UEFA Europa League

[Antaeus7]

AEK Athens will be paired up with Universitatea Craiova of Romania 
AEK Athens is seeded in this round. 

[Soprano76]

Should be an easy W.

[Dutch Eagle]

Might as well be Hungarian side Honved. Romanian supporters threw flares and one of this hit the ref after 120 of playing. After a long debate with officials and observers the fourth official replaced the ref and restarted the game with the necessary penalties.

Or they have to play without fans. Some punishment one way or the other will be given by UEFA for sure.

[Alphonse]

I heard it will be with out fans 

[Alphonse]

Lol that means, if that happens, both games will be without fans... must be a Record for a UEFA Cup game

[Antaeus7]

If AEK advances, they will face the winner between Sparta Praha-Trabzonspor

[Alphonse]

Hope the team gells well... our defence is prob the main concern now, neither team will be easy but def possible 

[Dutch Eagle]

UEFA decided that Craiova must play three games without fans and gave them a fine of 60K.

Craiova asked UEFA to serve this ban after the AEK-game as they already sold tickets for this game.

[Antaeus7]

Gooooooaaaaaallllllll 0-1!

[Dutch Eagle]

FT 0-2. Goals Mantalos and Livaja. Good for the Greek coefficient.

[Alphonse]

Great result! Poor first half, good second 

[CincinnatiAek]

Solid result which likely clinches advancement. I expect a similar score in Athens. Mantalos missed a big chance in the first half and Craiboa missed a good chance to get a goal in the closing minutes.  

[Tzatziki]

[Tzatziki]

AEK seems to have gotten off to a positive start, good luck re xanoumia!

[Tzatziki]

[Tzatziki]

Goal!

1-0

Εκμεταλλευόμενος λάθος στην άμυνα της Κραϊόβα, ο Μάνταλος "αδειάζει" έναν αντίπαλο, αποφεύγει και έναν δεύτερο και με άψογο σουτ στην απέναντι γωνία στέλνει την μπάλα στα δίχτυα!

[Tzatziki]

HT 1-0

AEK firmly in the drivers seat, should be a foregone conclusion barring any shockers.

[Antaeus7]

It's 1-1 
Still a good lead for AEK on aggeregate 3-1

[CincinnatiAek]

Very unspired second half. Reminiscent of the Vidi home game last season. Not sure if they just didn't care after going up 3-0 on aggregate or if there are deeper problems. Verdi flubbed two big chances late. 

[Alphonse]

An incredibly worringfull second half performance 

Livaja subbed off and starting to the dressing rooms...  not good

[Antaeus7]

AEK face Trabzonspor in OAKA today, will need a huge performance just like Olympiakos did yesterday. This should be fun, always entertaining to see Greek clubs vs. Turkish clubs. 

[Antaeus7]

It's over 3-1 lead for Trabzonspor
Caleb Ekuban scores a hat-trick, he is having a great match. 

[CincinnatiAek]

First two goals were pretty much identical. This team has needed center back help for years and has not made the correct moves. Losing like this at home pretty much seals the deal.

[Alphonse]

We are tragic... outside of Mantalos & Livaja, team is very disconnected and our game is very slow. This has been a training run for Trabzonspor

[CincinnatiAek]

Not sure what the solution is. We brought in a new manager with a bunch of players to fit his style (build from the back), which is not working. Some of the players brought in dont fit with the existing players and we are lowballing teams for good center backs. I see another third place Superleague finish in our future.

Edited August 22, 2019 by CincinnatiAek