Chelsea did not start the new season very confidently, although Frank Lampard’s team was able to avoid failure. In the Premier League the retirees occupy seventh place in the table after seven rounds with 12 points in the asset, but they are only one point behind the Champions League zone. The only real failure of Chelsea in the new season was the fight with Liverpool in the second round of the championship, where they lost with a score of 0:2 at home. This defeat remains the only one as of today. There was also a relegation from Tottenham in the League Cup, but the pensioners lost only in a penalty shootout. Chelsea faced no problems in the final round against Burnley. A 3:0 win extended the team’s unbeaten streak to nine games, the last two of which ended with major clean sheets. In the Champions League Chelsea could not beat Sevilla at home in the first round, scoring a goalless draw with them, but in the second round they defeated Krasnodar with a score 4:0 away and became the leaders of the quartet.
Olympiacos started in the Champions League group stage with a victory over Marseille (1:0), but in the next round they could not cope with Porto (0:2) on the road, for which we made a forecast. This result brought the Piraeus club a third position, which could bring a ticket to the Europa League playoffs. Traditionally, guests have problems in the attacking line, where they managed to distinguish themselves only once. During a short transfer pause, central midfielder Pepe from Vitoria (3 million) and central forward Ahmed Hassan from Braga (2 million) moved to guests. In addition to them, several positions were strengthened with rental players. The start of the new Greek Super League tournament was successful for the “legend”. After five rounds, the “red-whites” have four wins and a draw, which brought them 13 points and the second position. It should be noted the play of the defense line, which conceded only one goal. In the last game, Pedro Martins’ wards beat Apollo Smirnis at home (2:0). There are losses in the team. Ba, Kamara and El Sudani fell ill with coronavirus.
