Almeida’s commands overwhelmed even the best team to enter the OPAP arena

Mission accomplished, AEK is where it was meant to be, through a process of wild football beauty and convergence that actually briefly eclipsed the deep sorrow of Michalis’ death and flooded bloodied New Philadelphia with tears of joy. It was a heavy burden for the team that would have put additional strain on the organization had the team not succeeded.

Karma pushes them to the top

Finally good, all good and even in a way a well-intentioned screenplay perversion. In the 1990s, everyone expected AEK’s exit and a missed opportunity to make another step towards Champions League groups. By the 98th minute, a 2-0 deficit had become 2-2 with a last-minute hero and buzzer-beater goalscorer, the man who twice beat Formidable through physical contact at the relevant point in the first leg in Zagreb had been goalkeeper of Dynamo, Livakovic.

This time, Vida used the rebound from Garcia’s missed penalty to defeat his compatriot goalkeeper in added time and send AEK two games before their return to the top flight group stage, five years after their last elimination. Union still have a long way to go, tough opponents like Antwerp, but after yesterday’s game and its end, karma seems to be pushing them to take a place among the top teams in European football.

He doesn’t brake, he doesn’t rest

AEK faced a very well-formed side with footballers who have excellent technical ability and a lot of talent and most importantly have a young player under their goal post who will become one of the best goalkeepers in Epirus. He was also their biggest problem as he seemed almost impossible to beat for 90 minutes until Araujo found a way to play the ball through different bodies and give AEK the kiss of life, leaving them within range to sign up for the fairs to qualify

And the big secret: The company that o Matias Almeida has created does not slow down, does not rest. He only wanted seconds to finish the game but the AEK players didn’t want to catch their breath and calm down, knowing that with the Argentine’s goal they would have another 30 minutes to achieve what they wanted , but tried to remove this condition. They pounded the home of the Croatians who drank sea in the final until the very end, and finally it was through the VAR that penalty and follow-up you all know.

Almeida has a lot to learn, there were moments when AEK, like in the first game, showed defensive inertia, which allowed Dinamo’s very intelligent and well-trained players to create phases for goals, but for many warnings there is no more left plenty of time On the contrary, he is urging on the willingness that the team must show next Tuesday in Antwerp. The journey continues, AEK has already secured participation in the Europa League groups, but wants and can do even more.