Europa League opener: Alguacil is shaking up the eleven
Olympiacos open the Europa League at home against Jagiellonia Bialystok on Wednesday at 21:00 CEST at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium (1). Imanol Alguacil is planning at least three changes to the starting eleven (1).
The names in the mix: Fortunis, Sa, Popovic, Garcia, Sipioni, Roca, Clayton, Yaremchuk, El Kaabi, Chiquinho, Pirola, Zelson, Gonzales, Ese, Freuler, Puerta, Bruno and Tiknizyan (1).
A German referee for Wednesday
UEFA appointed Harm Osmers to take charge of Olympiacos against Jagiellonia (2). His assistants are Christian Gittelmann and Christian Dietz, with Florian Exner as fourth official and Sören Storks and Pascal Müller on VAR (2).
No Bruma return
Bruma, who played for you in 2020/21, is not coming back to Piraeus. He leaves Benfica and signs for Aris Thessaloniki (3). He had been at Benfica since January 2025 (3).
Fan reactions
The talk on r/soccer is Bruma's next stop, with the move to Aris confirmed and his Olympiacos spell from 2020/21 getting another mention. Not much nostalgia for a return to Piraeus among fans. See the thread
