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Captain Angel Garcia, lively Venezuelan winger Yerson Chacon and last season’s top scorer Enzo Cabrera are all missing due to injury, which represents a huge boost for Aberdeen.
However, neither Garcia nor Cabrera featured against AZ Alkmaar or Palace anyway, and Chacon suffered a season-ending knee injury after 19 minutes at Selhurst Park.
However, AEK have very capable substitutes. Striker Riyad Baic scored the winner against Palace and also scored at home to AZ Alkmaar, while winger Djordje Ivanovic is joint top scorer with five goals.
The midfield is full of technical players who played at a good level.
Marcus Roden has 19 caps for Sweden and played extensively in Italy after moving from Elfsborg, Thelen’s former club.
He is the most creative spark, while Pere Pons, who played more than 200 games for Girona, and Gustavo Ledes, a former Barcelona youth player, will sit out and play for AEK.
Larnaca easily beat Legia Warsaw – Hibernian’s side in the Conference League play-off round – in the Europa League qualifiers as Cypriot clubs showed it is possible to punch above your weight in Europe.
It’s time some Scottish clubs did the same. Over to you, Aberdeen.
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