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Hear, hear! Phew! For a while there a certain post here almost had me convinced as well that Villans were waiting for... an "envious and toxic" AEK fan's "negativity" to "poison" them in regard to the horrendous officiating in the first leg, as if you don't have eyes to see for yourselves or the perceptual ability to judge such things on your own... Patronizing much?
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This sounds about right, alas... You can expect Olympiacos' players to fall down --and to stay there for as long as the ref allows them to-- constantly, even when a Villa player merely brushes past them... Still, I do hope that Villa won't take all that lying down!
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Here's a general rule of thumb when it comes to predicting what every Oly fan/player/official would most likely say regarding someone about to officiate any of their matches: "He will definitely be 90% against us, but we shall win anyway!" THIS is their mentality... Any ref who is not 100% in their favour, is "against" them by definition...
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Assigning this referee for the away game after what went down last Thursday with the Italian is like adding insult to injury... Here's hoping that Villa will once again be prepared to rise to any and all challenges, whether these may be thrown by Olympiacos' players/fans or by the ref!
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They are under a lot of pressure for umpteen reasons, and not just because they're now the favourites... Here's one of them: https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1237063/hooligans-arrested-over-officer-killing/ Here's another: They're currently fourth in the Greek Superleague, which means that there's a fair chance they'll be out of any European cup for next season if they don't win the Conference League. Their fans WILL get nervy, perhaps even turn on their own team, if Villa score the first goal. Ah, there's one more important "detail" I'm sure Emerey already knows: the majority of their players are there on loan, which just might make them think twice before giving it their 110%, as I sure hope Villa's players will do!
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You hit it on the nose... Aside from that, he is the son of an ex-goalie for Oly (see what I did there with the rhyme?), who, after retiring, became a club official till his death...
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@neilski I think it is yet to be confirmed. Unfortunately, it is almost a certainty that, whoever he is, he won't be doing Villa any favours... I suppose you do know of the ties between UEFA's general secretary and Olympiacos, right?
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Thank you cordially, Villa_Vids (sadly, I haven't yet figured out how to award "hearts" to other members' posts). The part of my post you underlined is simply the truth, which is something Olympiacos' fans in particular are invariably unable to acknowledge when it's not to their liking... Trust me when I say that NEVER have another Greek club enjoyed such blatantly favourable refereeing towards them in all the decades they have been competing in European matches! In fact, AEK, the team I support in Greece, were cheated by the referees out of standing a chance to qualify in the next round of the Europa League this year; this goes for almost all of their games, against Brighton, Ajax, and Marseilles (SIX soft penalties against us, if you can believe it). Even so, last Thursday I just couldn't believe my eyes with the calls that Italian was making...
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Thank you kindly Zhan, glad to be here. As I mentioned in a post at the Welcome Forum, I'm fond of Aston Villa because of a Brummie friend of mine --and a Villan of course-- who was living here in Greece for a few decades. In regard to the officiating last Thursday, I refer you to my "cryptic" postscript in my last post; if one has the time and the willingness to do so, one can easily find on the internet many things (not everything, though, mind you) about what Olympiacos has frequently been accused of, and this will go a long way towards "explaining" that God-awful refereeing...
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Thank you kindly, Marka. One thing you should bear in mind is that Olympiacos' players are ALSO somewhat worn out, being the end of the season for them as well; not so much as Villa's players, of course, as there is no comparison whatsoever between the PL and the Greek Super League (plus, Villa, did not have the luxury of taking a week off matches in preparation for the Conference League match). All in all, I REALLY think you stand a fair chance! P.S. I won't go into all the...gory details about the reasons for which so many of us utterly loathe Olympiacos; first, all the relevant info about what sort of club they are can easily be found on the internet, and second I don't want to incur the wrath of any of their fans who may be attending this forum...
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Hi to all. I keep reading various Villans' posts saying that "you're running on fumes", and other comments to this effect. I think I speak for millions of Greeks, not only AEK fans like myself but also, presumably, Panathinaikos and PAOK fans as well, when I say that you have our fervent wishes for a glorious qualification against Olympiacos come Thursday! I just hope for two things: 1. That Emery (or the club in general) won't be thowing in the towel in order to focus strictly on finishing fourth in the PL. 2. That Villa won't have to face such horrible refereeing as the one we all --except Olympiacos; fans of course...-- witnessed last Thursday! [If only AEK, my team, had a similarly "friendly" referee for even ONE of our Europa League matches...]
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I am an AEK fan (you may remember our matches against Brighton for this year's Europa League group phase). I've always had an affinity to Villa due to a Brummie lass, a close friend of mine and a Villan, who used to live here in Greece for many years.
