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Olympiacos coach Pedro Martins eyeing upset against Manchester City

Pedro Martins' side are second in their domestic league after five matches
Pedro Martins' side are second in their domestic league after five matches

Olympiacos coach Pedro Martins believes his side have the opportunity to "achieve something great" as they face Manchester City in the Champions League.

The Greek champions travel to England for their third match in Group C of this season's competition on Tuesday.

The club have a dismal record in the country having won just twice in 17 visits, but the most recent of those wins came against Arsenal in the Europa League in February.

"We are happy to play in England and it is surely a great chance to achieve something great," said Martins at his pre-match press conference. "I hope we will achieve that."

Martins’ side opened this season’s campaign with a last-gasp victory over Marseille before suffering a 2-0 defeat at Porto last week.

The Portuguese, whose side are unbeaten in the Greek Super League this term, feels they have performed well and has no intention of changing tactics at the Etihad Stadium.

He said: "We know it is a hard game and we have to be on top of our game. Against Porto we had many opportunities to score but committed some big mistakes.

"He we have to be very careful and focused and patient in order to get a decent result.

"We are not going to have a different approach. We know about the strengths of Man City. We have to be patient and mentally strong."

Olympiacos will be without Kostas Fortounis through injury but fellow midfielder Andreas Bouchalakis hopes to prove his fitness. Mady Camara is set to feature after recovering from Covid-19.

Camara said: "The first few days I was pretty weak but then I felt much better and trained in the house. Now the most important thing is the game."

Olympiacos dropped into last season’s Europa League after finishing third in a group that included Tottenham and eventual winners Bayern Munich. Their run came to an end with narrow defeat to the third English team they faced during the season, Wolves, in the last 16.

"The only thing on our minds is this game," said Guinea midfielder Camara, 23.

We are focused and our goal is to get as many points as possible. We are not thinking about last year’s matches."

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