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In the game against Wolfsburg, before the epic qualification with Ansarifard came in the 4th minute of the delays, AEK fought … with their demons. As if it were a movie script with the hero, the most unfortunate man in the world who over the obstacles is called to defend the … happy ending. Mandalos lost penalty, 0-1 by the German team shortly before the break, everything goes wrong for the transcendental AEK.
In Peristeri, a few days after the OAKA thriller, one of the same. Like fate playing in AEK. Carrera made rational decisions in the starting lineup, putting Ansarifard in Oliveira’s place, returning Mandalo to midfield and making Garcia ‘demonize’. After seeing Macheiras for the first time being out of action in the last minute due to illness, in minute 2 came the first opportunity that could have scored if Mandalos’s place was not lukewarm, while in minute 15 he brought García the injury that had started. strong confrontation and forced change.
As if all this were not enough, in the 24th minute, Goutas led Atromitos 1-0 with a header from a corner kick, scoring for the second straight game. Last Sunday he was in ‘Genti Koule’ against OFI in the delays, putting the 2-2, now he was in Peristeri, in different conditions, rescuing his team again.
AEK had to deal with all the difficulties the match presented him plus the carefree energy of Petros Mandalos in the 39th minute. Claiming the ball with Kivrakidis, the AEK captain found the player with the bars on his chest and was rightly sent off, impacting his team for the second consecutive game. On Thursday it was the missed penalty against Wolfsburg, which was not fatal, on Sunday night it was the dismissal that essentially ‘hung’ his team at the worst moment. The … final blow from Mandalos led AEK to go to the locker room with the back 1-0, having lost García and Ousa with one less player after the dismissal of their leader.
Not so with Wolfsburg. Not even with Wolfsburg were obstacles in the way of AEK that had to make another overcoming in a few days. And if in the match against the German team there was motivation and a clear mind despite the adverse conditions, in Peristeri there was neither a clear mind nor patience. As if something had ‘spoiled’ the minds of the ‘yellow-blacks’ who were more trying to figure out what exactly happened in the first half, especially with Mandalos’ energy to leave his team at a numerical disadvantage. , rather than how they would try to at least get the upper hand. tie saving the game.
Atromitos, on the other hand, had an easier task compared to last Sunday against OFI. Now he didn’t have to attack to claim the draw, but he had to manage the result in his favor. And if there was something in common between the two games, it was the failure of the opportunities that were presented to the hosts to ‘clean up’ the game.
AEK timidly began to create conditions after 70 ‘and after the game first acquired a’ do or die ‘character for the’ yellow-blacks’. Even so, Massimo Carrera’s team did not feel and did not scare Atromitos who pushed himself further to maintain the 1-0 until the final due to his failure in the opportunities he created against the problematic ‘yellow and black’ defense. .
In conclusion, AEK’s 1-0 defeat comes to a point where it wasn’t necessary, but it won’t do much damage. The ideal scenario was to double the victories with Wolfsburg and Atromitos, keep the first result, shoot the second and get to work in the interruption of the championship for the resumption of the restart and the ‘draw’ of the team.
AEK’s most serious problem, however, is Petros Mandalos’s psyche. The missed penalty with Wolfsburg did not cost, which happened after the match in the surrounding area of OAKA and the support of the people was the highlight of that triumphant night, but their energy in the match with Atromitos, leaving AEK with 10 players 39 ‘, it is a snapshot that must be left on the’ hard disk ‘and work (and this) at the stop.
The discussion around him is something that now takes on demonic tendencies. With the end of yesterday’s game, a Facebook page appeared asking ‘no more Mandalo at AEK’, like the one that Katsouranis demanded from the National Team to finish. It is a great role for the Union, which has not learned to live without it. But he should have looked at his life differently, as this particular footballer performs stunts between normal and paranoia with everything that happens around him.
On the opposite shore, the shock of Atromitos at the premiere of Volos seems to have been the bad parenthesis. A draw in Toumba, a draw in Heraklion, a victory over AEK in a series that mainly gives psychology and the opportunity for Kanadi to work more calmly at halftime. Unlike Carreras …
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