Slovan never hit the goal, he was betrayed by the standards: We did not get such goals even in preparation – Sports

PIREUS – Olympiakos Piraeus confirmed the role of the favorite without any problems and in the opening match of the playoffs of the European Football League he won over Slovan Bratislava with a class difference of 3: 0. At the home stadium, Karaiskakis has made his mark three times in standard situations and will bring a comfortable lead to revenge, which is scheduled for next Thursday at 8.45 pm in Tehelná pole.

The “whites” wanted to get more from the first meeting, but they do not give up before the home duel and try to fight for promotion to the EL group. Even if they fail to do so, they are sure to participate in the group phase of the European Conference League.

The home team had a significant game (possession of the ball 63 percent) and shooting advantage when they sent 17 shots, seven of them on the opponent’s goal. Slovan fired only once and out of three poles. Piraus broke through on the left 37 minutes into the game, with Slovana firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 – 0 lead. After 52 minutes, following yet another great corner, Pape Abou Cisse knocked the ball to the limit of Pape Abou Cisse’s reach, who just couldn’t put it in the net.

We were not very dangerous

“A better team won. We kept pace with the first goal anyway. We prepared for Valbuen and his standard situations, but we got three goals out of them. We lost the fight on the first pole twice and scored our own goal. that Olympiakos had, we did not collect, especially in the first half we were supported by Adrián Chovan, but we collected three times from bounced or dotted balls and after losing fights, which we did not play as before. “We were a little dangerous, we didn’t have a direct shot, maybe one outside the goal. Olympiakos was better and he needs to be congratulated. We have to prepare for revenge to play the home game with dignity in front of our own fans.” said coach Vladimír Weiss Sr., who was not satisfied with the performance of his charges.

If so, he could at least enjoy the performance of the goalkeeper. Chovan performed several good interventions in the first half and kept Slovan in the game. “We got three goals from standard situations, which is a huge pity. It shouldn’t happen to us, we have to see where we made mistakes. From this point of view, we may have deserved a minor loss, as we did not collect directly from the game. However, Olympiakos showed his high quality, after a goal of 3: 0 he skillfully shredded the game and controlled the match until the end, we have to learn from what happened today. To help the guys, I tried to do my best and I believe that I will bounce back from the interventions I had, especially in the first half, “ Chovan told the club’s official website.

We knew it would be hard here

Even the tracker Myenta Abena did not hide his disappointment after the match, according to which the individual qualities in the 37th team of the European Football Union rankings decided: “It’s an unpleasant result, we are disappointed. We knew it would be difficult here, and so it was. Olympiakos held the ball well, showed great individual quality. We almost survived the first half, it’s a pity that we collected there after the standard situation “In the end, after the substitutions, I felt that we could still do something ahead, but we didn’t get a better chance.”

Slovan has nothing to lose in retaliation, as even in the event of a loss, he will present himself in the group stage of EKL. He can go into the match without unnecessary nervousness and try to be surprised. “We have to take as much knowledge as possible from retaliation today. It’s unpleasant, but we have a second half ahead of us and we don’t give up anything before retaliation. We have to keep going.” added Abena.

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