#greek-super-league

#greek-super-league

Athens is a place you feel, not see. The beauty and soul of the city is laced into the way of life - the small moments and exchanges that happen daily - rather than in immaculately preserved monuments, museums and high streets like those of other European capitals.

The table is so tight that the title race and the fight to survive relegation looks like going to the wire, with teams battling for Europe still also looking over their shoulder at the relegation zone.

Barcelona Femení emerged from the courageous initiative of 18-year-old Immaculada 'Imma' Cabecerán in 1970, who convinced the then Barça president to establish a women's team despite the ban on women's football in Spain at the time.

Ireland were cannibalised by their own emotions as the irrepressible energy slowly lapsed with fatigue.

To be honest, I probably put some of the blame on myself. I had a lot of chances to score and I didn't. It wasn't good enough in front of goal.

"It's the first time in 18 games that I had to have a go. I didn't like that I had to do that. We were passive in the first half, passing side to side, that was not us."

It pains me that a figure like Lamine had to go through that. The image Spain has projected is not the one I know. It's a disgrace. Lamine didn't deserve what he went through.

It'll be another difficult game. We had some great chances in the league clash that we didn't capitalise on. That contributed to the course of the game. Of course, you can't blank out the atmosphere. As a player, you're in the tunnel and don't notice everything, but that, you do notice, of course. But starting the game better, coupled with our own quality and our own build-up play and getting the opener, we can dampen the atmosphere. That can make a big difference.

Olympiacos are likely to line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation against Bayer Leverkusen. Konstantinos Tzolakis will be in goal and will have Costinha, Panagiotis Retsos, Giulian Biancone and Francisco Ortega in front of him in defence. Dani Garcia and Santiago Hezze will be the two holding midfielders. Yusuf Yazici, Chiquinho and Gelson Martins will be deployed in attacking midfield. Mehdi Taremi will lead the line for Olympiacos.