{"id":28007,"date":"2025-11-08T15:59:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T13:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aekbc.gr\/?p=28007"},"modified":"2025-11-08T16:10:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T14:10:20","slug":"we-had-ten-players-on-ivs-and-our-fans-were-still-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aekbc.gr\/en\/we-had-ten-players-on-ivs-and-our-fans-were-still-there\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe had ten players on&#8230; IVs and our fans were still there\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Coach Dragan \u0160akota spoke ahead of tomorrow\u2019s game against PAOK at SUNEL Arena for Stoiximan GBL:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGames against PAOK always have that extra edge, and it was the same last season. I expect it to be just as competitive this year. PAOK have put together a very strong team and they\u2019re performing well both in Europe and in the league. We know we\u2019re in for a tough challenge. They are a very well-balanced team from the 1 to the 5, and I hope we deliver an exciting game for the fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re counting on our supporters. Especially during tough moments, they lift us up in a huge way. And we did face some difficulties this week, as everyone knows. I\u2019ll never forget last season\u2019s game against W\u00fcrzburg at SUNEL Arena. We had ten players out there playing on\u2026 IV drips and AEK fans were right there with us, louder than ever. It was an unbelievable moment. Their energy made all the difference and played a massive role in us winning that game.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coach Dragan \u0160akota spoke ahead of tomorrow\u2019s game against PAOK at SUNEL Arena for Stoiximan GBL: \u201cGames against PAOK always have that extra edge, and &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"\u201cWe had ten players on&#8230; IVs and our fans were still there\u201d\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aekbc.gr\/en\/we-had-ten-players-on-ivs-and-our-fans-were-still-there\/#more-28007\" aria-label=\"More on \u201cWe had ten players on&#8230; IVs and our fans were still there\u201d\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":28002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[41],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u201cWe had ten players on... 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