Yesterday (17/10) was a big day for AEK, because it was eight years for the reason that operation of the “AEK Enviornment”, the stadium that gave it one other dynamic and contributed essentially the most to turning into a everlasting protagonist in Cypriot soccer.
It was October 17, 2016 when the dream of hundreds of Larnaca residents got here to fruition and the “AEK Enviornment” opened its doorways for the primary time.
That is the best achievement within the 10-year time period of Andros Karapatakis because the president of AEK, who managed to construct a purely soccer stadium that may be a jewel for Larnaca. It needs to be famous that the headquarters of AEK is UEFA class 4 and is the one stadium in Cyprus that’s continuously being upgraded to fulfill the wants of the fashionable period.
Of their first historic sport on the “Enviornment”, the yellow-green group crushed Aris 4-0, within the seventh sport of the 2016-17 season, within the presence of greater than 5 thousand supporters. AEK's first purpose within the new stadium was scored within the tenth minute of the assembly by Jorge Larena with a volley from about 30 meters. The opposite scorers of that sport, which was etched within the reminiscences of the followers, had been Alves (2) and Tomas. The official opening passed off on November 27, 2016 by the then President of the Republic Nikos Anastasiadis.
The general report of AEK contained in the “Enviornment” is totally optimistic, indicative of the dynamics that the group has regained in recent times competing in its new headquarters. In these eight years, subsequently, he performed a complete of 167 official video games, league, cup and European. He achieved 100 wins, drew 42 occasions and misplaced 25 matches. Nevertheless, with the beginning of this yr's season (2024-25), AEK has not but tasted the enjoyment of victory at dwelling, since in three official video games, two league and one European, they’ve two defeats and one draw.
The yellow-greens, who’ve been celebrating a house victory since final April 21 (2-0 Omonoia), hope that they’ll break the pomegranate in Sunday's derby with Anorthosis. Within the purely aggressive half, the injured Ledes and Naoum and the suspended Cabrera aren’t counted for the match. In tomorrow's last coaching, Henning Berg will make his last choices on their replacements.
