AEK’s second teams provide solutions: Five wins with the signing of substitutes

Each contender for the title has its own merits in this year’s championship, but if the AEK seems to be superior to the competition somewhere, this point is in the ability to bring players from the bench capable of changing the balance and the fate of a match.

The yesterday’s game against Aris (3-1) it was further proof of that. THE Steven Zuber mainly, but also Orbelin Pineda, Petros Mandalos and Paulo Fernandez in a secondary role, transformed the attacking image of the “Union” and the Swiss with two goals took it upon himself to unlock a game that seemed to be “going awry” for his team.

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All this, just a week after Mr Matias Almeida had brought Petros Mandalo from the bench to Toumba and he, with an improbable assist to Sergio Araujo, had signed the big win over PAOK (0-1). And there are many more examples…

– In 8th matchdaytwo changes made the difference in the victory over Atromitos at the Opap Arena, with Petros Mandalo winning the penalty converted by Nordin Amrabat in the 94th minute.

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– In 14th matchdayit was Tom Van Weert who had come on as a substitute to break the Gordian knot by opening the scoring against Lamia in the 67th minute and scoring the final 3-0.

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– In 19th matchday the changes brought the upset in the final against Ionikos in Neapoli. From a corner by the newly arrived Paulo Fernandes, Domagoy Vida equalized with a header in the 82nd minute and from a wonderful vertical shot by Petros Mandalos in the 92nd minute, Steven Zuber with a very difficult finish gave AEK the three points.

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For Matias Almeidas there are no… children and children. He calculates, without exaggeration, all his footballers and knows how to get the most out of them, basic and substitute. Hence the decision to go with many “reserves” in a key role in the Cup institution, which justified him in the first semi-final of the Cup against Olympiakos with 3-0. And something that is expected to follow in the rematch on Great Wednesday at “G. Karaiskakis”.