AEK and Terim have… met again: The previous duel of the Turkish coach with “Enos”

Aimed at New Philadelphia and OPAP Arena will be all eyes tonight (20:30), with AEK to welcome him Panathinaikos in the top derby of the 18th matchday of the Stoiximan Super League, with both teams looking for victory, which can be seen as decisive in many areas: both in terms of points and psychology, since the title will be judged again this year in the playoffs process.

In the event that the doubles of Greece manage to double their victories against “clover” this year, they will be at the top, most likely, living together with PAOK, while if the “greens” get the “three points” they will have taken a huge step, since they will increase the difference they have with the “yellow and black” at five points.

Tonight’s game is special for him Fatih Terim. The Turkish coach will sit for the first time on the bench of his team in an away match, giving at the same time the first of the big match in the championship, in which he wants more than anyone else to come out victorious.

In fact, the 70-year-old will not face tonight’s opponent for the first time, since AEK and Term they had…said it before. About 5.5 years ago, specifically in the summer of 2018, the “two-headed” had welcomed the Turkish coach Galatasaray to OAKA, giving his own dress rehearsal ahead of his qualifiers Champions League. That start of the season had found the “Union” champion of Greece, as well as the then team of the “green” coach in the neighboring country.

In the match, the guests had opened the scoring in the 22nd minute with Maiconwith the AEK to noticeably improve its performance and turn the situation upside down afterwards! In the 34th minute, Livaya tied at 1-1, in the 51st minute o Bakasetas gave his team the lead and Mandalos with an excellent free kick in the 56th minute made it 3-1. Maikon for the Galatasaray side had reduced in the 67th minute to 3-2, which was also the final result of the friendly.

It is worth noting that three players who are still on the “yellow and black” roster also played in that game: Petros MandalosThe Costas Galanopoulos and Ezequiel Ponce.

Finally, that summer Greece was experiencing a tragedy with the fires in Eye which led to the death of 104 people, with the players of the Turkish team warming up with a t-shirt that read: “Neighbors we are close to you, good strength!“, while the people of AEK had also sent their own message with various banners.



The players who played in AEK’s friendly match against Terim’s Galatasaray:

AEK (M. Ouzounidis): Barkas, Bakakis (82′ Gallo), Lambropoulos, Economou (64′ Tsosits), Lopes (64′ Hoult), Simoes (82′ Moran), Galanopoulos (64′ Ponce), Bakasetas (82′ Giakoumakis), Mandalos (82′ Albanis), Klonaridis (64′ Bogey), Livaya (71′ Alef).

Galatasaray (Fatih Terim): Chippeth, Maicon (71′ Karnuku), Serdar Aziz (85′ Kol), Inan, Belhanda, Gomis, Onyekuru, Carroll, Gary Rodriguez (74′ Davas), Fernando Reyes, Nagatomo.