Not what we were hoping for.
So Friday evening comes and PAO draws 1-1 with Xanthi at home. Saturday evening comes and Iraklis beat Olympiakos 2-1. Looks like Sunday may turn out to be a pretty good day I was thinking… and then AEK loses 2-1 to Kerkyra. The game was played in Patra since Kerkyra’s stadium was not yet up...
Europa League Group Stage Draw: Not Bad At All
The draw, which took place in Monaco, is done and AEK find themselves in relatively easy Group G with Zenit St. Petersburg, RSC Anderlecht and HNK Hajduk Split. Aris, by comparison, will need a miracle to advance out of Group B, which contains defending champions Atletico Madrid as well as Bayer 04 Leverkusen. PAOK have...
“I Love It When You Call Me Big Pop-pa!” Papa Bouba Diop Opens His Account in the 23rd Minute!
As I post this, our second-leg playoff match against Dundee United for the Europa League group stage is in the 35th minute, but AEK is already 1-0 up (2-0 on aggregate) thanks to PBD! Match cast here: http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/matches/season=2011/live/day=-1/session=2/match=2003118/matchcenterlight/index.html Decent stream here: http://www.iraqgoals.tv/ch17.html update: half-time still 1-0
Dundee United at Nea Smyrni!…wait a minute…oh god no…
The BBC and other British media outlets are reporting the good news! AEK beat a UEFA deadline and secured a new stadium for this week’s second-leg Europa League clash with Dundee United! We are all set to play them at Nea Smyrni. According to the BBC: AEK Athens have beaten a Uefa deadline to find...
AEK V DUNDEE UTD MOVED FROM OAKA……
Due to the dangerous playing surface, the 2nd leg of the Europa League clash between AEK and Dundee Utd will be moved from the Olympic Stadium to another as yet unannounced ground in Athens (we are hearing either Nea Smyrna or Peristeri). AEK and UEFA officials have inspected the ground this afternoon and the decision...
Dundee United 0-1 AEK Athens
AEK traveled to Scotland for the first leg of their Europa League qualification playoff tie and did enough. We were solid enough in defense, controlled the midfield for large parts of the game, and showed some creative flair up top. The only goal was created by Scocco who played the ball to Lago who ran...
Olympiakos 2-1 AEK
Well, I’ve calmed down since last night so I’ll attempt to explain in a clearer way what I saw last night. Below is a video showing some of the main highlights of the match (it unfortunately misses the hit to Scocco’s chin so I’ll keep an eye out for that one). Well, after the draw...
Dutch striker to AEK?
According to the Belgian press we are interested in buying the Dutch player Sherjill MacDonald. The 25 year old striker is playing for Belgian club Germinal Beerschot and scored 4 times in 29 games this season and had 7 assists. Not very impressive figures, he admits himself: “it was not a succesful season, I’m going...
AEK Dissapoint with 0-0 Draw; Other News and Rumors
AEK Athens could only manage a 0-0 draw with PAOK Saloniki today. Dusan Bajevic had this to say after the match: We started well in the first 10 minutes and they only deserved the first half. We got the rhythm of PAOK and did nothing remarkable. In the second half we played better but we...
Levadeiakos 0-0 AEK
We left Livadia last night with one point from a draw, enough to seal us fourth place as Aris fall 2-1 to Tripolis. Nothing spectacular really but a game worth commentating on regardless. So, despite the 0-0 scoreline, both teams had some considerable chances to get a few in the net with the majority of...
AEK 3-0 Kavala!
I really have no clue what to say. I mean, before this match, I wasn’t expecting us to come out with anything more than one point. Yet to get the full three points and to do it in such a fantastic way… I’m speechless. Before I go on I would like to show the lineup...
AEK 1-0 Ergotelis
So, the good news? Three points and our fourth win in a row!
Bad news? Terrible performance!
We started off on pretty solid ground. We were controlling things for the most part, though Ergotelis were still moving forward at times. Eventually, the first, and only, goal came. Djebbour scored the goal with some superb control (nothing Blanco...
