Davey Carlson wrote:Dutchy was a poor result all around and your bet was very unlucky to lose 88' min 2-0 (when 1-0 is perfect for them) - Greek league is stronger than Belgium league and imo Olympiacos defend better than any team anywhere. The key with my bets were Olympiacos held Arsenal at home 0-0 for 75 mins with very solid defending when they went out looking for a draw and Olympiacos got a late winner in the home leg of this fixture (after playing a steady game for 82 mins).
Even though as jolie pointed out standard were desparate to survive I would have thought Olympiacos had enough defensive power to get the result they needed.
Davey... not sure if you know... but the majority of strong sides score between 85 mins and end of ET. Sides like the Mancs, Juve, Real, Inter etc are renowned for their last 5 min bursts. You have to expect for decent sides to score at that stage of a game. Its not "unlucky". Saw a joking photo shopped picture of Sir Alex the other night with the ET board above his head saying "til we score"... quite funny really... but sums up what the good sides do. If you take a peek at when the majority of scoring occurs its at 85+ minutes.