Saint-Etienne - AEK

[Dikefale11]

           

    Saint-?tienne vs AEK

Date - Thursday, 28th July 2016

Venue - Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-?tienne

Competition - Europa League

Round - Third Qualifying Round

Time - 21:00 (Greece time)

 

1st leg

 

[Dikefale11]

So the big day is almost upon us, not really sure what to expect tbh.

 

I know St. Etienne finished 6th in the French league last season which is no easy feat however the French league is nothing to be afraid of bar PSG imo, however still strides above the Greek.

 

No real standout players from looking at their roster that I can see and no real goal threat much like ourselves, their top goalscorer last season was a midfielder Hamouma with 8. Robert Beri? and Oussama Tannane from what I read are meant to be decent.

 

Paul Pogba's brother Florentin Pogba plays for them at CB and seems to be a starter (32 games last season).

 

Not very busy in the transfer marker, they brought in Bryan Dabo who is a DM from Montpellier, and a left back for free,

 

Overall they dont seem that far better than us, maybe slightly. 

 

I'd take a goal draw. The away goal is crucial.

 

I see Ketsbaia starting;

 

 

Subs: Barkas, Bakakis, Lambropoulos, Tzaneopoulos, Diaz, Bakasetas, Aravidis

Edited July 27, 2016 by Dikefale11

[Nikod]

Surely platellas will make the bench after his pre-season?

[Dikefale11]

Possibly over Diaz yeah.

[Dikefale11]

Found this B)

 

[Original Sydney]

Finally back after 4 years in exile. Big game for us and a good test. I think the above team is what Ketsbaia will start with. An away goal is what we need.

 

Pumped for it PAME AEKARA

[Nikod]

Have they announced the 11 yet?

[AEKAlex]

Yeah: Anestis, Galo, Didac, Kolovetsios, Chyrgyrinsky, Simoes, Johansson, Barbosa, Vargas, Mantalos, and Pekhart. 

 

Now that I look at it its basically exactly what Dikefale posted above.

Edited July 28, 2016 by AEKAlex

[Original 21]

Pame AEKARA

[Dikefale11]

PAMME ARROSSSTTIIAAA MOU ME TIN NIKH!!

Edited July 28, 2016 by Dikefale11

[Dikefale11]

http://www.sportingvideo.org/20160728/vv57992329de6748.15684290-1380970.html

[AEKAlex]

Couple half decent chances for us so far by the sounds of things, couple shots and we've had a corner too. Seems like we're holding our ground pretty well. 

 

Simoes had a bit of a scary moment, seemed like he might have been injured but he continued. 

[Original 21]

I wanna see Bakasetas come on for Vargas at some point. His long shots can be very helpful for us, especially his powerful free kicks.

I meant Bakasetas in for Pekhart

Edited July 28, 2016 by Original 21

[Antaeus7]

So far AEK is looking pretty good 

[Dikefale11]

0-0 HT

Started off shakey, then opened up and had a few decent chances, Mandalos' shot, and Johanssons header.

St Etienne came alive last 10 minutes and called for 2 penalties and had a good shot blocked by Anestis. Correct decision not to give the on penalty calls.

2nd half now

Bakasetas warmin up!

Edited July 28, 2016 by Dikefale11

[Original Sydney]

Good time for Bakasetas to come on. We have done ok for first game, these guys must have taken a leaf out of Fortounis with all the diving...

Pame Aekara lets get that away goal

[Kef]

Any working streams?

[Ethnikos]

www.vipbox.nu/football/405185/1/saint-etienne-vs-aek-athens-live-stream-online.html

[Antaeus7]

Full time 0-0 :) 

[Ethnikos]

Nice result!

[Dikefale11]

A good result, consideringr it was our first game back in Europe we held our own.

With a packed OAKA on our own turf hopefully we get the win! Add to that Almeida and Pastichio.

A lot of positives noted from todays performance!

BRAVO AEKARA

[Dikefale11]

Also Chyryinski is a titan.

[Nikod]

Who were our best performers? Did we create any chances?

[Tzatziki]

Not a bad result in France for the Aek team, you guys have a decent shot at progressing it seems.

 

[Dutch Eagle]

Good result. Congratz, boys!