Hellas Football

  Marcelo: The Successful Failure? By Stephen Kountourou Throughout Olympiakos 97 year history, the club has always been able to attract some of the biggest names in world football. While they have arrived in Piraeus, generally at the tail end of their careers, it has still created significant national and international attention. Examples like Rivaldo, Giovanni, Saviola, Cambiasso and even current players like Mathieu Valbuena and James Rodriguez have all passed through Thrylos after having experienced careers at the very top of the beautiful game.   Even with the recent signing of Rodriguez, the biggest of the last decade was undoubtedly the signing of Brazilian and former Real Madrid legend Marcelo. Unfortunately, six months later the 34-year-old and the club mutually agreed to terminate his year-long contract with Marcelo becoming a free agent. But the question remains, why did it not work out for the former Champions League winner in Piraeus? In a sense, there are aspects of the t

What does Aris really need from their new manager to succeed? By Nikolas fil Hours after the 1-0 defeat to Ionikos, Aris announced that they are parting ways with English manager Alan Pardew. But wait we’ve seen this before, in fact since the 04/05 season there isn’t a single Aris manager that finished the season at the top flight as the manager of the club, except Akis Matzios. T oday we will see what Aris’ new manager needs to do, to you know at least finish the season in Thessaloniki. This season Aris concede 0.9 goals per game ranking 5th in the Superleague for this particular category. They score 1 goal per g ame on average sitting, again 5th in this category. The new manager needs to try and make Aris more solid at the back, but he also needs to try new things in the attacking third. He might have to drop Gray for Kamara, after his good start to the season scoring 5 times in 4 European games. Gray’s form has been awful, with the Jamaican international finding the back of the net

  Olympiakos: 2022/23 January Transfer Window Fire Sale  By Stephen Kountourou Pipa Avila  Right-Back   25 Years Old  €600k to Ludogorets Having arrived last summer, Gonzalo Avila, or Pipa, was seen as the backup for the marquee signing Sime Vrsaljko. However, the Spaniard found himself as the starting right back with his Croatian counterpart's consistent injury problems. Despite a solid start to life in Piraeus, Avila was the culprit for a foul in the dying moments of the derby against Panathinaikos. This ultimately led to a penalty and Olympiakos dropping points in a game they were seconds from winning. Although he continued to be a regular starter until the world cup break, Michel deemed Avila surplus to requirements and he was sold towards the end of the January transfer window to Bulgarian side Ludogorets.  Tomas Vaclik Goalkeeper 33 Years Old Free Transfer to Huddersfield Town After coming in last season and having a very solid 2021/22 campaign Tomas Vaclik looked as th