2024-02-08 04:55:00
“You leave, you come” continues unabated at Olympiakos. The “red and whites” after the… tsunami of transfers in January, seem to be proceeding with a change of coach, as since yesterday morning the Dutchman Pascal Janssen is in Athens, in order to succeed Carlos Carvalhal, who had replaced Diego Martinez!
Although there had been no official statement from Olympiakos until late yesterday, as the crucial meeting between Vangelis Marinakis and Janssen was pending, in Portugal they considered the end of Carvalhal on the “red and white” bench as a given, with A Bola stressing that they are following him way with Pedro Alves who was removed a few 24 hours ago when Darko Kovacevic took over as the club’s sporting director.
Great qualification of the U19 over Inter in the “16” of the Youth League.
Pascal Jansen left the Alkmaar bench two months ago, after about 3.5 years and 162 matches, while Vangelis Pavlidis and Pantelis Hatzidiakos were established during his time at the Dutch club. Also for many years he was a coach in club academies, among them Eindhoven. The 51-year-old Dutch technician, born in London, was yesterday at “G. Karaiskakis” to watch Olympiakos’ match against Inter for the Youth League, with the “little red and whites” celebrating a great qualification to the “16”, as they beat Inter in the play-offs of the competition 6-5 on penalties (0 -0 the normal duration). Piraeus will find out tomorrow their opponent in the next phase, which will result from Milan, Copenhagen, Feyenoord, Lance, Manchester City, Porto, Real and Salzburg. In fact, the president of Olympiakos Vangelis Marinakis was in the locker room and congratulated the players. “Give us the joy that the elders deprived us of,” he told them, among other things.
• Forty-three years have passed today since the greatest tragedy that has marked Greek football, that of Thira 7, on the steps of which 21 fans lost their lives after the end of the match between Olympiakos and AEK. The established memorial service for the victims will be held at 15.00 at the memorial site at “G. Karaiskakis”.
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