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AEK will be called up to face St. Gallen in Switzerland for the Europa League third qualifying round.
Neither cold nor hot for AEK after the draw for the Europa League 3rd qualifying round. The “yellow-blacks” were drawn to face the Swiss St. Gallen away from home. The match will take place on September 24 and will be a one-time knockout match, the prize being the qualification to the tournament play-offs.
The Union will claim the classification against the team that last year finished second in the Swiss championship. St. Gallen accumulated 68 points against 76 of the champion Young Boys, reason why it is in the qualifying rounds of the Europa League, along with Basel.
The Swiss have been preparing for some time and had some friendly matches, beating Austria Lustenau 5-0 and Freiburg 3-1 on Saturday. On September 5 they have planned a new friendly against Heidenheim.
The game that will take place on September 24 will take place in Kibunpark, a stadium with a capacity for 20,000 spectators, which, of course, due to the coronavirus, will be empty of people. The Swiss coach is Peter Zaider, and one of the strongest names on the team is… Greek. The motif of expatriate defender Leonidas Stergiou, considered one of the rising talents of Swiss football. In fact, he has played for the country’s “small” national teams …
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