Alguacil's first thinking for Marseille
Olympiacos 1–0 Panathinaikos on Sunday, and the derby is already in the rearview. Imanol Alguacil has turned the squad's full attention to Thursday's Europa League trip to Marseille at the Vélodrome (3). He is working through his eleven now, with the squad list running from Ortega in goal through Retsos, Pirola, Carmo, Salyakas and Pedersen across the back, and Tiknizyan, Froyler, Puerta, Esse, Chiquinho, Zelson and Zota in the middle (3).
Up top the options are Marius, Gonzalez, Yaremchuk, El Kaabi, Popovic and Garcia (3). Kickoff Thursday at 21:00 CEST.
Your team is third in the Super League on 13 points from six games, with a run of D L W W W (3).
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3,500 tickets to Marseille, and nothing official yet
Olympiacos fans heading to the Vélodrome are waiting on news about a possible ban. Nothing is official (8). The 3,500 tickets issued stand (5). Strikes in France also affect anyone still sorting out travel (5).
Boudaoui, Nice, and January
Olympiacos are in talks over Hicham Boudaoui ahead of January (9). He is moving toward the exit at OGC Nice after a transfer to Al-Ittihad collapsed last summer (9). Antonio Cordon and Laurent Abergel are named in the reporting (9). Nothing is signed.
Panathinaikos made nearly double their usual mistakes
Panathinaikos committed close to twice their average number of errors in the derby at Faliro, their first defeat of the season (7). Your 1–0 win on Sunday came on the back of a rival's worst night of the year.
Panetolikos away on Sunday, then Sparta Prague at home on Thursday, October 22.
