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...

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...

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...

AEK ended their second friendly of the weekend with a 3-0 win. Panagiotis Lagos, Ismael Blanco, and Panagiotis Zorbas scored. AEK next weekend play PAOK in Thessaloniki. 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...

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...

This kind of snuck up on us, didn't it? Last season finished, there was a bit of transfer news, then the Euro 2008 tournament, then very little, just the long-expected departure of Lyberopoulos. So we searched for match reports of the U-19s to get a glimpse of Pavlis or Papastathopoulos, clicked over to footballshirtculture. Click to continue reading...

The Summer transfer window is not nearly closed yet, so a good bit more will likely happen. I hope so anyway. We still have some serious holes to fill. But things have slowed to such a point that there is little to write about or even link to. Saja is supposed to officially sign today, [...] Click to continue reading...

Feh, the dry days of Summer these are, at least for the AEK fans. Yes, we've got Euro 2008 to entertain us, and thanks to a heroic effort by the Turks, the wicked-fast kids of Russia, the persistence of the Germans and the skilled, experienced, and for-too-long also-ran status of the Spanish, it has indeed [. Click to continue reading...

It looks like we are getting what we need, Sebastian Saja, an establsihed top player between the sticks.  The San Lorenzo shot stopper was named Argentina's keeper of the year in 2002, but he has strugged to find a permanent home since them. I found a clip on youtube: Good stuff.  Moretto (released) has been too error prone [. Click to continue reading...

The saga of Sebastián Saja took a further twist on Wednesday when the player turned up for San Lorenzo's morning training session flanked by one of the club's medical chiefs, and was told to do one by manager Ramón Díaz. Elsewhere, Paulo Ferrari's been talking about his own place in Diego Simeone's River Plate setup. Click to continue reading...

On the eve of the Clausura, Argentine clubs have been trying to get through one or two last-minute deals, with Independiente finally signing Freddy Grisales after much coming and going, and Andrés D'Alessandro and Maxi Moralez being unveiled at their respective new (or in Moralez's case, old) clubs. Click to continue reading...