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The four big qualifiers of the Greek teams against the French
However, the 0:0 remained unchanged until the end and the red-whites celebrated something that seemed almost impossible before the kick-off of the first game. They hadn’t conceded a goal in 180 minutes and were in the clouds!
“We are walking on a dream road, the future is ours” Socrates Kokkalis would say happily as soon as he entered the dressing room and paid each of the heroes of the legendary performance a bonus of two million drachmas.
Panther suckled on lions
- September 20, 2007
Sochaux – Panionios 0-2
27′ Jimbur, 55′ Fernandes
- October 4, 2007
Panionios – Soso 0-1
53’aut. Koumourtzi
After reaching the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup quarter-finals 8.5 years ago (1999) and struggling against the mighty Lazio, qualifying for the first round of the UEFA Cup should not be a point of reference for Panionios. However, it was far from passable, the first stop on the journey that started in the fall of 2007, aimed at participating in the groups at the event, so the (subsequent) success counted double.
After all, the Blue-Reds looked like the outsiders of the pair in a Stefan Dalma-led Sochaux, who had finished seventh in Ligue 1. Especially before Montbéliar, the odds were clearly against them.
Linen and his players reversed the data ahead of the second leg in Nea Smyrni, surprising Fredrik Angz’s side with their regular game. It was a show full of goals.
Panionios’ superiority was rewarded once in each half, the first by Rafik Jembour and the second by Dario Fernandez’s direct corner, and when he returned to Athens 2-0, everything was fine.
The truth is things didn’t go according to plan. A bit of over-enthusiasm, a bit of faith in the score from the first game and a bit of bad luck saw the Blue-Reds struggle in the last half hour of the game to defend and not consolidate the 2-0 lead.
Soso wasn’t as dangerous as the game demanded, but with an own goal behind them, the Neosmirniotes had to be careful and avoid taking unacceptable risks. After Kresic didn’t have to intervene and Turkey’s Erdink missed the last chance of the “Socialists”, the Greek team got the signal to start the long frenetic celebrations.
Joining the groups at a European event was a non-negligible achievement.
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english team Aston VillaThe player continues to show incredible form and has already won his 10th consecutive victory in different tournaments.
The successful series includes 7 Premier League matches and 3 Europa League matches. This is a new club record for Aston Villa.
The last win came on 21 December, when the home team beat Manchester United 2-1 at Villa Park in Birmingham.
This winning streak has allowed Aston Villa to secure a place in the top 3 (36 points) of the Premier League standings, ahead of Arsenal (39) and Man City (37).
In the Europa League, Unai Emery’s team safely passed the league stage and entered the top 3 together with Lyon and Mittjylland (15 points out of 18).
Aston Villa’s 10-match winning streak
- 21.12. 19:30. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Manchester United – 2:1
- 14.12. 16:00. nuclear submarine West Ham – Aston Villa – 2:3
- 11.12. 22:00. LE. Basel-Aston Villa-1:2
- 06.12. 14:30. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Arsenal – 2:1
- 03.12. 21:30. nuclear submarine Brighton – Aston Villa – 3:4
- 30.11. 16:05. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Wolverhampton – 1:0
- 27.11. 19:45. LE. Aston Villa – Young Men – 2:1
- 23.11. 16:00. nuclear submarine Leeds – Aston Villa – 1:2
- 09.11. 16:00. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Bournemouth – 4:0
- 06.11. 22:00. LE. Aston Villa – Maccabi Tel Aviv – 2:0
Aston Villa’s winning streak in the 2025/26 season
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Ukrainian defender Nottingham Forest Alexander Zinchenko He shared his feelings after his team beat Utrecht (2:1) in the main round of the Europa League.
“It’s a great feeling. First of all, I’m back. Secondly, it’s an incredible feeling to win a match. Getting three points today was very important for us. As you can see, it was a difficult match. But at the end of the match, I think we got what we wanted and let’s continue like that.”
“As a defender you always want to keep a clean sheet, but unfortunately we couldn’t do that today. So it’s something we need to work on in the future.”
“This is one of those matches where whoever wins the most challenges in different areas of the field will win the match. Today we won many more goals which helped us a lot in the game. But to be honest, even the opportunities we created, including me, we should have scored and finished this match earlier,” said Zinchenko.
Nottingham Forest is in 11th place in the rankings with 11 points after 6 matches in the Europa League this season.
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sports doctor Dmitry Babelyuk He was not happy with the decision made by Sean Dyche, the head coach of English Nottingham, in the match against Dutch Utrecht in the Europa League (2-1).
The Foresters’ coach has given Ukraine national team defender Alexander Zinchenko a place in the starting squad after the player missed nine matches due to injury.
“These old-school coaches never cease to amaze. In 2025, with the advancement of sports science and medicine, I don’t understand how it is possible to release a player from the winger position for a full 90 minutes at the same time after two muscle injuries.
First, Moyes did this to Mikolenko, which led to Vitaly’s relapse. Now Dyche makes the same obvious mistakes.
Understanding that Zinchenko is a player who has regularly suffered from muscle problems in recent seasons; injured twice at Nottingham in the last three months; Having not played for the last six weeks, I cannot imagine how anyone could be so negligent in getting a player into top playing form.
This is not often seen in the new generation of coaches such as Thomas Frank or Enzo Mareschi, but the old ones continue to rely on their own emotions, leaving players in danger of unnecessary relapses.
I hope everything goes well for Sasha and he returns to his best form, but playing 90 minutes at a time after two months of treatment is outright stupidity in modern football at the top level,” Babelyuk raged.
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