Matias Almeida in the five matches with Olympiakos in “G. Karaiskakis” always chooses a specific formation with a “six” and an “eight” in the axis of the midfield. But what will he do this time with Pineda?
THE Matias Almeida she always plays with a winning mentality and that has been passed down to her players AEK the two and a half years he has been in its technical leadership. With a winning plan, he will also go to the derby with Olympiakos in Faliro next Sunday. In another game of the yellow and black in the positions from the middle and forward there are question marks regarding the options due to the many and quality solutions that exist there.
On five matches of Almeida at “C. Karaiskakis”AEK lines up on the pitch always with “eight” and usually with Orbelin Pineda. Until now, “Pelados” has never chosen a formation with two “sixes” in the matches with Olympiakos in Faliro.
And this is a sample of the way in which the Argentinian coach approaches this match, at least until today, who at the league level counts two wins and a draw there, having lost once, while there is also a defeat for the Cup, the which however did not cost.
The twins of Matias Almeidas in the axis in the matches at “G. Karaiskakis”
In the 0-0 of the regular season in Almeida’s first season at AEK, “Pelados” had chosen Johnson with him Pineda on the midline axis. In the 2-1 defeat in the Cup, with AEK still advancing to the next stage, Almeida had started with Galanopoulos and him Latch. In the double with 1-3 in the playoffs, with AEK taking a decisive step towards winning the title, Almeida had started the Pineda at “eight” with him Shimansky then at “six”.
Last year in Almeida’s second double in Faliro with 1-2 in regular time, the Argentinian coach had kept the specific duo of Shimansky and Pineda in the center of the yellow-black median line. Yes, the Shimansky and Pineda they had also started in the 2-0 playoff loss at the end of last season.
Will Pineda be left out of the lineup for the first time in a derby in Faliro?
It is worth noting that even when the Pineda was not used in the center of the midfield in last year’s Cup match in “G. Karaiskakis”, the Mexican midfielder was not missing from the lineup having started in that game on the left side, a position in which Almeida he used to use him on various occasions in his first year.
It remains to be seen if the same will be true again (in terms of his use in the starting line-up) as Pineda returns this time from Mexico due to commitments with his National team two days before the derby. This combined with the presence of Pereira may shape the axis of the midfield differently, however Pineda also operates in the position behind the striker and it remains to be seen what the final decision Almeida will make.
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