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The moment of truth for Zarya. There is nowhere else to retire, it is no longer possible to lose, it would be time to preserve honor and dignity, and at the same time please the Ukrainian fans (at least one of our clubs should do this). Yes, in the last LE round, Lugansk lost to the guests of Greece at home, but only conditionally on their own, because recently, while Lugansk is occupied by Russian troops, “black and white” does not matter where to play. Perhaps visiting is even easier. Now you have to gather all the will of a fist and after three consecutive defeats to achieve an acceptable result.
European League. Fourth round
Stadium: Spyros Luis Olympic Stadium (Athens)
Chief Referee: Aliyar Agayev (Azerbaijan)
AEK (Athens, Greece) 19:55 Zarya (Lugansk, Ukraine)
The broadcast of the match on the television channels Football 1 and Football 2 can be seen in the online cinema
Zorya has been without an official match for an incredible 17 days, and this is at the height of the season. The last Lugansk meeting took place on November 8, a 0: 0 draw with Vorskla. Then there was a break for the national team matches, and the postponement of the match with Olimpik, who due to the coronavirus could not put together a team to the Premier League match.
It is impossible to say whether such a long hiatus will benefit or harm Skripnik’s team. Perhaps it was necessary to take a break for the “black and white” of the matches with AEK (1: 4), “Ingulets” (1: 1), “Braga” (1: 2). The last time Zorya won was on October 25, when they defeated the exhausted Rukh 4: 0. In total, the Luhansk team has won two victories this season, and Lviv managed to beat them 5: 0. With four losses and five draws.
AEK has won its last three matches. In addition to “Zarya”, the Athenians beat “OFI” 2: 1 in the Greek championship, and last weekend they managed to defeat “Larisa” 4: 1. Apparently, the bronze medalist of the Greek Super League is in very good shape.
Ukrainian legionnaires Chygrynskiy and Shakhov returned to the AEK system, the players are already in the general group after they passed positive tests for COVID-19 in early November. Evgeny Shakhov played with “Larisa”.
Grechkin and Kazakov will definitely not play in Zarya, as well as Makharadze’s health problems. Skripnik’s personal situation is not the best.
STATISTICS
Zorya had not met with Greek clubs before. AEK recently played with Dynamo.
In 2018, in the 1/16 finals of the Europa League, the Dynamo drew 1: 1 in Athens. Then there was a 0: 0 tie, acceptable to the people of Kiev, in Olimpiyskiy.
REFERENCE COMPOSITION
There are only four defenders in Zorya’s application: Vitaly Vernidub, Joel Abu Hanna, Denis Favorov, Dmitry Poddubny, although Khomchenovskiy and Ivanisenya can close problematic positions. Let’s see what Skripnik comes up with. AEK has also injured, although not irreplaceable players: García, Shimansky, Simoesh, Mantolos.
AEK: Tsintotas – Insua, Chigrinsky, Nedelcharu, Bakakis – Krsticic, Shakhov – Vasilantonopoulos, Maheras, Lopes – Oliveira.
Zarya: Shevchenko – Favorov, Abu Khanna, Vernidub, Khomchenovsky – Ivanisenya – Yurchenko, Kochergin, Nazarina, Lunev – Kabaev.
FORECAST
The main problem of “Zarya” is in psychology, as if the Lugansk people were in a hole, they cannot get out of it, they climb and desperately resist, showing unsatisfactory results. If Viktor Skripnik finds the necessary words and tunes in the team, it can be expected that the “black-whites” will not lose. AEK, on the other hand, can cause a lot of problems for the Ukrainian team, but let’s hope for the best, although the forecast will be very cautious. Anything can happen in this match. Forecast: draw 1: 1.
