Against the more prepared Ajax, Olympiacos played in the Netherlands in the first friendly of their summer preseason ahead of the new year.
The “Reds” were defeated 1-0, but they showed quite a few good elements against an opponent that is to play an official match in one week, specifically the qualifiers for the UEFA Europa League.
Olympiacos had many missed opportunities, especially in the second half of the friendly match, while the goal that decided the game was scored by Forbes in the 44th minute when he came face-to-face and made it 1-0.
Ajax (Francesco Farioli): Pasveer, Rensch, Sutalo, Janse, Wijndal, Henderson, Banel, Taylor, Akpom, Fitz-Jim, Forbs.
OLYMPIACOS (Jose Luis Mendilibar): Paschalakis (46′ Anagnostopoulos), Costinha (46′ Rodinei), Abbey (46′ Retsos), Koutsidis (68′ Biancone), Apostolopoulos (46′ Ortega), Bakoulas, Ntoi (46′ Mouzakitis), Chiquinho, Biel (68′ Papakanellos), Masouras, Kostoulas (46′ Martins).