So, one point from a game where it won't really do much to help us. In reality though, we could have come away with all three points had we managed to score one more of our chances, or had Saja not made a terrible mistake that the goalkeeper on my own amateur team would likely avoid.

Well, AEKBaltimore will watch the match on TV soon, since I believe he recorded it, and I'm not sure if AEKMAN74 watched as well.

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We are officially a club in crisis.

A lackluster AEK missed chance after chance, and it was 0-0 after regular time. Â Then, in the 14th minute of extra time, Thrasyvoulos nicked a goal and they held their lead through the rest of extra time. Â That is it then. Â We are out of the Greek Cup, felled by a Division B team.

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We got a good win tonight at OAKA against a team that could have put up some difficulties. Unfortunately though, its quite late here, so I dont have time to post a review right now. Either I'll write it tomorrow or perhaps if either AEKMAN74 or AEKBaltimore watched the match they'll get something.

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Well, a press conference was held a few days back with regards to the new investors who were mentioned the post before. The deal has been confirmed, as most people expected, but still the names have not been revealed. Even at AEK only a few people (Notias, maybe Thanopoulos) know who they are.

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So, AEK has been on the news all day, and everyday, for the past few days. The reason why? It looks like two Cypriot investors (the identities have not yet been revealed) are going to invest a large sum of money. I can't remember the exact details but I believe one of the Cypriot investors will be investing seven million euros, another will invest two million, and the shareholders already with AEK will add another six million, meaning that overall, fifteen million euros will be invested into the team.

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Well, it looks like everything is over with Leonardo for at least six months. Levadeiakos have said that he is an important member of the team (well that was kind of obvious) and AEK have released an official announcement on their site (although its in Greek) confirming that we have stopped trying to sign him.

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Yep, you guessed it, another derby on the first matchday of the season. And AEK will once again be one of the teams playing in the derby, just like last year. And who will our opponent be? Yep, its Olympiakos!

The game is still a while away but Im sure the likes of Bajevic, Blanco, Scocco, and Kyrgiakos are waiting for their revenge after our unfortunate loss in the Greek Cup Final of 2009.

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We've continued our summer transfers after singing Romanian Ilie Iordache (Winger) and Greek Defender Kosta Manola. Manola is the 18 year old nephew of Stelios Manolas. Some are saying that siging of Kostas might conivnce Stelios to stay on board with us, after he clearly stated that he would like to leave.

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AEK have recently signed left-back Nikolaos Karabelas who currently played at Aris.

This is a decent transfer. The defender is 24 years old. Bajevic is already familiar with him since he coached him while at Aris. This should certainly help since both Karabelas and Bajevic know each other already.

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The match against Larissa ended 0-0 yesterday.

A report can be found here.

As the article states the draw means little for us. Either way, we can still qualify for Champions League as long as we beat Panathinaikos this Sunday. However, we did not play as well as we should have one week before the biggest game of the playoffs.

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Here is a video of some of the highlights from yesterday's match for those who didn't manage to watch it.

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AEK managed to beat PAOK 1-0 in a sold out Toumba satidum.

This is another great result for us and hopefully we will win the next three matches which will guarantee us a Champions League qualifying spot. Our two toughest games (in theory) are now over and we managed to come out with four out of a total of six possible points from the two fixtures.

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1-1 was the final score at today's Playoff game against our Athenian Rivals. Honestly, considering this is probably the toughest match of the Playoffs for us, this really isn't a bad result. We now have five points, and PAO have six (depending on how the Larissa-PAOK match turns out we will stay in second or move down to third but it is still quite early so we still have a chance of finishing high up).

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The squad has been anounced for tomorrow's game.

As I was hoping earlier last week, Kyrgiakos will not play at this game. Neither will Alexopoulos due to being suspended (along with Scocco and Pelletieri). Since Juanfran is injured, and neither Alexopoulos or Kyrgiakos will be playing it is possible that we might see N'Siambamfumu, our recently aquired French centre back, play!

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AEK grabbed another thre points this weekend to move into one point within second place in the standings. Goals for AEK came from Djebbour, Blanco (who is now top-scorer), and substitue Edinho. Levadeiakos' only goal came from an own goal after a Levadeiakos shot rebounded off Tacthtidis' foot, catching Saja off guard. Click to continue reading...

Here are the latest rumors circulating about AEK: Nikolaos Karabellas, 24-year-old left back currently playing with Aris, has agreed to sign for AEK for three years. Georgios Fotikas, 27-year old Midfielder currently playing for Larissa (and formerly of Kilmarnock FC of the Scottish Premier League) is set to join AEK over the Summer as well. Click to continue reading...

So we're neither going to win the League nor are we going to win the Cup.  The silver lining here is that we have exactly one thing to focus on now: securing a spot in Europe.  It's a smaller goal than we are used to but we are a smaller team playing a smaller brand [...] Click to continue reading...

A lively first half has rendered a few yellow cards, a penalty kick and two goals, one by AEK's Blanco (penalty kick in the fifth minute) and one by Xanthi's #6 (not sure who that was).  Bajevic appears to have meant what he said in his Thrasyvoulos post-match interview on Saturday:  the starting eleven is no [. Click to continue reading...

The club from Fylis who came back from a 3-0 defecit to tie AEK 3-3 earlier this season almost got away with a another draw, this time at OAKA. However, youngster Panagiotis Tachtsidis came to the rescue in extra time and salvaged the three points for AEK. Tachtsidis, who is only 18 (he scored on the [. Click to continue reading...

It turns out that AKE will not be signing Argentinian Matias Lequi in the end after he refused to undergo medical tests and was insulted by the fact that Bajevic requested he train with the club once before anything gets signed. Oh well, it seems like this is for the better. I dont think this is [... Click to continue reading...

AEK JUST BARELY managed to hold on and salvage a point after playing against a Larissa side which looked to be in good form. For the first twenty minutes the game was mostly controlled by Larissa, who attacked frequently but rarely manged to make anything of it. Around the 25th minute however, AEK started turning things [. Click to continue reading...

The first Athens derby of the new year ended in a 0-0 draw which gave Olympiakos the chance to move even further ahead in the standings after their 1-0 win against Asteras Tripolis. AEK started strong and managed to keep hold of the ball for long periods of time, especially during the first period. The most [. Click to continue reading...

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Well, its been a while since weve seen our team scored more than one goal. In fact its been seven games since weve seen AEK score more than two goals and we havent seen three goals scored in one championship game since last season. Oh well, better late than never (Im sure Blanco is saying the [...] Click to continue reading...

Our biggest problem is composure on the pitch and discipline when marking....We lose the ball and concede too easily....We need to be faster and more efficient, to move the ball and not look at it. Full report on the interview here. Composure. Man marking. Making the ball do the work (also know as "passing"). Click to continue reading...

AEK's management decided late last night to part ways with manager Giorgos Donis after AEK's 0-0 draw at home against Panserraikos. The decision was reached by mutual agreement between Donis and AEK management. Its unfortunate that this happened to a young Greek coach with such high ambitions but unfortunately, under his management, AEK was not [. Click to continue reading...

I really dont know what goes on with this team. One day they put on a really poor display then, five days later, they come back and play like the champions they are. AEK played a very good game of soccer today that could have been 4-0 in favour of AEK. Each and every player [...] Click to continue reading...