It was all excitement and laughter with AEK Athens, equipment from Greece where they play Orbelin Pineda and Rodolfo Pizarrountil today that they fell in the first leg of the playoffs of the Champions League.
It was with a score of 1-0 that those led by Matias Almeyda lost to Royal Antwerp.
AEK Athens and its fight for the Champions League
Before being able to play the group stage, some of the champions and runners-up of the European leagues have to face each other in different elimination rounds to get their ticket to the UEFA Champions League.
This is the case of the team AEK Athenswho won the greek league and they are disputing preliminary duels to reach the club tournament.
Notably This team has gained a lot of relevance due to the Mexican influence in the locker room.
Two players who have participated in the Mexican National Team as Orbelin Pineda and Rodolfo Pizarro are struggling to qualify along with the former coach of Chivas, Matias Almeyda.
After beating Dinamo Zagreb with a global of 4-3they would face the Royal Antwerp.
With Orbelin as the owner and Pizarro on the benchthe Greek team took to the field to pursue the dream of qualifying for the Champions League.
However, at minute 16 an old acquaintance from Liga MX scored for Royal: Vincent Janssen, former Rayados de Monterrey player.
Despite the fact that the Royal finished with a man less, Almeyda’s team could not tie the game as a visitor. Also, Orbelin ended up with a yellow card and Rodolfo Pizarro had no activity, so it was not a positive balance.
If you want to classify they will have to win the next duel at homejust as they did against Dinamo Zagreb in the previous qualifying round.
2023-08-23 01:02:30
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