cyberfish Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 We should win easily, but after the games against Iraklis and Ergotelis I know doubts are always in the back of our mind during such games. Besides the injured Leontiou, Karagounis, Mantzios, Cleyton, and Moon, Ten Cate left Goumas and Sousa out of the squad. Sousa was the most expensive transfer this summer for us and looks like we'll be trying to unload him fast and release a place for a foreign player. He has not shown much and Ten Cate has taken notice. Maybe it's good news for Petropoulos who can get some extra chances to prove himself. In other news, Cleyton and Karnezis were fined for violating curfew, and Ivan denied that he expressed unhappiness for his prolonged benching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfish Posted November 22, 2008 Author Share Posted November 22, 2008 The game is about to start. The lineup is in: Galinovic, Nilsson, Spyropoulos, Vintra, Sariegi, Tziolis, Simao, Gabriel, Salpigidis, Petropoulos, Ivanschitz. On the bench: Tzorvas, Melissis, Roukavina, Mattos, Gilberto, Christodoulopulos, Ninis. They reported a mere 5 or 6 thousand fans attending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfish Posted November 22, 2008 Author Share Posted November 22, 2008 Whaaaaaaa! Goal by Ivan 7' :tup: Awesome diagonal through ball from Salpi to Spyropoulos from mifield to find him in stride on the left wing; sharp, low cross by Spyropoulos and decisive shot on the move by Ivan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfish Posted November 22, 2008 Author Share Posted November 22, 2008 18' we look good going forward. We should put this one away before half-time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenTitus Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 I just saw the goal. I like Iv - he is perhaps our only midfielder who consistently gets into the box and finishes well. Not to mention that his set pieces are superb. I know he is not the most consistent performer but he's not a player a manager can overlook in a league like the Greek one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakos13 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 were decent so far.....i want a show and 3 points, not just 3 points! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfish Posted November 22, 2008 Author Share Posted November 22, 2008 :o nice dribble by Gabriel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakos13 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 0-1 in the Fishes match... ManInDrag Djordjevic the scorer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfish Posted November 22, 2008 Author Share Posted November 22, 2008 What do our defenders doing sometimes must be one of the mysteries of the universe. They let the ball bounce two and three times in front of them waiting for someone else to do something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenTitus Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 It's 0-2 at Kaftatzogleio with Konstantinou hitting the post twice for Ira. Apparently we can't count on luck. With us they had two shots and they both went in at OAKA... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfish Posted November 22, 2008 Author Share Posted November 22, 2008 H-T 1-0 It looks like the team puts the fifth gear and just cruise. No urgency and no push to score. There were a couple of little chances to score but nothing exciting. The team needs to downshift and be a little more aggressive. But it's hard to blame them. Even today our defense (with the exception of Nilsson) looks shaky once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakos13 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 well in the past, when you dont chase the goal to put them away weve end up losing points. So I hope for a much more aggressive 2nd half this is just boring too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfish Posted November 22, 2008 Author Share Posted November 22, 2008 It's 0-2 at Kaftatzogleio with Konstantinou hitting the post twice for Ira. Apparently we can't count on luck. With us they had two shots and they both went in at OAKA... I think chasing Olympiakos is futile. They have a better team right now. Besides we had them at home and failed to put them away, perhaps hopping someone else would do the job for us.Honestly I just hope we stop giving hope to teams like Thrasivoulos, Iraklis, and Ergotelis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfish Posted November 22, 2008 Author Share Posted November 22, 2008 second half about to start. Gilberto in for Tzioli. Tziolis was actually pretty good so I think it's a way to keep the players fresh for the game against Inter (both played 90 min with their NT on Wed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfish Posted November 22, 2008 Author Share Posted November 22, 2008 2-0 Petropoulos :tup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfish Posted November 22, 2008 Author Share Posted November 22, 2008 3-0 Petropoulos :nw: :nw: :nw: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfish Posted November 22, 2008 Author Share Posted November 22, 2008 in the 2-0 nice counter attack with Simao finding Salpi on the right who approached the box and send a soft pass to Petropoulos who was shadowed but was able to stop and shield the ball with his body, and to send it to the net with a quick twisting shot he sent it to the net. He did exactly what a CF should be doing in that spot! The third goal was all Salpi on another quick counter. He run straight at the defense and kept the ball all the way to the edge of the box, pulling all three available defenders towards him. Then, at the right moment he found Petropoulos who was on the right place and finished with a cool left-footed boot in the near post. Both goals with the left boot BTW.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfish Posted November 22, 2008 Author Share Posted November 22, 2008 Ma pou paei o Galinovic :unsure: He came all the way to the edge of the box to head the ball away when there were two defenders tracking the lone forward :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfish Posted November 22, 2008 Author Share Posted November 22, 2008 65' Ninis in for Salpi. That's why I am not a coach. I would have replaced Salpi at half-time, but Ten Cate left him in and he served two assists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakos13 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 come on...we should take this 5-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfish Posted November 22, 2008 Author Share Posted November 22, 2008 I would love to see two more goals too, but we play with some fluidity and we missed some good chances so far. I'd like to see a clean sheet on defense. If Thrasivoulos doesn't score it will be five games where we conceded only one goal (the one in Larissa) and I would call this progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenTitus Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 There's a huge game on Wednesday. I wouldn't expect the lads and the manager to be thinking about expanding the score right now. And, Cyber, I agree that the most important think, at this point, is that we move on to the next level, but I will always hope that we challenge OSFP for the title. There's little difference between the two teams and I don't think that it's as simple as "we didn't beat them at home so why expect others to beat them for us". In any case, if we stay close and do well in Europe (and the Cup) I will be happy PROVIDED that we improve our football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfish Posted November 22, 2008 Author Share Posted November 22, 2008 Right now the most important think would be a win at Inter. At home, all we can do now is to take care of business like we are doing today. After the euphoria of the summer we need to go back to basics. Beat everyone at home, don't give away easy scores, and convert our chances. F-T 3-0 nice and relaxing game for us. Three goals, 3-4 close chances, and Thrasivoulos not even getting near our goal. Like I said before, in the last five games we have conceded only one goal. in the five games prior to that we had conceded an average of two goals per game, so it looks like the team is working to improve on defense. I was happy to see Petropoulos score twice. He also missed a couple more sitters which tells us he was on the right spot to receive the ball. He showed some speed running with defenders, and he won two or three tough headers in the box. Other than Petropoulos Salpi and Ivan put forth valuable effort with two game-winning assists by the former, and losts hard running and a goal by the latter. Next game at Inter and after that we have the easy part of our program when I hope we can string some wins together to come a little closer to the top. I do hope that Oly loses some games, and that we can be in a position to make a win in Karaiskaki meaningful in March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenTitus Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 There's little to be said about tonight's game, really. Especially with a CL fixture at Meaza coming up. I can't even start to explain how excited I am about Wednesday and I hope a new thread is already under way on Phantis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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