The Honduran National Team is set for the October 10th World Cup Qualifier against the United States at Estadio Olimpico. GOALKEEPERS: Noel Valladares, Donis Escober, Ricardo Canales DEFENDERS: Victor Bernardez, Osman Chavez, Maynor Figueroa, Boniek Garcia, Emilio Izaguirre, Erick Norales, Carlos Palacios, Mauricio Sabillon MIDFIELDERS: Edgard Alvarez, Julio Cesar Leon, Ramón Nunez, Amado Guevara, Wilson Palacios, Hendry Thomas, Danilo Turcios, Melvin Valladares FORWARDS: Carlos Pavon, Carlo Costly, Walter Martinez, Jerry Palacios, David Suazo Click to continue reading...

Now that the USA-Honduras World Cup Qualifier on Oct. 10 will be played in San Pedro Sula, the Hondurans wasted no time calling up the squad it will use to try and secure its place in the 2010 World Cup.

GOALKEEPERS: Noel Valladares, Donis Escober, Ricardo Canales

DEFENDERS: Víctor Bernárdez (Anderlecht), Osman Chávez, Maynor Figueroa (Wigan), Boniek García, Emilio Izaguirre, Erick Norales, Carlos Palacios, Mauricio Sabillón.

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Well I posted my review in the comments section of the previous post by AEKBaltimore, but here it is again.

I was nervous about this one before it started but still I had the feeling we would get the win. And we did.

Firstly, as for the game, the team played wonderful football, especially compared to what we were seeing just last week.

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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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Vassilis Pliatsikas, who received some play time with Donis but little with Bajevic is no longer with AEK. Schalke have signed him for a price within the range of 300,000-400,000 euros. Its a good move for him, assuming he manages to impress and therefore earn some playing time. Greeks often seem to play quite well in Germany (Gekas, Liberopoulos, and many others) so hopefully he will play well there as well.

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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...

Well, not much can be said about today's result. A 0-0 draw at home for AEK against recently promoted Panserraikos was all AEK was able to get away with from this match. Although AEK had many chances throughout the match none managed to get into the net and the performance overall by the home team [. Click to continue reading...

Well it was a close one, again. Two nice goals, one from Blanco and the other from Kafes both in extra time allowed AEK to advance to the next round of the Greek Cup. Although AEK had many chances to score throughout the match as with many previous AEK games the ball just wouldn't go [...] Click to continue reading...

AEK have yet to win away from home this season as they finished with a 1-1 draw Saturday evening against Xanthi. Overall, 1 point is allright from a game against a team that has the potential to win these kinds of matches. Basinas played in this match for AEK after coming back from injury. Greeksoccer. Click to continue reading...

As expected, Takis Kanellopoulos and Nikos Koulis will take over, temporarily, as presidents of AEK. They will remain as presidents for a month when, after this period, a permanent replacement wil be decided upon. Greeksoccer.com has a report here. Greeksoccer.com has another interesting article here about what progress needs to be done for AEK from this point [. Click to continue reading...

Greeksoccer.com has a review of the AEK-Tripolis Match Here. Antonis Rikka will be out for five months and will require surgery after a knee injury. Click to continue reading...

AEK's three first half goals did not go unanswered for long.  It took just 31 minutes of the second half for Thrasyvoulos to pull even.  Yes, it is almost unimaginable that a team of AEK's supposed caliber would concede three goals in half an hour to a team holding onto the bottom of the table [... Click to continue reading...

Larissa coach here. Donis' comments here. Click to continue reading...

AEK, after a disappointing performance, luckily managed to get away with 1 point yesterday. The team played a poor game of soccer and only until Basinas was taken out at half time were they able to consistently create chances in front of the Larissa goal. Even then, with both Blanco and Djebbour up front they [. Click to continue reading...

Olympiacos beat an offensively weak AEK yesterday in the second main Athens Derby of the season. This was the first week in the Superleague where AEK did not gain a point (AEK had two draws and two wins up to this point). Fortunately for AEK, its still early in the season, and there is still time [.. Click to continue reading...

Donis was again happy with his players' performance again Panionios Sunday.  Donis has been very even-tempered during his post-game interviews, careful to praise his players for their hard work.  Indeed, he even refrained from criticizing the officiating, which was dodgy, as is unfortunately typical in the Greek Super Legue. Click to continue reading...

AEK are down 1-0 to Panionios at the end of the first half after Kyrgiakos let in an own goal. Edinho has missed a couple of chances but AEK have not had any serious scoring oppourtunities yet. They have managed to keep the ball for the most part in the Panionios end but will have [...] Click to continue reading...

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Donis says we played well for just 20 minutes (true), that a quick reflex save from Saja saved us from a late equalizer (also, true) and the gaffer treats us to more of his musings on formations...read it all here. And for those that missed the game Sunday, here is a clip of Scocco's 14th minute [... Click to continue reading...

AEK, after beating Iraklis 1-0 at home AEK are now tied for second place with PAOK and Ergotelis. AEK got the ball in the net early on in the first minute of the game however the goal was dissalowed because of an offside call. Ignacio Scocco scored, his first goal in the Superleague, in the 14th [... Click to continue reading...

The AFC website mentions the former AEK midfielder in a few articles on its site. Rivaldo Scores at his AFC Champions League Debut The AFC also mentions Rivaldo in some other articles on the site. Click to continue reading...

Good stuff here from the gaffer on his preferred 4-3-3 system, his relationship with the club administration and the difficulty of a new coach getting the players to understand his philosophy. Click to continue reading...

We lined up like this: Blanco Edinho -Scocco Rikka Pilatsikas Basinas Juanfran -Ramos-Silva Krygiakos Majstorovisc Saja Lagos went in for Edinho in the 65th, Kafes went in for Pilatsikas in the 87th, and Alexopolous went in for Scocco in the 90th. Donis knows what he is doing. The 4-3-3 worked well for us. Click to continue reading...

We first reported on this signing four days ago, only to see it derailed supposedly by excessive wage demands by the player.  Well, now it's official.  The French born attacker, who plays for Algeria's national team, is quick, with a deadly instinct.  He'll bolster our attack and plug right into Donis's preferred 4-3-3. Click to continue reading...

This French-born striker, who plays for the Algerian national team (six caps, one goal), spent last season plying his trade for Panionios, appearing in 31 games and scoring 19 goals. Good stuff. He's fast, a reliable finisher and will bolster Donis's 4-3-3 system. Click to continue reading...

First Cesar, then Lybe, then Dellas and now Rivaldo. Whatever else you might think, AEK is looking younger and younger! Seriously, what on earth is going on at AEK? We've had tremendous turn-over this Summer. Even our Chairman has announced his intention of departing in May of 09. This kind of instability [. Click to continue reading...

AEK finished their final friendly with a victory after going down 0-1 in the first half. The starting lineupfor AEK's final game before the critical match against Omonia included Jurgen Macho and Edinho, both of whom have not played with team for quite a while now. The game overall was a definate imprpovement over past games, [. Click to continue reading...

The young and talented Greek defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos has signed for Genoa, a team in Italy which currently plays in the Serie A. Many people have been expecting the move for a while but it was finalized just last night. The defender had been previously linked with Wigan but nothing ever came through with that [. Click to continue reading...

AEK has finally come out with a win after two friendlies that ended in draws. The goal was a penalty taken by Rivaldo. AEK's performance was no more than average tonight. It was not disappointing performance, but it certaintly wasnt the most pleasing performance the team has put on. It showed lots of room for improvement, [. Click to continue reading...

AEK ended their second friendly of the preseason against German Second Division team Greuther Furth in a 2-2 draw. AEK went down early on in the first minute and by the end of the scond half they were down 0-2. Two goals however, in the 83rd and 85th minutes of the game allowed AEK to catch [...] Click to continue reading...

Yesterday evening, AEK held a practise which was open to the fans to go and watch. The team practised for about two hours. They first did various exercises such as heading the ball and ball control exercises. They then did a passing exercise for about twenty minutes. At the end, for about half an hour [. Click to continue reading...

Manu is gone. About time. The same article mentions that Moretto is gone too. I've got mixed feelings about Moretto. He played some good games for us and it always seemed like his heart was in it. At any rate, it's good to see Donis is clearing out some of [...] Click to continue reading...

Giorgos Alexopoulos, who has been out due to injury approximately two years has finally returned to playing and has just agreed on signing along with AEK for another two years. He had the following to say: "My return to the field after a two years absence, will be once again in AEK's shirt.  It's a comeback [. Click to continue reading...

Shortly after yesterday's match, AEK confirmed that Giorgos Donis had been been lured away from Larissa and hired by the yellow and black.  Full press coverage here including news of a similar coaching shake-up at rivals Panathinaikos. As a player, Donis played for Panathinaikos and Blackburn as well as AEK. Click to continue reading...

It was painful to watch this game earlier tonight. A month ago, if I saw 4-0 it would bring a smile to my face but now it forces me to turn my back. We played a very pathetic game today. Our offence was much better than it was when we played PAO however, our defence [...] Click to continue reading...