There will be no action for AEK this weekend as the referees have decided to abstain due to the threats Tasos Papapetrou has received against himself and his family. Your attention therefore turns to the game against Ajax in Amsterdam on the last matchday of the Europa League groups.

The Union will make one last attempt to continue their European journey in the Conference League and fight for two results at the Johan Cruyff Arena. Although the draw would be one of the “sweetest” in history, he will never play for that result with Matias Almeida.

Instead, they will fight for victory, even though Ajax have been promoted and, with Van Sip, are much better than the team that was presented at the OPAP Arena. Be that as it may, this is a very historic team that has the know-how in such situations and, in this case, has the blessing to play this final at home.

Almeida will have more solutions at his disposal regarding the game with Aris, as Levia Garcia and Kostas Galanopoulos have returned and are training at full speed (Cullens is also back but is not counted for the game with Ajax), but he also expects others to return back, not counting Cican Stankovic.

The two main question marks regarding Ajax and the “disruption” of the weekend

Sergio Araujo and Jens Jonsson remain on the pitch for AEK at the moment and whether these players will be available, including as substitutes from the bench, will be seen at the weekend, perhaps even on Monday, especially because the Almeida are fielding players who are available are 100% accurate.

Their presence in this particular game is crucial because they are two footballers who play a crucial role in Matias Almeida’s football plan, and not that they are the only crucial footballers. Given the interruption, AEK will complete two training sessions at the weekend at full intensity and speed and clarify there.

George Athanasiadis, who, as he recently explained, never gives up and wants to help the team again like he did last year when AEK won the double, will of course return to the ceiling. It would have been lucky for him to have played a game ahead of Ajax, but it won’t be the first time he’s been caught in the deep end. He did it again and even swam with AEK and Sherif, who started on a year-long loan.

AEK will have more time to prepare for this game than Ajax, giving AEK’s Argentine coach more time. The “price” for this in this case will be a lack of competitive speed. The Union will play a game after ten days for the first time this year, as it has started playing two games a week for good.

According to the original schedule, there were two games between the game with Aris for the championship and Ajax in Amsterdam, but there will be none. He was originally supposed to play one more cup game (at home) with Akis Manziou’s team, but this was postponed at the request of EL.AS. Due to the anniversary of Alexandros Grigoropoulos’ death and Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Athens the next day, the game with Panaitolikos in Agrinio was also scheduled.

We will find out in a few days in the Johan Cruyff Arena whether this contract will benefit or cost the Union.

On December 12th (10:00 p.m.) AEK will face Ajax on the final matchday of the Europa League groups. The Union shared how The process of accepting tickets for the away game begins.

Update from AEK:

“PAE AEK informs that the ticket collection process for our team’s away game against Ajax has begun.

Fans who have purchased their tickets via the aekfc.gr platform can collect them either in Greece or in the Netherlands as follows:

*On Friday, December 8th and Saturday, December 9th. from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the OPAP ARENA publishing house (on the southwest side of the stadium).

*On the day of the game from the Ajax office (at the start of the pre-check that will be set up for us at the Johan Cruyff Arena), from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The meeting point in the Netherlands

The Dutch police appointed her Dam Square as a meeting point for AEK fans who have already purchased their tickets. From this point on, they will move on Central Stationfrom where they will go to the stadium (Strandvliet Arena station) via the subway, with Wagons available in your name. The transition begins at 6:15 p.m. local time. AEK friends should be at the meeting point by 5 p.m. at the latest.

AEK fans who have not received their tickets before the match day should contact their designated ticket office at the stadium near the Strandvliet ArenA station. The publishing house is open from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

For those who go there by private car or coach It is required to obtain a parking permit in advance using the link below.

https://webshop.onlineticket.nl/88d26034-50bf-4cfe-babe-2f9686435aea/tickets

It is only a short walk from the car park to Strandvliet ArenA train station, in the middle of which is the publishing house. From the train station, AEK fans can take the subway to the city center if they want to meet at the meeting point and go to the stadium with the other friends of our team.

Attention: AEK fans should avoid getting off at the NS Bijlmer station towards the south side of the stadium, as this is used by Ajax fans.

From the Strandvliet ArenA station, AEK fans can begin entering the stadium. First there is a visual check of the tickets, then a physical check and in the final phase an electronic check at the turnstiles. There will be dogs trained to detect drugs as well as dogs trained to detect pyrotechnics.

Bags or backpacks larger than A4 are not permitted on the pitch.

For fire safety reasons, banners or flags larger than 1 m² must be certified as non-combustible material.