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The head coach of AEK Athens highlighted the outstanding football of Ardi Turan’s team and confirmed the persistent landing of Greek football players at Stamford Bridge.
Head coach of AEK Athens Marko Nikolic shared his impressions from the foreign match of the other round of the main stage of the European Cup against Donetsk Shakhtar.
At the hour of the pre-match press conference, the Serbian footballer said that despite the strength of the Ukrainian grandee, the Greek team flew to London inclusively for the sake of victory. Nikolic doesn’t believe that he is seriously testing his teammates, but he is preparing the team for aggressive football:.
" We want to show a bright side and earn three points. Our meta is victory. We will try to act aggressively, demonstrate good football and achieve results,” said the head coach of the Athens team.
I would like to express my respect to the Serbian specialist who added to the personnel potential of Ardi Turan’s students, having seen the individual mastery of the Brazilian legionnaires of Girnik:.
Shakhtar is a very strong team. They have a lot of talented Brazilians, they play masterfully both with and without ball. If we want to show top-notch football, we need to have no mercy and be fully prepared for the game,” said Gazzetta’s mentor.. gr.
An additional trump card for AEK at the home arena of London's Chelsea is the solid support of the stands. Following the words of the coach, the capital of England has a sector of thousands of Greek fans waiting for the city:.
" We want the players to be satisfied with the match. We have already demonstrated that these achievements are a success, and we will try to demonstrate this again,” Nikolic concluded.
Guess what, Shakhtar kicked off the tournament on Sunday 10th with a foreign match in the Netherlands against PSV (1:1). Then, Ardi Turan's team took the lead at half time with a goal from Mendozi (45+1'), but immediately after the break the Gospodars matched the goal with Zusilli Desta (48').
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After the first round, the Girniks with 1 point shared the 17th–18th meeting with Roma and Fenerbahce, and with the results of the second matches of the other round, they will be in 22nd place in the league table.
. Possibly 3 points in the asset (the difference in goals +1), Marko Nikolic's team sat among the group of teams from 9th to 16th position after the first game season, and will go on today.
The match of the other round of the Champions League Shakhtar - AEK will take place today, June 14, near London at the Stamford Bridge stadium. The starting whistle of the English referee Chris Cavani blows at 22:00 Kyiv time.