AEK vs Panaitolikos

[Original Sydney]

Home game for us and a chance to climb the ladder as Tripoli has Oly away.....

 

What line up is he going with?

 

I don't see many changes to the team from last week

[Original 21]

I'm thinking he goes with the 4-3-3 and something like this

---------------------------Baroja---------------------

Galo------Kolovetsios-------Arzo--------Didac

--------Johanson-----Simoes---------Mantalos

Buononotte-----------Djebour---------Barbosa

Just two changes, Djebour in for Aravidis and Didac in for Soiledis

[Damianos]

Massive game for us with Panionios next week! Must win, hopefully we gell a bit more under Poyet! Has anyone been able to stream games yet? Any links? Would love to watch it, 9pm Perth time! PAME AEK!!

[Original 21]

Oh Aravidis... Missed a one on one chance in front of the goalie...

[Original 21]

Damn it Aravidis head the ball!

[Original 21]

Goal Johanson!

Him and Buononotte are our two best today, Aravidis by far the worst.

Edited November 29, 2015 by Original 21

[Dikefale11]

2 goals in 2 games for Jakob? Beast.

Crucial time to get the goal too bravo

[Damianos]

A very good header. From what I have been able to stream we look pretty average. Very crowded in the middle of the pitch, lots of long balls....

[Original 21]

Platellas on for Buononotte... He was playing well today and Barbosa wasn't, he should have been subbed on for Barbosa...

[Original 21]

Goallll! Great play by Djebour! Platellas with a nice push in for the goal!

[Original 21]

Mantalos missed a great chance to go up 3-0. He and Djebour had a great give and go play. I didn't expect Djebour to play this well.

[Original 21]

Djebour great header saved

[Original 21]

Johanson great header also saved!

[Original 21]

^^That great give and go was a clear handball by Djebour

The ball on that give and go didn't even come off the ground.

[Original 21]

Was that a dive

By Barbosa yes it was

[Original 21]

Mantalos missed a penalty at the end... Djebour won it and it was a clear penalty. He should have taken it himself, Mantalos has been in bad form the past three weeks but today he was a little bit better.

[Original 21]

All offsides were correctly called, the ball hit his shoulder on the goal something that happens in every league all over the world, and a tackle from behind that didn't get anywhere near the ball on Djebour when he was in on goal is anything but a "laughable penalty"

[Original 21]

You should worry about beating Iraklis and not us

[CHE21QNS]

I didn't watch the game so I wont comment on the plays JVC is referring to. I'm glad Platella closed some mouths today though haha. 

 

Original, what was the formation like?

[Original 21]

4-3-3 with Buononotte and Barbosa constantly switching sides. It worked much better today than it did against Panthrakikos but Mantalos is a little too far back than I would like. We are getting the most of Johanson with this lineup. We were very good in the midfield and defensively.

As for Platellas he didn't really do anything, Djebour handed him the goal on a silver platter. Djebour shut mouths up today, the crowd booed when he came on, but by the end of the game the crowd was chanting his name begging him to take the penalty.

I hope he starts next week and Aravidis sees the bench for a little, Aravidis has been terrible terrible terrible the past few weeks. Buononotte today was pretty good, he created a few plays in the first half and I'd love to see him play with Djebour.

[CHE21QNS]

Did the formation work well enough for us to have confidence in it?

[Original 21]

Yes I think so, it will take some time for us to get fully adjusted to it but the improvement I saw in just one week gave me a lot of hope for this team.

[CHE21QNS]

JVC you can't start a soccer conversation and then just shift to how happy you are in your life. Anyone can easily just say that their life is happy, to divert the conversation from the topic at hand. I can't personally say anything refuting your claims as I didn't watch the game. I'll wait for the official match highlights to come out. 

[Dikefale11]

Good to see Djebbour give us glimpses of what he can do if he puts his mind to it. The talent its there, its just the drive that isnt always.

 

Penalty all day long, Makos came chopping from behind in the box, was always going to be given. Nothing laughable about it really.

 

Johansson back to his best too. Really wish Mantalos had scored that penalty for his confidence.

[CHE21QNS]

Just saw the clips:

 

I didn't see any hand ball play so I'm not sure what JVC is referring to. As far as the second yellow goes, I didn't see the first yellow but that was a stone cold yellow right there. Barbosa gets the ball passed the defender, he tries to run around him and is both clipped and held by the defender who is using his arms to hold him. Also the penalty is a bit tough but looking at it frame by frame Mako uses his left arm and right leg to position Djebbour off the ball, Djebbour does add a bit of sauce to it, but its still a penalty. Mako's positioning on that play was terrible, he pretty much tries to take a stab at the ball from the right while his body is still positions to the left, which is why he throws djebour off the ball. 

 

 

Also Original its seems like you downplayed Platellas goal pretty badly. I was waiting to see like a krisantus tap in goal or something. The guy makes a great run into the box, outruns the defense, and positions himself between 2 defenders and a goalie to spear in a centre pass from the other side of the field. Thats not a goal you would consider being fed to you on a platter. Great assist none the less.