AEK “splits” further in the same game

The victory with Lamia amidst the grief experienced by the AEK family is not least a balm in a difficult time for the organization. The death of Stelios Serafeidis certainly hit everyone mentally, but some even more, as there are players and team members who have been particularly close to him in recent years. So in this difficult situation, dominance over lamia is a very good development for everyone’s peace of mind. Of course, the trouble is ahead.

The Union had breaks in the game which gave the impression that with the intensity that managed to add pressure on Lamia’s defense, it would be easy for them to score in the game. As long as she was more decisive and calmer with the decisive decision, the last pass or the decisive shot.

But there were also the usual breaks that shaped it throughout 2021, those of apathy, the long distances between the lines, the misunderstandings, the personal mistakes and the removal of the ball in the koutourou. Divisive situations for his exact picture, within the fight itself.

Who is Argyris Giannikis’s AEK and where can he go? Certainly the first game of the year with 8 absenteeism could not be a criterion for a safe conclusion – even that of Araujo, who was on the mission but was not ready to help – and although there was a considerable time of relaxation, outside of the competition commitments .

It can then become even more complex to draw fair opinions about the effort of the changes that are taking place, as we are experiencing a strange and unpredictable time for all teams that will largely determine their image, at least for the current month. And we will see…

The balance you need to get up in derbies

It is simple, obvious and should be said that a coach is properly (and fairly) judged by the work that begins with him at the head of the team (summer) and ends (spring). On the other hand, however, there is the present and the near future. It cannot be that there is no demand for a better image than that presented by AEK in Lamia.

Because if it does not happen, then the very difficult and critical games that lie ahead of us, with the double mission of increasing the difference in the score of PAOK and the qualification against him and then against Olympiacos in the cup, will be illegible.

If you study AEK’s games one after the other, since the reins of the team were taken over by the former PAS coach, it’s easy for anyone to see the imbalances occurring at different intervals within a game.

There are those who seem to have the right spacing between the lines and who give the trainer’s pressure plan exactly to his liking with intensity, but there are others where he gives the impression of a sentence suddenly losing its synchronization and a series of Reasons for the opponent – any ability – to believe they can score. The first 25 minutes of the second half against Lamia were just that.

Regardless of the difficulties that will arise due to Covid-19 and the data concerns the trainer, both for those who have the opportunity to make a choice and for those who face him to come up with a specific plan in advance , AEK is committed to finding ways to make the game safer and less naive.

It is clearly the time for closer penalties, a different layout and more flexibility from the bench, depending on the players available. It’s interesting in football, but at the same time it looks like Russian roulette.