ARSENAL’S Europa League opponents Olympiacos qualified for the Greek Cup semi-finals thanks to a hilarious late goal.
And the Gunners might want to have a look as it show they will have to be constantly focused when they clash with the same team that threw them out of Europe last year.
Olympiacos ace Andreas Bouchalakis outsmarted Aris goalkeeper Julian Cuesta
Bouchalakis ssnuck up behind the goalkeeper in the Greek Cup
The reigning Greek champions faced Aris in the quarter-finals’ return fixture away on Thursday and were trailing 1-0 following Bruno Gama’s opener that made it 2-2 on aggregate in the hosts’ favour due to the away goals rules.
Time was running out and the Salonika outfit were getting close to a famous victory that would see the Greek giants eliminated from the competition.
But Andreas Bouchalakis saw an opening in the 87th minute.
With Bouchalakis loitering by Aris’ goal, keeper Julian Cuesta failed to check behind him and LITERALLY dropped the ball.
That was when ex-Nottingham Forest ace Bouchalakis seized his opportunity as he sprinted towards the ball to pick it up from an utterly shocked Cuesta and score the goal that took Pedro Martins’ men through to the semi-finals.
The cheeky strike sparked wild celebrations from the Olympiacos players and their staff.
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Arsenal are drawn with Olympiacos in the Last 16 of the Europa League and are determined to avoid the same miserable fate they suffered last year.
The Greek giants eliminated Mikel Arteta’s men in the round of 32 thanks to Youssef El Arabi’s late winner in extra-time at the Emirates.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang missed a sitter that would have got Arsenal through in the very last second of stoppage time.
Olympiacos ace Andreas Bouchalakis’ cheeky goal got his team through to the semi-finals
Olympiacos won 2-1 that night and went through thanks to away-goals rules with an aggregate of 2-2.
The defending Greek champions have proven to have a flare for the dramatic in recent weeks as they made it through to the Last 16 of the Europa League thanks to a late goal by Ahmed Hassan against PSV Eindhoven last month.
The Piraeus outfit also picked up a last-gasp victory over Volos on Monday thanks to ex-Sunderland star Yann M’Vila’s winner.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
