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AEK <\/strong>celebrated a long-awaited Super League<\/strong> title success in the 2017-18<\/strong> season – a title which was decided in the courtroom rather than exclusively on the pitch. And that was the club’s last success. Since then, what has followed was not what was expected.<\/p>\n

For the last two years, \u0391\u0395\u039a<\/strong> has been trying to get back to the heights in reached during its title-winning season, but the club’s efforts to be competitive at the top of the table have fallen short. Indeed, during the current campaign, the team’s problems have been more apparent then ever.<\/p>\n

The Enosi<\/strong> has already gone through three coaches. The experiment with Miguel Cardoso <\/strong>over the summer was a complete failure. The Portuguese<\/strong> technician was sent on his way in August <\/strong>after the club’s failure to secure a place in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League<\/strong> along with a poor start to the Super League<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The ship was somewhat steadied by one of the club’s loyal servants in Nikos Kostenoglou<\/strong>. Under his guidance, the team improved and managed to get some positive results, but it never managed to get back up among the title contenders.<\/p>\n

After much deliberation, the club’s technical director Ilia Ivic<\/strong> opted to bring in Massimo Carrera<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Italian<\/strong> coach, who had worked alongside Antonio Conte <\/strong>for a long spell, was available after leaving Spartak Moscow <\/strong>in 2018<\/strong> and he signed on with the Enosi <\/strong>to try to revive the club’s fortunes.<\/p>\n

Under Carrera<\/strong>, A\u0395\u039a <\/strong>recorded three wins and a draw. The team’s playing style has become more… Italian, with the defensive side of things taking priority.<\/p>\n

Messers Oliveira<\/strong>, Livaja <\/b>and Mantalos <\/b>are the team’s leading lights, with eight, six and five goals respectively between them. The latter also has six assists, and is the Kitrinomavri’s<\/strong> key playmaker and creative force.<\/p>\n

Currently \u0391\u0395\u039a<\/strong> is third in the standings, 10 points behind Olympiacos, <\/strong>and arrives at the Toumba <\/strong>without only the injured Konstantinos Galanopoulos<\/strong>, and with the aim of getting a positive result to try and stay in the frame of the title race.<\/p>\n

The players selected by Carrera<\/strong> for the trip to the Toumba<\/strong> are the following:<\/p>\n

Barkas, Tsintotas, Bakakis, Lopes, Oikonomou, <\/strong>Chygrynskiy<\/strong>, Vranjes, Hult, Svarnas, Paulinho, Kristicic, Simoes, Mantalos, Sabanatzovic<\/strong>, Botos, Verde, Giakoumakis, Livaja, Almpanis, Oliveira<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paokfc.gr\u2019s Rival Analysis column puts the magnifying glass on this weekend\u2019s opponents AEK, giving you the lowdown on everything you need to know about the Athens club ahead of our Super League Matchday 18 derby contest at the Toumba.","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":561745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1520,5],"tags":[1519,2250,4360,5815],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAiming to stay in the hunt - PAOKFC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/2020112-thelei-na-meinei-zontani\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Aiming to stay in the hunt - 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