Olympiacos' fourth and toughest friendly match in the Netherlands!

The “Red-and-Whites” face Ajax (4:30 p.m.), in a match that will take place at the Dutch team’s training center and offers valuable insights, as the start of the official season draws near.

Less than 24 hours earlier, Olympiacos faced Fortuna Sittard, putting in a strong performance and securing a 3-1 victory, with Zota Silva as the star of the show, who impressed in his debut by scoring a hat trick!

He opened the scoring in the 20th minute, and four minutes later found the back of the net again, chipping the ball beautifully over the opposing goalkeeper. The Dutch pulled one back in the 56th minute… but in the 58th minute, the Portuguese player… put the icing on the cake of his outstanding performance, converting a penalty earned by Martins and completing his hat trick!

A low point for the Piraeus side in the match was the injury to Sipioni, who took a blow to his shoulder and will undergo tests to determine the exact extent of his injury. In any case, he will not play in today’s friendly, and Clayton also remains sidelined. Retsos and Mouzakitis also did not play against Fortuna, while El Kaabi and Taremi remain sidelined, as they have not yet rejoined training following their participation in the World Cup.

For Olympiacos, two more friendlies against Antwerp and Alkmaar will follow on July 24–25, while their official matches in the third qualifying round of the Champions League will begin on August 4–5, when they will face one of the

As for Ajax, they had a disappointing season last year, finishing in 5th place in the Dutch Eredivisie and 18 points behind champions PSV Eindhoven, while managing to secure its place in European competition through the playoffs. In the Conference League qualifiers, it will face Serbian club Vojvodina.

*photo source: Olympiacos FC