AEK: The big question mark for the center ahead of the “final” with Panathinaikos

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THE AEK has left behind the streak of five great victories in the playoffs and has focused all its attention on Sunday’s big derby against Panathinaikos at Leoforos, which will largely decide the title.

No new problems arose for the “yellow and black”, with Matias Almeida to definitely not count on Araujo and Sidibe and doubtfully on Mohammadi. From then on, the big question mark is which players will be selected to anchor the midfieldsince this specific decision will affect the other positions as well.

In the last two matches, where AEK won great victories against Olympiakos (1-3) and PAOK (4-0), the Argentinian coach chose Shimansky and the Johnson respectively, with the two blond central defenders not playing at the same time (in the first match Jonsson replaced Szymanski and in the second only Jonsson played) and Pineda to assume the role of second central midfielder. This is a format that had been established in most matches before the interruption of the World Cup, when the “Union” also made perhaps their best performances during the regular season. But what will Almeida’s decision be for Sunday? Will he stick to the same plan or will he simultaneously use Szymanski and Jonsson from the start, moving Pineda further forward and removing a midfielder (e.g. Gacinovic)?

It is worth noting that in this year’s three games against Panathinaikos, “Pelados” had chosen to play with the duo of Jonson and Simanski in ALL. And it is also true that the “greens” are the team that, more than any other, did not allow the “Union” to play the dominating football that it attributes to most of the season.

On the other hand, however, the strengthened center that Ivan Jovanovic recently prefers, with Perez, Kourbelis and Cerin, plus Bernard as a left winger but also offering in a more central role, might be… dangerous to face with only one of Simanski or Jonson and Pineda who has a more aggressive role.

All these are facts that Matias Almeida “weighs” in his mind before the final decision.

Source: Sport Fm

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