The Citizen (KZN)

Khaya’s picks

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Olympiakos find themselves in a complicate­d situation in their European campaign. They face an uphill task against Italian giants AC Milan in the Europa League.

The Greek side head into tomorrow’s clash knowing that they need a resounding win to qualify, following their 3-1 loss at the San Siro earlier in this group.

Real Betis have managed to wrap up a place in the next round, and the Spaniards are expected to finish top. They head to F91 Dudelange this week, so they’re likely to claim the result they need to take first place. That leaves everything on the line in this clash in Greece.

Olympiakos have no option but to attack and leave gaps at the back. Milan are likely to take full advantage.

Milan have faltered in Europe of late, but they responded with a 5-2 win over Luxembourg’s Dudelange in the previous round of matches.

The Rossoneri’s only issue is that they’re going to need to rotate for tomorrow’s encounter, as they can’t afford to lose major players at this stage of the season. I think they have enough firepower to win this one.

Pool Name: S6 V2 P1 M1:

AEK Larnaca v Bayer Leverkusen. Away win for Leverkusen. Leverkusen = 3 Celtic FC v Salzburg. Share of the spoils. Draw = 2 FC Copenhagen v Bordeaux. Home victory for Copenhagen. Copenhagen = 1 Dinamo Zagreb v Anderlecht. Win for Dinamo. Dinamo = 1 Olympiakos Piraeus v AC Milan. Previewed above. Milan = 3 Slavia Prague v Zenit St Petersburg. Home win for Slavia.

TIP: M2: TIP: M3: TIP: M4: TIP: M5: TIP: M6: TIP:

Slavia = 1

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