Knowing the enemy: FC Atromitos in action in the Greek cup final
Posted on August 23rd, 2012 | 6 Comments |
Greek Cup Final 2012 – Olympiacos 2 – 1 Atromitos (AET)
I just thought I’d include this post as a kind of addendum to Andymac’s excellent Atromios v Newcastle United match preview for this evening’s game, which kicks off at 6:00pm.
Atromitos have been losing finalists in the last two Greek Cup finals. The first one ended in a convincing 0-3 beating at the hands of Athenian neighbours, AEK Athens. However that game was more notable for real beatings as the infamous AEK hooligans decided to celebrate by starting a riot just before the end of the game, invading the pitch and attacking Atromitos players.
However, the last one against the Super League champions of Olympiacos was a much closer affair, and had to be decided in extra time after the game was deadlocked at 1-1 at the end of normal time. The goals came from Olympicos’s Algerian assassin, Rafik Djebbour in the 29th minute, and then an eqaliser from Atromitos’s Argentinian defensive midfielder, Walter Iglesias in the 70th. The game was finally decided in the 119th minute with a goal from Olympiacos’s Spanish midfielder, David Fuster Torrijos.
Anyway, as you can see, I have included some highlights of the 2012 final above so you can get a very rough impression of what the lads will be up against this evening, as well as a highlights of Atromitos and AEK Athens in the previous 2011 Cup final and a short video of the riot at the end!
As usual, I will also be doing our usual “match banter” post which should be published around an hour before kick off, and we shall try to post links for the game along with all the other info we can find. In case you don’t know already, the match will be broadcast on Premier Sports (Sky channel 428) You will have to subscibe to get it on cable if you haven’t already. They will also be running a stream on their website (UK only), but once again a subscription is required. If there are any more available for those who aren’t in the UK, I will try to post links of them on our match banter post later on.
Greek Cup Final 2011 – AEK Athens 3 – 0 Atromitos
AEK v Atromitos Cup Final riot.
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They have got Cheik Tiote in goal!!