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Robbery, transition, assistance, interior, surprise, triangle attack. Terms found in a basketball game. In this case, they can explain the defeat of AEK in the ‘Municipal’ of Braga, with the heavy that developed 3-0, in the premiere of the Europa League groups. The Union expected to encounter difficulties in the confrontation. Galen was a player who could hurt him, like him. What she didn’t expect with certainty was that … Livagia would finish it. The Croatian hunter happened as a change in the match with the score at 1-0 and there was a change in the change when AEK conceded two more goals, for an equal number of own errors. With Massimo Carrera withdrawing him from the game, putting Macheiras in his place.
The Italian coach chose a 3-5-2, with Mandalo in a more aggressive role, in charge of covering the measures between the central midfielders and Oliveira-Ansarifard that made up the duo on the strike line. There were two problems that AEK faced in the first half: their inability to hold the ball long enough to break the rhythm that Braga gave the game and control of space in the rear of Sakhov-Krstic, where the Portuguese were outmatched. in number.
The Union, however, managed to get the ball three times into the back of the rival defense, but twice the goalkeeper Mateus remembered the name of Lothar, when the great German played Libero towards the west of his career, overtaking Vasilantonopoulos – Oliveira. The third time, the Portuguese forward of AEK managed and pressed an area, but from a shooting position he desperately missed. His overall presence was again disappointing. He missed three big opportunities and was not altruistic at all in the cases where he had options at his side.
And in the offensive transition, Braga took the lead. Escagia made the center from the right, Galen managed to get inside Vasilantonopoulos and with a head that looked like a … high hook, he left no room for Tsintotas reaction. With the 1-0 of 44 ‘the teams went to the changing rooms.
Czigrinski, Sikeira and Galen had a good chance to score after completing an hour of play when Carrera decided it was time to take a chance. The three blocks became two and the 3-5-2 became 4-3-3, as Livagia and Tankovic replaced Czigrinski and Ansarifard. In the next minute, Oliveira missed from a lateral position after some excellent action from Tankovic and then … the switch fell. In the 78th minute, Livagia made his first mistake. Galeno stole, came out surprised and at the right moment made the assist for the scorer Paulinho.
The 2-0 had no return. Massimo Carrera as a coach knows that a bad day, a bad performance, a bad result is part of the game. What the Italian coach does not accept is a bad mentality to the detriment of the whole. What he saw when Livagia fumbled cheaply for the second time in midfield, Braga’s players executed a perfect attacking triangle and Andre Orta scored the 3-0 in the 88th minute. Seconds later, the Croatian left the game, leaving his place to Macheiras. He was obviously not happy, but what about his coach, who was hoping that the best player on his team would change the game? And he did it, but not in the right way …
AEK will have five more chances in the following matches to look for the best of the group, which also includes Leicester and Zoria. It is unlikely that Livagia will have as many chances at AEK if their mentality remains the one with which they entered the ‘Municipal’ match, dashing the team’s hopes of leaving with a positive result from Braga’s home.
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