The visitors had control of the game with good ball circulation and many goalscoring opportunities, especially in the second half, but were unable to turn them into a goal, leading them to this defeat. Moreover, at 91 minutes, the referee denied Olympiacos a penalty committed on Torosidis and along with it, the team’s chance to equalize the match.
Earlier, at 52 minutes, Vlachodimos had given the lead (1-0) to Xanthi with his shot over Megyeri’s head.
REFEREE: Konstantineas (Messinia)
SCORERS: 52′ Vlachodimos
YELLOW CARDS: Vassilakakis, Viviani – Torosidis
SKODA XANTHI: Viviani, Komesidis, Baxevanidis, Vallas, Edimar, Vassilakakis (90′ Kazakis), Dan, Vlachodimos, Marcelo (68′ Fliskas), Poy (85′ Souanis), Marcovski.
OLYMPIACOS F.C.: Megyeri, Modesto (62′ Torosidis), A. Papadopoulos, Mellberg, Marcano, Orbaiz (67′ Diogo), Maniatis, Ibagaza, Abdoun (81′ Fuster), Fetfatzidis, Pantelic.
