Hellas Football

 AEK Athens: The Champions' Perfect Week Yellow and black victory celebration after the 2-3  victory against Brighton in England. By Andreas Mitsis Reigning league and cup champions AEK have a few good days behind them. A 2-3 win against Brighton in England last Thursday was followed up with a 1-2 win against Panathinaikos away in a change of capital on Monday. The perfect week was completed with another three-pointer against Atromitos on Thursday evening at home at Agia Sophia, which was, however, very far inside. What a seven-day period it has been for the reigning league and cup champions AEK. It started last Thursday (21/9) when the yellow and black took a hugely nice victory away to Brighton 2-3 in the first group stage of the Europa League. It was also the Premier League club's debut in the context of the European Cup. A triumph not many saw coming but coach Matías Almeyda had the plan ready for him against the eminent Brighton coached by tactical revolutionary Robe...

  Olympiakos vs Freiburg:  UEFA Europa League Group Stages Preview By Stephen Kountourou  Europa League Match Day One: 21/09/23 Kick-off: 22:00 Greek Time Venue: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium  Where to Watch: Cosmote Sport 5 HD The Revenge Match Just over a year ago, Olympiakos were embarrassed at the Giorgos Karaiskakis Stadium in the Europa League group stages. The scoreline was 0-3. The opponent, Freiburg. Within the first half an hour Thrylos found themselves 0-2 down at the half-hour mark. Austrian forward Michael Gregoritsch scored his second on the night to make it 0-3 and cement a miserable night for Olympiakos that would continue throughout the rest of the European campaign. But that was a vastly different Piraeus side, to the team that was assembled this summer and currently flying under Diego Martinez. Despite Freiburg being a tough opponent, Olympiakos is far more prepared for the challenges in Europe this season. Thrylos supporters see this fixture as a c...

Panathinaikos’ UEL opponents preview: Villarreal CF By Nikolas Fil  Panathinaikos is set to face French side Rennes, Israeli Champions Maccabi Haifa and the 2021 Europa League winners Villarreal.  Today we are gonna preview Panathinaikos' clash with the Yellow Submarine, while we are also gonna talk about key players from Villarreal’s squad.  Despite selling Nicolas Jackson, Pau Torres and Samuel Chukwueze for a combined 90 million euros fee, Villarreal still has a quality roster, where they add the likes of Alexander Sorloth, Ben Brereton Diaz and Ilias Akhomach to it to make it even better.   Manager:Pacheta José Rojo Martín or Pacheta is a Spanish football manager and former footballer. He started his playing career at Racing Lemeno but he’s more famous for his spell at Espanyol, where he made 118 appearances scoring 5 goals as a midfielder.  In his managerial career he has managed numerous clubs including Heracles in the Netherlands and a great many of Spani...

PAOK’s UECL opponents preview: HJK Helsinki By Nikolas Fil PAOK is set to face German side Eintracht Frankfurt, former Scottish champions Aberdeen and Finnish champions HJK Helsinki.  Today we are gonna preview PAOK’s clash with Klubi (the Club in Finnish), while we are also gonna talk about key players from Helsinki’s squad, including their strengths and weaknesses.  Helsinki is arguably the best team in Finland winning the league 6 times in the last 10 years, currently after 22 games they are sitting at the top of Veikkausliiga with 44 points.   Manager:Toni Korkeakunnas   Toni Korkeakunnas is a Finnish football manager and former player. He made a name for himself while playing at TP-55, playing 141 games for the club scoring 28 goals as a CM. He started his coaching career in 1999 managing Gnistan, while he was also studying in Finland’s best coaching school.  He joined HJK in 2023 firstly as an assistant, he took over in July 2023 after the club sacked firs...

AEK’s UEL opponents preview: Brighton and Hove Albion By Nikolas Fil, AEK is set to face French side Marseille, former Dutch champions Ajax and European debutants Brighton and Hove Albion.  Today we are gonna preview AEK’s clash with the Seagulls, while we are also gonna talk about key players from Brighton’s squad, including their strengths and weaknesses.  Despite selling Moises Caicedo, World Cup winner Alexis Mac Allister and goalkeeper Robert Sanchez for a combined 181 million euros fee.  Brighton did what they are best at, they reinvested the money signing talented players including the likes of Joao Pedro from Watford for 34 million euros, Baleba from Lille for 27 million, talented goalkeeper and recently Netherlands international Bart Verbruggen for 20 million from Anderlecht and Brazilian CB Igor from Conference League finalists Fiorentina for 17 million.  This season Brighton also focused on signing some experienced players as well like Milner, Dahoud and B...