Sorry for the delay for this one. AEKMAN74 posted a good summary of the game which you can check out as well.

Well, my Father and I decided that since I only have half a year left in Greece before I, unfortunately, have to return to North America for university (don't get me wrong, I love North America, I just don't know how long I'll be able to stay away from AEK) we'd go up to Thessaloniki and watch this one so I could experience a proper away game.

The matches have now been confirmed:-Sunday July 25:
Game 1 at 12:45pm – Sydney FC vs AEK Athens FC
Game 2 at 3pm – Blackburn Rovers vs Glasgow Rangers

Wednesday July 28:
Game 3 at 6pm – AEK Athens FC vs Blackburn Rovers
Game 4 at 8:15pm – Sydney FC vs Glasgow Rangers

Saturday July 31:
Game 5 at 5pm – AEK Athens FC vs Glasgow Rangers
Game 6 at 7:15pm – Sydney FC vs Blackburn Rovers
All matches are at the Sydney Football Stadium.

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 had no pace and we could not do anything.

MLSSoccer.com is now reporting that Johnson's injury might not prevent him from participating in the World Cup camp starting this weekend. Johnson's agent Richard Motzkin is quoted as saying: "He doesn't think it's going to be that long. As planned, he'll join the US team shortly, and he won't play any more matches for Aris.

Now, in my opinion we didn't play the best football we could have but, WHO CARES!!!! It was the last game of the season, what mattered most was the result. And, to top things off, Aris also won which mean Oly finishes fifth in the league! IM LOVING IT!!!!

Alright, as I mentioned in the post before Oly had a very depleted squad.

Sokratis Papastathopoulos, without a doubt one of the biggest prospects in Greek football, and former AEK defender, will soon seal the deal on a move to Italian giants AC Milan. He previously played for Genoa and had two very successful seasons with the club (he started often, was loved by the fans, and from what I saw gave some memorable performances).

Sokratis Papastathopoulos, without a doubt one of the biggest prospects in Greek football, and former AEK defender, will soon seal the deal on a move to Italian giants AC Milan. He previously played for Genoa and had two very successful seasons with the club (he started often, was loved by the fans, and from what I saw gave some memorable performances).

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 the left flank and sent in a composed cross on the ground behind Dundee's back-line to Djebbour who cooly finished it off.

Well, I couldn't see the match unfortunately, so all I got right now is a video:

Well, all I can say is we were lucky. PAO had a few incredible chances to score a few goals but were either stopped by the post or Arabatzis. But, they never should have won in the first round against us so it's all good

We started without Makos which was great news. Our starting XI was Arabatzis, Araujo, Majstorovic, Geraldo, Karabelas, Manduca, Kafes, Jahic, Blanco, Scocco, and Djebbour.

Firstly, for those of you with a facebook account, AEKArchives now has a page. Nothing special, just updates of posts, some links every now and then and this sort of stuff.

Also, for anyone using Mozilla Firefox, some new AEK persona's are available and I must say, the look quite good!

First of all, Happy Easter to everyone celebrating today.

Well, because of the the Easter Holidays there were no matches this weekend and therefore not so much to comment on. However, there has been some news lately.

Hull lost over the weekend, 2-0 to Stoke, meaning they still remain in the relegation zone.

Reports coming out of Greece suggest that the upcoming match with Levadeiakos has been fixed. Levadeiakos are in a fight for survival and currently only sit one point above the relegation zone and some are saying that AEK will let them win this match so they stay up. Many betting companies (both in Greece and abroad) have started giving some pretty crazy odds such as around 1.

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 them coming from Levadeiakos in the first half.

First of all, it's been a while since I lasted posted and quite a bit has happened since then.

Well, we beat Tripolis in our last regular season game, 2-0 at home. A rather eventful game in fact so I'll go through some of it here.

We started with a different line up than what was being predicted by most, the main reason for this being the fact that several players (Scocco, Blanco, Araujo, Arce, Saja, Roger, and others) were out partying two nights before the game until the early morning hours.

According to sites here in Greece, Liverpool have agree to allow Nemeth to stay with us for one more season. Fabulous news! All that remains is for Nemeth himself to agree, and while nothing official has been said, he has stated in the past that he would have no problem with staying for another year.

Ok, we were terrible today. We did turn things up a bit in the second half which ended with Nemeth messing up a sitter. But aside from that, we were terrible, and lucky.

However, we scored a PERFECTLY LEGIT goal, scored by the Great Manolas yet for some reason (oh wait, there is a reason and we all know it), it was dissalowed by the ref.

Due to yesterday's death in Athens as a result of large protests and riots, today's games between AEK-Aris and PAOK-Olympiakos have been called off and will be scheduled for another date. I haven't heard news yet about when that date will be.

More details here.

So, we drew to PAOK and Lost to Oly. Things were looking very bad and people were wondering "what's wrong with the players???". Well, I don't know what was wrong with them but yesterday's 4-2 win against Aris saw a completely different team on the pitch. Sure, a little late to start playing some football but better late than never and to be honest we still have a chance of getting something worthwhile out of these playoffs if we keep this up.

So, we drew 1-1 with Aris in Thessaloniki while PAOK beat Olympiakos 1-0, in Karaiskaki! To be honest I only watched the final half hour of the match but from what I heard it was pretty uneventful, especially the first half which ended 0-0. I will say though that the football I saw from our team was not the same football we played five days before.

Yes, that's right, the beloved Number 33 has returned to the club where he was loved for years. He's 35 years old now and certainly not getting any younger but I will always be happy to welcome him back to our club, especially at a time when options seem limited. Hopefully we will see some signs of the Libe we all knew and loved.

I had little hopes for this Greece team before the World Cup actually started and now I have none. Despite terrible choices by Otto the players were sloppy and not until the final minutes showed much interest in scoring. We were outclassed and it was obvious early on. Un-inspirational play but it doesn't help that a Liverpool centre-back (Kyrgiakos) and a Serie-A starting centre-back (Papastathopoulos) don't start the match.

Well, I don't know about all of you, but I am very excited! Why? Because I finally get to see our beloved AEK in action after nearly two months! Our opponent will be well respected Romanian club FC Unirea. I'm curious to see all of the young players who should get some playing time. I also can't wait to see Libe perform in our shirt once again (hopefully he does actually play).

Well, I don't know about all of you, but I am very excited! Why? Because I finally get to see our beloved AEK in action after nearly two months! Our opponent will be well respected Romanian club FC Unirea. I'm curious to see all of the young players who should get some playing time. I also can't wait to see Libe perform in our shirt once again (hopefully he does actually play).

So, for some reason (Nova claims it has nothing to do with them), the match was not broadcasted on television (technical problems in Austria). Instead, I had to follow the match with updates from various sites. None the less, what I read sounds very pleasing! Many reports are saying we played incredible football, especially for this early in the pre-season.

So, for some reason (Nova claims it has nothing to do with them), the match was not broadcasted on television (technical problems in Austria). Instead, I had to follow the match with updates from various sites. None the less, what I read sounds very pleasing! Many reports are saying we played incredible football, especially for this early in the pre-season.

What a fantastic start to the Festival Of Football Tournament.AEK and Sydney Fc kicked off proceedings at 12:45 pm and considering the team arrived on Thursday night 8 pm and had less than 48 hrs to prepare in the local conditions with a light training run,(attended by about 300 AEK fans from Sydney and about 100 ORIGINALS mostly from Melbourne with a mixture of locals),the boys put in an awesome display.

AEK's domination of the innaugural Festival Of Football tournament,continued on Wednesday night at the Sydney Football Stadium against Premier Legue Blackburn,winning 2-1,and just about wrapping up the major prize.The match was played in relentless rain,which did not stop all day,however the playing surface held up extremelly well,allowing for AEK to totally dominate Blackburn,for long periods,with our crisp,sharp,passing and moving off the ball,which has had the Australian Press calling AEK the best team here by far.

AEK's domination of the innaugural Festival Of Football tournament,continued on Wednesday night at the Sydney Football Stadium against Premier Legue Blackburn,winning 2-1,and just about wrapping up the major prize.The match was played in relentless rain,which did not stop all day,however the playing surface held up extremelly well,allowing for AEK to totally dominate Blackburn,for long periods,with our crisp,sharp,passing and moving off the ball,which has had the Australian Press calling AEK the best team here by far.

It was a black night in the history of AEK F.C.Just after a friendly game at "El Paso" in Kalithea against the locals,in which the scoreline now seems immaterial,we lost 2-1.On 87 minutes the referee called a halt to the match when about 30 AEK Fans?? entered the playing arena and headed towards the benches where Bajevic was seated.

Youssouf Hersi is leaving AEK after one season. He is returning to the Netherlands, where he is going to play for De Graafschap, a club in the east of the country that promoted to the top division last season. AEK and De Graafschap have agreed on the transfer of Hersi, only thing left to do is the medical examination of the 27 year old midfielder.

Youssouf Hersi is leaving AEK after one season. He is returning to the Netherlands, where he is going to play for De Graafschap, a club in the east of the country that promoted to the top division last season. AEK and De Graafschap have agreed on the transfer of Hersi, only thing left to do is the medical examination of the 27 year old midfielder.

Less than 10 hours to go now before AEK begin their European odysey for 2010.The Scottish,Dundee Utd,who finished third behind Rangers and Celtic(who else) are our opponents over this 2 legged qualification for the group stage of the Europa League.
Bajevic is calm ahead of tonights game,warning that we must be carefull on Dundee's set pieces and if we play the way the team showed in Australia during the preseason,we shouldn't have too much trouble.

Less than 10 hours to go now before AEK begin their European odysey for 2010.The Scottish,Dundee Utd,who finished third behind Rangers and Celtic(who else) are our opponents over this 2 legged qualification for the group stage of the Europa League.
Bajevic is calm ahead of tonights game,warning that we must be carefull on Dundee's set pieces and if we play the way the team showed in Australia during the preseason,we shouldn't have too much trouble.

Nessa semana, teremos o inicio da fase de play-off da Europa League, com os seguintes jogos:
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Paris Saint-Germain
Maccabi Tel Aviv19 August26 AugustBayer Leverkusen
Tavriya Simferopol19 August26 AugustCSKA Moscow
Anorthosis19 August26 AugustHajduk Split
Unirea Urziceni19 August26 AugustFeyenoord
Gent19 August26 AugustGenk
Porto19 August26 AugustDebrecen
Litex Lovech19 August26 AugustAris
Austria Wien17 August26 AugustGalatasaray
Karpaty Lviv19 August26 AugustPalermo
Maribor19 August26 AugustClub Brugge
Dinamo Minsk19 August26 AugustOmonia
Metalist Kharkiv19 August26 AugustVaslui
Lille19 August26 AugustNapoli
Elfsborg19 August26 AugustSporting CP
Brøndby19 August26 AugustSteaua Bucureşti 7 Grasshopper19 August26 AugustLiverpool
Trabzonspor19 August26 AugustCeltic
Utrecht19 August26 AugustBorussia Dortmund
Qarabağ19 August26 AugustAIK
Levski Sofia19 August26 AugustSturm Graz
Juventus19 August26 AugustGetafe
APOEL19 August26 AugustDundee United
AEK Athens19 August26 AugustAZ
Aktobe19 August26 AugustDnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Lech Poznań19 August26 AugustRapid Wien
Aston Villa19 August26 AugustCSKA Sofia
The New Saints19 August26 AugustBeşiktaş
HJK Helsinki17 August26 AugustSlovan Bratislava
Stuttgart19 August26 AugustSibir Novosibirsk
PSV Eindhoven19 August26 AugustBATE
Marítimo19 August26 AugustLausanne-Sport
Lokomotiv Moscow19 August26 AugustGyőri ETO
Dinamo Zagreb19 August26 AugustOdense
Motherwell19 August26 AugustPAOK
Fenerbahçe19 August26 AugustVillarreal
Dnepr Mogilev19 August26 AugustTimişoara
Manchester City19 August26 August

Djebbour scored an early goal ten minutes into the first half to put us up 1-0. First subsitution for AEK, Nathan Burns coming on for Leonardo. Fantastic support from the AEK fans despite being largely outnumbered by Scottish supporters.

Seems like we nearly have an agreement with Kew Jaliens, Dutch defender for AZ Alkmaar. Dutch papers report today that AEK told AZ they agree on the transfer money. AZ doesn't want to have a whole lot of money for Jaliens, they just want to stop paying his salary as soon as possible. Jaliens, who has been benched since the beginning of the season, would like to leave AZ and start playing games again.

Seems like we nearly have an agreement with Kew Jaliens, Dutch defender for AZ Alkmaar. Dutch papers report today that AEK told AZ they agree on the transfer money. AZ doesn't want to have a whole lot of money for Jaliens, they just want to stop paying his salary as soon as possible. Jaliens, who has been benched since the beginning of the season, would like to leave AZ and start playing games again.

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!

Big Papa!

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