"Not Bayern, but Ajax plays the best football" Football

Niko Kovac and Rui Vitoria, his colleagues from Bayern Munich and Benfica, are also on the verge of poor performance.

Empty Spaces

AEK's powerful president Dimitris Melissanidis blames all his players for the moment. "I do not have to pay you, but you, me," he's regaled Saturday from modest Panaitolikos after defeat (1-2). Anger is also gaining disappointment with many fanatical fans. AEK expects that there will be at least 20,000 empty spots in the Olympic Stadium on Tuesday night, when Marco van Basten, Ajax, will contribute to the Cup's revenue. Europe 2 in 1987.

For Anastasios Bakasetas, André Simões and Konstantinos Lambropoulos do not seem to have a future in AEK. The three basic players did not want to extend their expiring contract, to the great anger of Melissanidis presences. "We have said goodbye to a few guys in recent days," coach Ouzounidis said without giving a name. "We only wanted to do this during the winter holidays."

AEK still has a small chance to finish third in the group. "We have to go," Ouzounidis said. "But it's hard, because not Bayern Munich, but Ajax is playing the best football in this group, who could have expected that right after the draw?"

In the shadow

For the moment, Ouzounidis is still in the shadows with his predecessor Manuel Jiménez, the Spaniard who has led the AEK to the first national title for 24 years. "Staying at the top is sometimes harder than coming," he said about the backlog of twelve points accumulated in his country at PAOK. "But we have potential Until last month, we played the best football in Greece."