Ketsetzoglou: “90% of the championship in Panathinaikos – Difficult to manage for AEK”

A clear lead for winning the title has o Panathinaikos after yesterday’s 0-0 draw with AEKas pointed out by Kostas Ketsetzoglou on News Bulletin 247.

“This result gives 90% of the championship to Panathinaikos. There is no team more motivated than their opponents. Also, AEK has to manage a difficult situation, because the first place is out of their hands and they have many competitive problems. Olympiacos will certainly have the ambition to eliminate AEK from the league on Wednesday, due to the rivalry between the two teams“, he said.

“AEK could score, especially at the beginning. He managed to shut Panathinaikos back and had the opportunities. In the second half, he tried until 60-65, but then Panathinaikos adjusted and was helped by Jovanovic’s changes. In the last 15-20 minutes, with Almeida’s three changes, AEK failed to threaten“, he added.

Regarding the problems that the “Union” had, he said: “Szymanski on Saturday could not leave his house, but on Sunday he felt a little better, went to the hotel and played a change. Pineda had a hamstring problem and was forced into after Rota’s injury, but perhaps that worked out to her advantage because she knew how to deal with Bernard following him and in a central role. The presence of Galanopoulos is vindication for Almeida. He wanted to play with two defensive midfielders, but Szymanski could not play from the start. Galanopoulos did very well».

Finally, regarding arbitration, he said:I did not see any protection of AEK by the referee. In Rota’s phase there is pressing and hitting, he could give red. Vida has found the ball almost at the same time as Chokai. He could perhaps give a second yellow card at the end to Mukudi, but Magnuson also flagged Garcia in the same way. Not all fouls are yellow cards. I saw a referee with personality who did not chew, had the same policy in his whistles and helped the game to be played. It’s funny to say that every week they send elite referees to Greece to help AEK win the championship».