So, a lot has happened since my last post, and not much of it was good.
Before talking briefly about today's match, Ill mention the other two we played this week, even
though Id much rather not.
So, PAOK-AEK in Toumba. Of all the derbies we play each season, the PAOK one rarely gives as
much trouble as others.
Yep. Not looking good for us.
I'll be honest, I wasn't expecting much at all from this match. However, after seeing our
players give it their all for much of the first half, I almost felt like we had a chance for the
three points. But sadly fatigue, and terrible goaltending (if it can even be called that?
AEK got the result that we needed last night in Georgia,albeit in extra time.Leonardo's 111th
minute penalty,after Gudjonsen had been felled in the box,killed off the tie,and with an aggregate
scoreline of 2-1 over the two legs,AEK has qualified for the Europa League group stage,which also
brings in much needed funds!
A beautiful 87th minute header from Jose Carlos,our new no:10 and the man who's come in to
replace Nacho Scocco proved to be the difference in the 1st leg at the OAKA last night.Nikos
Georgeas had the ball on the right,cut back inside on his left foot and delivered the perfect cross
for Jose Carlos who sneaked in at the back post,heading downwards giving their keeper no
chance.
Really not sure where to start this one, but I guess Ill begin with Scocco transfer (though I'm
sure most of you have heard by now). Yep, Nacho Scocco is no longer a player of AEK. And I really
don't know what to say about this... literally.
Three seasons he's been with us and in during those three seasons he has left us with so many
great memories: his two goals in the 4-4 Cup Final, his two goals against Oly to give us the win in
Karaiskaki, his two goals (one of them being an outrageously beautiful shot, as were most of his
goals) against Aris, his two goals against Vaslui, his fantastic shot against Panionios, a number
of goals against PAO.
So, I know its a bit late, but I figured I'd get a short review of the season up (even though
its a season, one of many, that I would ultimately like to forget about)..
I guess it would be most appropriate to start from the beginning though in all honesty, I can
barely remember much from the first half of the season!
I'll try to keep some live updates of the match here for those without a way to watch it. From
what I know, the three links below will show a stream of the match:
-http://aektv.weebly.com/
-http://aektv.weebly.com/aektv2.html
-http://aektv.weebly.com/aektv1.html
I'll add more streams if I come across any.
So, just a little over a week after we won our first Cup in so many years (despite the rather
depressing events which followed after the match), us AEK fans were treated to yet another pleasing
weekend. This time, however, the attention was not only on our football team, but also our Handball
guys, a group of players who have fought hard and gave everything they had to offer to the club for
the past three years.
Alright, so I'm not sure whether I should start with the positives, or the negatives from this
match. Either way, I'm sure most of you have read about yesterday's events by now.
So, the big day had come. For months I had been waiting for it, as I'm certain you all have
also, and slowly the hours passed by, one by one, until it was time to finally head off to OAKA for
my first time in almost five months.
AEK fans all around the world world will be rejoicing today after our beloved team came back
from Thesaloniki with a hard earned,well deserved victory over the locals,in the second leg of
Greek Cup Semi final.The one nil scoreline was more than enough to take us through to the final
on April 30 at the OAKA.
Im pretty sure Ive used that title before but Im going to use it again because I feel it works
for the occasion. Today, in the same stadium, against the same team we so miserably drew 0-0 with
five days ago, we witnessed a performance from AEK that was unlike anything we've seen yet this
season (in my opinion).
The roller coaster ride that has been AEK this season continues yet again, this time as a result
of a 2-1 home loss to Aris (only the 3rd time Aris has beaten us at home).
It wasn't all bad for me personally as I felt there were some positives to take from the game
including some nice football we were playing, particularly in the first half.
The roller coaster ride that has been AEK this season continues yet again, this time as a result
of a 2-1 home loss to Aris (only the 3rd time Aris has beaten us at home).
It wasn't all bad for me personally as I felt there were some positives to take from the game
including some nice football we were playing, particularly in the first half.
What a sweet, sweet victory for all of us AEK fans today! A 2-0 victory over PAO in their own
stadium, with both goals being scored by Libe.
The match was a fairly even affair throughout with neither side absolutely dominating
possession. The match started with a very low pace with neither team looking to risk too much
offensively too early in the game.
I was really looking forward to this game today as it was going to be my first AEK match that
I'd be seeing live since last season. I'm now sitting here wondering what I was all excited about
in the first place!
First match of the new year after a fairly quiet holiday period and we needed a win to keep a
good grip on third place.
It's not the first time the Algerian international has had problems with the AEK coaching
staff.His outburst last year directed at then manager Bajevic was well published and it seems like
he's up to his old tricks again.According to sources at AEK'S Spata training ground,about an hour
into the session Jimenez had a go at the players telling them that 4-5 players were not pulling
their weight during the last 10 minutes of that training session.
