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Clenched fists. Head down. Painted relief in the look. The ‘cold’ sweat that ran down the forehead and mixed with that ‘salty’ of a game that has already reached 70 ‘was washed away by the incessant rain in’ Kybunpark ‘. 1/3 days of September it rains there.
Nelson Oliveira’s almost indebted celebration conveyed a clear redemption of what had preceded it. Water from heaven. Manna from heaven. Sky ball. The Portuguese striker would have lost sleep if Ganezu Ziggi’s rejection in the 71 ‘penalty shootout did not return the ball to score an empty goal. In AEK 1-0 against St. Gallen, which qualified for the Europa League playoffs against Wolfsburg (which eliminated Desna 2-0), the 29-year-old risked losing the assured glory of the sprint that Fue preceded by the penalty won at the end of his effort. He was the first to find the foot of Leonidas Stergiou, but the contacts of the three players involved in the phase were so confused that the referee punished the clumsy attempt of the two defenders, which is true that they did not touch the ball to have the slightest excuse.
Hierarchically, and apart from the fact that he had made the vertical in the empty space, Petros Mandalos should have placed the ball on the cue ball. Oliveira had already decided for himself. The ever condescending Union ‘captain’ said something to him as he walked away just before firing. He has given his colleagues a similar responsibility when asked. Oliveira almost demanded it in his own way. And if the execution of the AEK forward was not adequate on a wet field, the second goal attempt found a neutralized goalkeeper and himself with a clear advantage over the empty net. Surprisingly, the ball was coming from above, after the operation, and he, reacting very quickly and nervously to be sure, simply pushed it into the net.
AEK was slow to find what they were looking for in the game to verify the role of the favorite in the encounter with the well-to-do Swiss team. A team that, playing at home and the conditions that favored it, had threatened to lead with intensity, energy, very good circulation, raising the side defenses and continuous movements without the ball. From 4 ‘, when Insua sent the ball home to AEK, until 37’ when Doua found a face with the goal, from the unnecessary return of Tsigrinski, Tsintotas spread a little away from home the confidence that he had acquired from the moment he took the gloves from No.1. Reflexes, key positions and composure formed the profile of a goalkeeper in desperate need of a defense urgently looking for a stopper. The plug that will improve the overall suspension function, in which Vasilantonopoulos’s 4-2-3-1 overdue that Carrera chose this time showed the most shocking good response to his role. Working at the same time as a supporter of Ansarifard or Livai García, who replaced the Iranian shortly before the phase that defined the result.
Gourlis the rookie winger, managing to show on a couple of occasions that he arrived in a ‘one-on-one’ situation that corresponds to the position with him. As long as AEK qualified for the playoffs as it ‘extinguished’ the game in the final 20 minutes and was no longer tolerant of aggression from St. Gallen, who fatally gave up hope of finding something next. Did not find. Or rather, the confidence of the ‘yellow-blacks’ did not leave her.
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