The youth team of Olympiacos achieved a legendary qualification to the UEFA Youth League quarter-finals by defeating Sturm Graz 5-4 in a penalty shootout, following a 1-1 draw in regular time, in Austria. The scoring opened in the 62nd minute for Olympiacos with a header from Antonis Papakanellos, while the hosts equalized in the 90+3rd minute through Koïta with a close-range finish.
The “red-and-whites” are now one match away from the Final Four in Switzerland, as they will face Red Bull Salzburg away in the next round in early April (1st or 2nd).
Penalties:
1-0 Mustafic
1-1 Prekates
2-1 Schopp
2-2 Dama
3-2 Wolf
3-3 Toufakis
4-3 Hodl
4-4 Filis
4-4 Kern (Kouraklis save)
4-5 Liatsikouras
Sturm Graz (C. Wurm): Lorenz, Schopp, Burger (90+1′ Heuserer), Kern, Gurmann (75′ Osayantin), Wolf, Afrifa (75′ Weinhandl), Grgic (62′ Koita), Pirker (90+1′ Bakhty), Mustafic, Hodl.
OLYMPIACOS (R. Pitau): Kouraklis, Alafakis, Karkatsalis, Pleionis (43′ Plish), Liatsikouras, Papakanellos (81′ Yusuf), Pnevmonidis (81′ Toufakis), Sillah (70′ Filis), Prekates, Rolakis, Dama.
