Olympiakos manager Pedro Martins has lavished praise on his players by saying that he has never been part of a brilliant group like this before. Martins was speaking after Olympiakos were able to pick up the Greece Super League title by managing a 2-1 home victory over OFI Crete.
Olympiakos were able to confirm their success in the Greek Super League after a 2-1 home victory over OFI. As a result of this win, Olympiakos have been able to open up a 22 point advantage. Even if PAOK’s seven point deficit is overturned, they would not be able to catch Olympiakos in the remaining matches. After confirmation of their league title success, manager Pedro Martins said that this was indeed a special year on a personal and professional level. As one of the most successful teams in the Greek region, Olympiakos were hoping to pick up the first league title since 2016-17.
Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers are having an impressive run this term. They are pressing to make the final cut for the UEFA Champions League next season. They currently place sixth but with the same number of points as fifth-placed Manchester United at 52 points. Both sides are two points away from Chelsea in fourth place and three points away from struggling Leicester City side in third place. This makes it a very interesting run in the final eight games.
Arsenal are looking to bring in Ousseynou Ba, who is the defender atOlympiakos, in the summer transfer window. The Gunners came up against the Senegalese defender during the knockout rounds of the Europa League and the immense performances put in by the 24-year-old have attracted the attention. Arsenal are not in the best shape with the club going through a transition. A number of players that have been signed recently have not turned out to be good options and Arsenal remain in the market for more new players.
Olympiakos face the threat of relegation for various allegations like match fixing and corruption, according to a radio station in Athens.Atromitos are also part of the scandal that has just erupted at a time when world football has been brought to a stop. Owners Evangelos Marinakis and Giorgos Spanos along with the Portuguese manager Ricardo Sa Pinto have been held responsible for inducing match fixing and corruption in Greek soccer. A total of 15 persons have been named in the accusations, which claimed that they try to profit by betting on the results.
With the Euro 2020 moved to 2021 and the Tokyo Olympics moved to 2021 as well, there were certain calls to move the World Cup from 2022 by a year as well. However, as at press time FIFA was yet to give such announcement.
Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has confirmed that N’Golo Kante won’t return to action for three weeks at the least after picking up a fresh muscular problem. The France international has endured an injury-plagued campaign this season and he was recently substituted after just 10 minutes into the Premier League clash against Manchester United.
Arsenal defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos has praised the impact made by Mikel Arteta since taking charge as the club’s head coach. The Gunners recently returned to winning ways in the Premier League with a 2-0 triumph over Manchester United and they were thoroughly in control of the New Year’s Day clash.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is heavily touted for a return to European football with Napoli and AC Milan showing a lot of interest in the player. The 38-year-old’s contract with LA Galaxy comes to a close in the next few months and he has not shown any interest in renewing this deal. Manager Guillermo, who was unable to get the club to success in the play-offs, says that Ibrahimovic is likely to end his career while playing for a European club. At 38 years of age, the Swede does not have a lot of time left in the game.
Robert Lewandowski was able to help Bayern Munich get a crucial victory over Olympiakos after a 3-2 success. This helped Bayern stay top of their group in the Champions League. This was far from a comfortable victory for Bayern and it was a far cry from the 7-2 victory that the club had over Tottenham in the previous round. There was disappointment for manager Niko Kovac with Javi Martinez and Lucas Hernandez going off with injuries. The result was a major disappointment for the Greek club considering that they took the lead through El-Arabi in the 23rd minute.