Olympiacos hammer away but only break Sparta Prague after Alguacil's changes
Olympiacos beat Sparta Prague 1-0 in Piraeus with a goal built by their second-half substitutions, keeping a 100% record in the Europa League.

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Em Piraeus, no Karaiskakis Stadium, o Olympiacos derrotou o Sparta Praga nesta quinta-feira, 22, pela terceira rodada da Liga Europa, na temporada 2026/27: 1 a 0, em gol construído pelas alterações do segundo tempo. O placar magro esconde o volume dos donos da casa, que só conseguiram furar o bloqueio adversário depois das mexidas do técnico Imanol Alguacil.
Escalado em um 4-2-3-1, o time grego mandou no jogo. Terminou com 60% de posse de bola, 14 escanteios e 23 finalizações no total, retrato de uma superioridade territorial clara. A pontaria, porém, foi o problema: só três finalizações acertaram a meta de Jakub Surovčík, que fez duas defesas.
Do outro lado, o Sparta Praga se armou em um 4-3-3 comandado por Brian Priske e apostou em uma postura dura, com 13 faltas cometidas e quatro cartões amarelos. Os visitantes até finalizaram 14 vezes, mas nenhuma bola foi no gol, e o goleiro Stefan Ortega passou os 90 minutos sem precisar fazer nenhuma defesa.
Sem transformar o domínio em gol, o Olympiacos mexeu no time na etapa final. Aos 17, Armando González tomou o lugar de Roman Yaremchuk. Aos 29, Marcus Pedersen entrou no lugar de Manolis Saliakas. As trocas mudaram o placar na sequência: Pedersen deu a assistência e González balançou as redes para decretar a vitória.
Com o resultado, o Olympiacos segue entre os cinco clubes com 100% de aproveitamento na Liga Europa após três rodadas. O Sparta Praga conheceu a primeira derrota na competição e ficou parado nos quatro pontos.
Pela Liga Europa, os dois times só voltam a jogar em 5 de novembro, uma quinta-feira. O Olympiacos visita o Rennes; o Sparta Praga recebe o Bournemouth em casa.
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