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Who are the players who do not come out of the AEK lineup and who are fighting for a place in it ahead of the derby with Olympiacos.
Wednesday today, the days before the great match at “G. Karaiskakis” are running out and Matias Almeida is making his plans for how he will present AEK. With the quiver completely full, as the two concerns that existed, dissipated yesterday.
Lazaros Rota returned to training without facing any problem as the blow he had received in the match of the National team against Finland did not leave a dent in him. He is 100% ready for the match against Olympiakos.
Alexander Cullens who has had a minor injury problem for the past few days, played throughout the game in Peru’s 1-0 defeat by Argentina. He played as a left stopper and even had an excellent performance. Anyway, on Sunday he will be on the bench or out of action if Almeida chooses the one stopper for a possible change, in the person of Mitoglou.
Almeida is also waiting for the long-distance internationals, as Piero returns to Greece this afternoon, having scored 4 times in Haiti’s last games. Cullens, Pineda and Coita return tomorrow, Thursday, so presumably all of them will be available for practice on Friday and Saturday.
On the contrary, Eliasson, who last night completed his obligations with the Swedish National Team, will attend Spata on Thursday, but did not have time to join today’s morning training session. The same applies to Strakosa (he returns to training tomorrow).
The “givens” and rational thoughts
The good thing for Almeida was that a large part of the main core of the team remained throughout the break “immobile” in Spata, where last Thursday a friendly training match was held against Levadeiakos.
The report is about players who will be key next Sunday, as the five in defense will not change and will consist of Strakosa, Rota, Hadjisafi, Vida and Mukudi.
In “6”, due to the character of the game and the great response that Szymanski almost always shows in such matches, the Pole has the advantage over the -however- formed Jonsson, while Pereira will start next to him on the axis. The two of them will compose a duo that is now “consolidating” at the axis of the “yellow and black” midfield.
Beyond that, it also seems certain that Martial will be used on the left wing of the attack and Garcia at the top of it. The two question marks concern the position behind the forward and the player who will be selected for the right wing.
Lamela is preferred over the “burdened” Mandalu to move behind Garcia, while Ljubicic is the next choice for the starting line-up as Pineda will also be tired due to matches and transatlantic travel.
On the right, Eliasson returned without having played in Sweden’s second leg and that gives him the edge to return to the starting line-up. However, none of Fernandez or Amrabad can be excluded, a decision which ultimately will be made by Almeida based on the tactics and demands of the right-wing winger.
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