quality of the side. Hopefully we spoil UEFA and keep playing european football in February and March.