Olympiacos players celebrate their side s second goal during the Europa League Group D soccer match between Olympiacos and Antwerp in Piraeus port, near Athens, Greece, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. Olympiacos won 2-1. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
ATHENS — Olympiacos started his program in the UEFA Europa League’s group stage with a win, prevailing 2-1 over Antwerp in Karaiskakis Stadium.
The “red-and-whites” opened the score with El Arabi at 52’. Even though the away side got the equaliser, they conquered the three points thanks to Reabciuk’s goal at 87’, thus achieving their first victory in this competition’s group D.
Olympiacos (Martins): Vaclik, Reabciuk, Cisse, Papastathopoulos, Karbownik, M’Vila (76’ Valbuena), Bouchalakis, M. Camara (81’ Kunde), A. Camara (81’ Vrousai), Onyekuru (81’ Tiquinho), El Arabi (88’ Ou. Ba).
EUROPA LEAGUE RESULTS
Victor Osimhen scored twice for Napoli to surge back from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Leicester. The English club was heading for a win before Osimhen headed in his second in the 87th minute. Leicester then had to hang on for a point when midfielder Wilfred Ndidi was sent off in stoppage time for a second yellow card.
West Ham earned a comfortable 2-0 win at Dinamo Zagreb after Michail Antonio intercepted a backpass for the opening goal and Declan Rice scored in his 150th game for the club. It was Rice's European debut for West Ham, which last played in the 2016-17 Europa League.
Galatasaray beat Lazio 1-0 with a bizarre goal when Lazio defender Manuel Lazzari's attempted clearance shot straight up into the air and goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha fumbled it into his own net as he tried to catch. Real Betis recovered from 2-0 down to beat Celtic 4-3.
THESSALONIKI — Greek police arrested 15 fans of Israeli soccer club Maccabi Tel Aviv after finding them in possession of smoke bombs, flares and firecrackers before a Europa Conference League match against Aris.
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
NEW YORK – Greek-American Cornell University senior Bryce Demopoulos rescued a man who had fallen on the subway tracks at the Third Avenue-138 Street station on the No.
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