So, our first home game of the season (after the match against Olympiakos was cancelled), and it
could prove to be a fairly difficult one. Iraklis have a strong squad and I believe they have the
potential to cause trouble to any team in the league.
Nonetheless, our squad is also strong as well now so I believe we can take the win.
Some important comments to mention about yesterday's match.
Firstly, our to team put on a good performance. Even now more can be improved on. but it was a
solid game for the most part with some enjoyable football.
This is definately a good result. On paper, Iraklis are certainly not a pushover this year with
some pretty impressive signings being made for them over the summer.
A long press conference was held a few days ago by team president Thanopoulos. The president
spoke for a couple of hours on a number of issues. Some of the highlights were:
-Firstly, he confirmed that things around the team are now calm. We have achieved our goals in
terms of transfers and reaching the Europa League Group Stages
-The team is now on much more solid ground, financially.
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.
Well, our match in Giannena starts in a little under an hour. Our most likely starting lineup is
said to be Saja, Araujo, Majstorovic, Arce, Juanfran, Jahic, Guerreiro, Hersi, Manduca, Nemeth, and
Blanco. We will be going 4-4-2 with Blanco and Nemeth up front. A good line-up in my opinion, very
strong, with some experienced players.
Well, there has been quite a bit of discussion in the post AEKBaltimore put up. Since the match
alot has happened, most regarding the horrendous officiating at the match. But first, a review.
For everyone who has been following AEK you know how incredibly unlucky we tend to be,
especially when it matters most.
So, another derby lost. That makes it the first time we've lost two derbies in a row in about
ten years. Not a good sign.
Not many positives to take from this game, both sides played some pretty poor football. I'm not
going to bother writing much as there is little to say. Firstly, our forwards still can't
score.
I have heard it said by multiple sources and also believe it myself that this year will be the
Fire's best chance at winning a championship for quite some time. While searching for contract
information on the Fire (if someone knows where I can find it, I would be very happy), I came
across this article.