In the second leg of the 1/8 finals of the Europa League, English Wolverhampton hosted the Greek Olympiacos. The guests had to score, because only the “wolves” were happy with a goalless draw. Nuno Espirito Santo's charges decided not to play to keep the score from the first minutes of the match, immediately going on the attack. The hosts made several meaningful attacks, but they did not lead to a goal. Allen's blunder led to him, who let the ball go far away in the penalty area, after which he knocked down Podense. Subsequently, Jimenez approached the ball and confidently converted the penalty - 1: 0.

Taking the lead, Wolves calmed down, giving the ball to the opponent. At first, the guests walked rather hesitantly forward, not moving towards the gate of Patricio.. The hosts returned the ball to themselves for a while and even scored, but Jimenez's goal was not counted due to an attack foul. A few minutes after that, Pedro Martins' charges created the first real opportunity to score - Tsimikas beat Masuras and shot into the near corner, and Patriciu turned the ball to the corner. The “red-whites” continued to have a lot of possession of the ball in the opponent's half of the field, but no longer posed a threat to Patricio's goal.

In one of the episodes, the Greeks still scored and even celebrated the goal, but then it was canceled due to the minimum offside position. After that Olympiacos continued to attack and could score after a free kick, but Cisse did not manage to reach the ball in an attempt to close the far post. Towards the end of the first half of the meeting, the hosts calmed the game, taking her away from their half of the field. Jimenez could have scored a spectacular goal by Rabona, but his beautiful shot lacked accuracy. Until the end of the first 45-minute, the teams no longer created any sharpness, so they went for a break with a minimal advantage of the "

After the resumption of the game, the hosts took the ball under their control, but stayed in the wrong half of the field for a short time. They quickly gave up the initiative to their opponent, who tried to equalize the score as soon as possible.. The game was revived by the exit of Fortunis, who was finishing his team with sharpness ahead. At the end of one of the attacks, El Arabi could have closed Valbuena's serve, but did not reach the ball, missing his chance. Over time, the Wolves calmed the game and could even score with the efforts of Podense, but Allen coped with his shot, pulling the ball out from under the crossbar.

Two minutes later, Boli could have distinguished himself, who was supposed to take advantage of the rebound of the ball in someone else's penalty area, but the defender did not hit the goal. After a burst of activity from the hosts, the “red-whites” returned the ball to themselves and soon got another chance to level the score, but El Arabi managed not to hit the goal at close range, forgiving the opponent. After that, Martins' charges continued to attack, but for a while the pressure on someone else's penalty area faded away.

Then the guests nevertheless began to threaten the opponent's goal, but at first they almost brought a goal into their. Ba presented the ball to Jota in his half of the field, after which Diogo was supposed to close the game, but the Portuguese did not realize a one-on-one exit with Allen. Already in the response attack, Guilherme could restore parity with a powerful blow from outside the penalty area, but he just lacked accuracy. After a few more minutes, Olympiacos seemed to score, but Patricio heroically saved his team by dragging Ahmed Hassan's header in brilliant style..

Closer to the end of the meeting, the “wolves” took the game away from their half of the field, and did not particularly try to create any sharpness on someone else's side, contenting themselves with playing on hold. Until the final whistle, the guests no longer managed to create a single dangerous moment, there was not even a hint of the final assault. Santa's charges played the ending of the fight, unlike its main part, quite confidently, bringing the match to its logical conclusion.

As a result, the Wolves retained a minimal victory that brought them a ticket to the quarterfinals..

In the quarter-finals, Wolverhampton will play with the Spanish Seville on August 11. The match kicks off at 22:00 Kyiv time.

Wolverhampton - Olympiacos 1: 0 (first leg - 1: 1).

Goal: Jimenez, 8 (penalty) Wolverhampton: Patricio - Pain, Cody, Saiss - Doherty, Neves, Moutinho, Honni (Vinagre, 17) - Traore (Jota, 57), Jimenez, Podense (Dendonker, 71) Olympiacos: Allen.