THE AEK managed to overcome the obstacle of Dinamo Zagreb in an episodic way and will play in the Champions League playoffs against Antwerp.
Union will face the Belgians on Tuesday 22 August at 22:00 at Antwerpwhile the iterative at New Philadelphia will be Wednesday August 30 at the same time.
The two teams faced each other in a friendly match on July 8, with “Union” emphatically winning 3-0. The Antwerp team was founded in 1880, has the colors white and red and is based in “Bossouil”, about 16 thousand spectators. It won the fifth championship in its history in stoppage time last season in Belgium, while this season in the league has started with two wins (Circle Bruges, Kortrijk), one loss (Anderlecht) and one draw (Leuven). Also, earlier, he had won the Super Cup on penalties against Malin (5-4, 1-1 the match).
The coach of the team is the Dutch former international midfielder Mark Van Bommel. Its leader is the man who gave it the championship, the Belgian international stopper Toby Alderweireld, while its roster includes the stopper Bjorn Engels who had played for Olympiakos, as well as Davino Verhulst who was the goalkeeper of Apollon Smyrna.
The midfielder Arthur Vermeiren is considered its biggest asset, while the Dutch forward also stands out Vincent Jansenthe French goalkeeper Jean Butez and Dutch midfielder Jürgen Eckelenkamp.
In Europe he had faced in 2021 the Olympic in the Europa League groups with one loss (2-1) and one win (1-0).
Source: Sport Fm
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