UEFA CHAMPIONS & EUROPA LEAGUE: After a rough start to the European campaign, all of Greece’s representatives performed well on the continental stage, as PAOK and AEK picked up positive results in the UEFA Champions League while Olympiacos thrashed their opponents in the UEFA Europa League. AGONAsport analyses the influence of Greek players on their respective clubs.
In clinging on for an heroic 1:1 draw against Celtic in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, AEK made it 11 consecutive European matches without defeat since August 2, 2017.
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Following last year’s 0:2 and 0:1 losses to CSKA Moscow in the Champions League, Super League winners AEK have refused to be beaten on the continent, reaching the 2017/2018 UEFA Europa League Last 32 without conceding a single defeat in the tournament and registering a battling draw in Glasgow in yesterday’s Champions League third qualifying round tie.
Despite falling behind to an early Callum McGregor goal, the Kitrinomavri struck back with a superb marker from the impressive Viktor Klonaridis, before Konstantinos Galanopoulos was sent off for two yellow cards in the second half. Nevertheless, classy defending kept Celtic at bay and AEK made it 11 successive European games unbeaten. Next Tuesday, AEK host Celtic at the Olympic Stadium in Athens looking to extend that statistic.
Here are the results of those 11 matches in the Europa League and Champions League:
Club Brugge - AEK - 0:0 (Europa League)
AEK - Club Brugge - 3:0 (Europa League)
Rijeka - AEK - 1:2 (Europa League)
AEK - Austria Vienna - 2:2 (Europa League)
AC Milan - AEK - 0:0 (Europa League)
AEK - AC Milan - 0:0 (Europa League)
AEK - Rijeka - 2:2 (Europa League)
Austria Vienna - AEK - 0:0 (Europa League)
AEK - Dynamo Kyiv - 1:1 (Europa League)
Dynamo Kyiv - AEK - 0:0 (Europa League)
Celtic - AEK - 1:1 (Champions League)
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: AEK held Scottish champions Celtic to a creditable 1-1 away draw in the first leg of their Champions League 3rd qualifying round clash in Glasgow on Wednesday, coming from a goal down and hanging on despite playing the last half hour with 10 players after Kostas Galanopoulos was harshly sent-off. **HIGHLIGHTS**
