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AEK achieved the “double” classification in Switzerland, after beating St. Gallen 1-0, and next Thursday they will fight to enter the Europa League groups.
Although the Union was not convinced, St. Gallen did not have the quality to exclude it and therefore, although with difficulty, it qualified for the next phase. The Carrera players played hard and with soul, but lacked a clear mind when necessary. The torrential rain made his job even more difficult. In the end, Dikefalos found the winning goal in the 70th minute, with Oliveira sending the ball into the net after Ziggy’s rejection of the penalty that he won and took himself.
In the Europa League playoffs, AEK will face Wolfsburg next Thursday at the OAKA, which eliminated the Ukrainian Desna.
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The match
The match started in a way that AEK wouldn’t want. St. Gallen had the ball in his possession, had won the Axis battle against the state and was hitting their defense, with the pouring rain creating problems for the “yellow-black” defenders. The hosts were against Panagiotis Tsintotas with Douas and Stilhart, but the Greek goalkeeper confirmed that he is on an excellent moon, as he rejected all the threats from the Swiss.
After 35 ‘, the Union went up. He gained confidence and with Simoes, Karim and Mandalo at the forefront, who created a soul, created opportunities. A header from Livagia went just over the crossbar of the opposing goalkeeper, while until the end of the first half Simoes threatened with a shot, while a parallel from Vasilantonopoulos had no response. Before the end of the first half, St. Gallen threatened again after a mistake by Czigrinski, but Tsintotas responded with impeccable reflexes.
On replay, the scene didn’t change much. AEK was trying to find an opportunity, but St. Gallen held on with a strong defense. On the other hand, unlike the first half, the Swiss did not pose a threat to the “yellow and black” defense. In the end, a penalty went to “unlock” the match for the Union.
In the 69th minute, Oliveira left the rival defense behind, found himself in front of Ziggy, Stergiou tried to cut him, took a penalty and the Portuguese put the ball within 11 steps. However, the opposing goalkeeper defeated him blocking his execution, but Oliveira took the … rebound and opened the scoring in the 70th minute. Then, the Union went back a while, looking for the goal that “will block” the classification in the counterattack. He didn’t find it, but in fact the Swiss never threatened either.
St. Gallen-AEK 0-1
St. Gallen (Peter Zeidler): Ati-Ziggi, Crouci, Stergiou, Fazlizi, Muheim, Kindila, Ruiz (74 ‘Ribeiro), Gertler, Stilhart (74’ Wan), Doua (61 ‘Camperio), Gui
AEK (Massimo Carrera): Tsintotas, Vasilantonopoulos, Svarnas, Tsigrinski, Insua, Simoes, Kristisic, Mandalos, Livagia (90 ‘Sakhof), Oliveira, Ansarifard (68’ García)
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