Early enough, the Legend tried to impose its pace and kept good ball possession. Some goal-scoring chances were lost and our side seemed to have control of the match, however failing to score the opener. The first half ended in a 0-0 draw for Olympiacos and Panachaiki.
The second half broke with Olympiacos building up the pressure. The action was located more around Panachaiki’s goalmouth, however the Patras outfit counter-attacked well and Olympiacos had to be careful with his defense. In 73’, Vergos entered the match and a few minutes later he fired past Mpalasakis, following a deflection on a defending opponent, to make it 1-0!
in the reaming time, Olympiacos tried to double his lead. However, it was 1-0 until the final whistle signaling our side’s victorious kick-off match for its Greek Cup campaign.
OLYMPIACOS: Megyeri, Vouros, Avlonitis, Siovas, Giannoulis, N’Dinga, Fortounis, Gazaryan (46’ Durmaz), Mpouchalakis (63’ Fuster), Diamantakos (73’ Vergos), Benitez.
