Olympiacos 1-0 Nottingham Forest: Cooper's side fall to friendly loss

Olympiacos 1-0 Nottingham Forest: Former Red Patjim Kasami scores the only goal of the game as Steve Cooper’s side fall to their second defeat during World Cup break in Greece

  • Patjim Kasami scored the only goal of the game as the Greek side took victory
  • The former Forest player headed in from a corner in the first-half of the match
  • It was the Premier League’s side second defeat this week during break in Greece 

Former Nottingham Forest player Patjim Kasami scored the only goal of the game as Olympiacos took a 1-0 victory over the Premier League side.

Kasami, who was loaned out to Forest by the Greek side during the 2016-17 season, headed home from a corner in the first-half.

Forest made a host of changes during the match in a bid to mount a fight-back, but Steve Cooper’s side suffered their second defeat in Greece – after Tuesday’s 3-2 loss to Atromitos. 

Olympiacos players celebrate Patjim Kasami’s goal in a friendly victory for the Greek side

It was Steve Cooper’s side’s second defeat of their World Cup break in Greece this week

MATCH FACTS

Olympiacos: Tzolakis; Reabciuk, Retsos (Kalogeropoulos 70), Sokratis, Vrousai (Leidner 70); M’Vila, Kasami, Camara; Pep Biel; Fortounis (Bowler 70), El Arabi

Goal: Kasami 40

Nottingham Forest: Henderson; Aurier (Loic Mbe Soh (90), Boly (Worrall 46), McKenna (Cook 46), Lodi (Toffolo 61); Colback (Dennis 61), Mangala (O’Brien 46), Yates; Gibbs-White (Surridge 82), Lingard (Awoniyi 46), Johnson (Scarpa 61)

Forest had a number of chances early on as Willy Boly headed a Morgan Gibbs-White free-kick straight at the opposite goalkeeper.

They failed to convert their domination into possession before Kasami headed in after 38 minutes.  

Youssef El Arabi could have doubled the hosts’ lead when he was played through, but he sent his effort over the bar. 

Serge Aurier, Brennan Johnson and Gibbs-White all went close to netting an equaliser after the break but Olympiacos were able to hold on. 

Nottingham Forest midfielder Jack Colback chases down Olympiacos’ Youssef El-Arabi

Pep Biel (right) looks to sprint away from Nottingham Forest defender Willy Boly




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