Bruno Onyemaechi’s Olympiacos Wins Greek Super League

Bruno Onyemaechi’s Olympiakos has returned to the throne of Greek soccer after two years of absence, clinching the Super League title with its home win against AEK. The Reds won 1-0 at the Georgios Karaiskakis thanks to an Ayoub El Kaabi goal on the 55th minute that triggered wild celebrations to last for hours. With the Greek Cup Final against OFI pending (scheduled for May 17), the Piraeus team can secure the domestic double on the back of winning the Europa Conference League last season, in one of the most successful 12-month periods ever for the club that is celebrating its centenary. Panathinaikos has taken a lead in the battle for her second spot that secures the ticket to the Champions League qualifiers, with a 3-1 home victory over PAOK. The Greens were more convincing on Sunday than against AEK a week earlier, when they ad hwon by the same score. This time they led 3-0 with goals from Azzedine Ounahi and Karol Swiderski, plus an own goal by Mateusz Wieteska. PAOK got some late consolation with Giannis Konstantelias. Olympiakos has mathematically won the title with three games left to play, having 66 points. Panathinaikos is second with 56, AEK stayed on 53 and PAOK on 52. In the 5-8 playoffs, Aris has all but clinched the fifth spot with its 1-0 win over Atromitos, and can only be challenged by Asteras that defeated OFI 2-1 in Tripoli. The battle in the play-outs rages on, with Volos coming out of the drop zone through its 1-0 win over Levadiakos, while Kallithea’s 3-1 defeat at Panserraikos put it back in the penultimate place. Lamia is all but relegated after its 1-0 loss at Panetolikos. Kifissia will most likely be the team to go up from the second group of Super League 2 to the top flight, thanks to its crucial 1-0 win at rival Kalamata on Sunday. A day earlier Larissa had celebrated its promotion from the first group. “Congratulations to our own Bruno Onyemaechi who has won the Greek Super League with Olympiacos FC,” the midfielder was congratulated on Super Eagles Twitter handle now X.

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Super Eagles’ star, Onyemaechi joins Olympiakos

Super Eagles’ left back Bruno Onyemaechi has joined Greek side Olympiakos. Trendbrio.com can report. Though, the details of the transfer deal with the Greek side is undisclosed, but the Nigerian international took to his X handle formerly Twitter to disclose the move. “New home. “God is the greatest, the defender wrote after sealing the deal,” the elated defender wrote. In August 2022, Onyemaechi joined Boavista on a season-long loan with an option to buy, Boavista however triggered the option and signed him on a permanent deal in June 2023. Onyemaechi made his international debut for Nigeria, playing as a left-back for the full 90 minutes of a 6–0 victory over São Tomé and Príncipe, in the final group match of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Nigeria qualified and went all the way to the finals where they lost 1–2 to Ivory Coast.

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