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Watch the Game Highlights from Olympiakos vs. Pafos, 09/17/2025
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00:00The stage is set in Piraeus as Olympiacos mark their Champions League return after five years away
00:09and Papos announced their arrival who played in the Champions League semi-final for Inter last season
00:15scored twice as a sub on his debut on Saturday but remains in 2012
00:20Landry de Marta also makes a full debut for the club
00:24Bruno and Pepe are both former Olympiacos to get the action underway
00:29a first ever meeting between these clubs only the third between Greek and Cypriot sides in Champions League history
00:37not necessarily the way that they usually play domestically but
00:40let's demand something a little bit different perhaps
00:43there is Lukasen again
00:45and they're certainly being kept busy at the back rows in blue
00:52Ortega
00:54Lukasen is with him and staying tight to him
00:59and Papos come away with it
01:01Trakomers ball was a good one for Zsa Zsa
01:07a little bit of wiggle in which to operate
01:10and still with Zsa Zsa to have a go and it's straight out Pashalakis
01:14who jumped with it cruelly and was not extended by that
01:17but as we've seen in the previous game
01:19he is capable of the spectacular
01:21El Calvi goes down he's going to get the decision here
01:25and also never lost three successive home games in the Champions League
01:30which is also a danger for them
01:32that might have been a little harsh as well the challenge on Carola
01:43because Bruno can't commit everybody forward
01:47they do have targets to aim at here
01:50in by Pepe and then over from Goldar
01:53who was the one that got his head to it the captain
01:56Mendeleba that might have more work to do actually
01:58at half-time to try and find a way through
02:02because they can't be separated at the break
02:04that is the half-time whistle
02:05Olympiakos with all of the pressure and the possession
02:08but still without an attempt
02:10it's a big ask isn't it for Paphos
02:14to hold on from here
02:16with ten
02:16diligent determined defensive effort already
02:19has kept the Greek champions at bay
02:22double threat
02:26with Toremi now alongside him in the second half
02:29still hasn't disrupted this defence
02:33Pedence trying to change that
02:34Daniel Pedence
02:35Lukasen again with the block
02:37and it didn't quite come for El Carpi
02:39and then the effort which is straight at the goalkeeper
02:44Mikael is forced into the save this time
02:47it was hit with Paphos
02:48that was travelling
02:50but he saw it all the way
02:52they've taken a touch
02:56in goes the corner again
03:00and the goalkeeper was in the way on the line
03:03super reflex stop from Mikael this time
03:05well they're getting closer
03:08Olympiakos but now they could be stretched
03:11they could be caught on the counter
03:12Zsa Zsa with options either side
03:15and he couldn't quite pick the pass for Orsic
03:17but the challenge came in just after he'd played the pass
03:21and the referee is reaching for a card
03:23and it is all going on here
03:25as we enter the game's closing quarter
03:28what an awkward position to attempt
03:32the challenge
03:33has sent him off here
03:35but they're waiting to see
03:36as a result of the VAR check
03:38whether that is the correct call or not
03:40he's going to come across
03:41to have a look
03:42this is a massive moment in the match
03:47it could level up the numbers
03:50challenge from behind
04:02is what's left him with a potential problem
04:04not an awful lot of contact there
04:09but then the boot came back across really
04:13Zsa Zsa had already played the pass by then
04:17referee had a good view of it right behind it
04:24his decision on the field
04:27was to show the red card but VAR Katalin Popat
04:31has sent Ivankovac to the screen to have another look
04:34so there may yet be a reprieve
04:39he's having a long look at it
04:48a very long look at it
04:57here is the outcome
05:03it is a reprieve
05:07for Toremi
05:09it's a yellow rather than a red
05:11he has downgraded the colour of the card
05:14on review
05:15and maybe Toremi stays on the pitch
05:21and I think
05:28given what we've just seen
05:30it would have been a harsh red
05:32yes it wasn't wise to attempt the challenge from where he did
05:35but neither did he cleanly catch Zsa Zsa
05:39but
05:42a pathos free kick
05:45in a very productive potentially area of the pitch
05:49challenged the opponent in a reckless manner
05:53but without excessive force
05:54didn't endanger his safety
05:56that's why it's a yellow
05:57and not a red
05:58here's the free kick
05:59over the wall
06:00and just over the bar as well
06:02it was coming down
06:05goalkeeper at full stretch
06:06wasn't required
06:07well no goals
06:13but certainly no shortage of incident
06:15scored five times
06:17in their UEFA Youth League winning season
06:19a couple of campaigns ago
06:20stepping up for the seniors here
06:24they will hope
06:24that somebody can step up for them
06:26Exos on the move again
06:28Costini a wider
06:29Podence
06:31it's a clever ball
06:34Lucasen turns it away from trouble
06:37doesn't find touch with the clearance
06:40this time though
06:41back in it goes again
06:43line out for Ortega
06:44if he can control it
06:45they do still have time yet
06:47although it is pathos
06:48advancing
06:50and we haven't said that too frequently
06:51certainly in the second half
06:53Lange trying to get in behind
06:56didn't have the room
06:57Sunic will get a foot in
07:00now Orsic
07:01and this is more promising
07:03for Dragomir
07:04only a glimpse of goal
07:06for Vlad Dragomir
07:07none of the Cypriot side
07:12really have had too many of those
07:13tonight
07:14Costini up
07:20battling for it this summer
07:21and the ninth successive season
07:26in the top flight of Cypriot football
07:28well can't be the target
07:31does help it
07:31but no more than that
07:33extended by it
07:34but he found a bit more room
07:36this time
07:36league success
07:38I mentioned the goal that he scored
07:39in extra time
07:40at the final against Fiorentina
07:41he got both against Aston Villa
07:43in the semi-final as well
07:45in May of last year
07:47for them to run it back at them
07:50one last time maybe
07:51not like that
07:55the pass aimed for
07:57Pedence was cut out
07:58and Anderson instead
07:59is on the charge
07:59at the other end
08:00he's not going to reach it
08:01Pesciolakis has been a spectator
08:03in this second half
08:04barely mentioned his name
08:05gets to that first
08:06but they're out of time
08:07and they have to settle
08:09for a point
08:09it is a famous point
08:11for Papos
08:12their first in Champions League history
08:14we'll see you next time
08:17we'll see you next time
08:18we'll see you next time
08:18as we go to the next one
08:19bye
08:20bye
08:21bye
08:21bye
08:22bye
08:22bye
08:22bye
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