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Commentary
CASAS rushed through the AEK defence but shot straight at ABBONDANZIERI.
A tame shot from NICOLITA bounced agonisingly wide.
13¹A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming Athletic Bilbao 'keeper.
19¹RAÚL waltzed away from DAÑOBEITIA and flicked a weak shot wide.
21¹A deadly shot from DAÑOBEITIA was pushed over by the 'keeper.
32¹RIVERA turned AKETXE but flicked the ball into the arms of the AEK 'keeper.
34¹GOAL!! Some useful work by UJFALUSI on the right, left GEKAS yards clear, and he turned the Athletic Bilbao 'keeper and thundered the ball into the net. (1-0 AEK)
37¹RECOBA cautioned for a high tackle on BRIDGE.
37¹A accurate pass fell to AKETXE and his right foot shot raced narrowly wide.
BRIDGE was put clear by RAÚL and he dummied the 'keeper but thrust his shot wide.
10²ARANZUBÍA was able to claw away a tame header from OWEN.
13²A free-kick from URRETAVIZCAYA went over the bar.
15²A cross from JONATAN left CASAS in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
19²GOAL!! An exceptional ball from BRIDGE left OWEN in the clear, he made the Athletic Bilbao 'keeper commit himself before touching the ball to GEKAS to score. (2-0 AEK)
20²The hapless Athletic Bilbao 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from NICOLITA dropped just over.
25²The referee yellow cards RODOLFO.
39²GOAL!! A scuffed BRIDGE shot bobbled toward RAÚL who made no mistake from the edge of the box. (3-0 AEK)
40²OWEN booked for gamesmanship.
41²DAÑOBEITIA scuffed an easy chance.
44²A penalty box meleé resulted in WRIGHT-PHILLIPS cracking the ball over.
46²A shot from OWEN held little difficulty for the Athletic Bilbao 'keeper.
47²A delightful shot from PRIETO was dealt with by a useful stop from the 'keeper.

 
AEK
 
League position: 11
Home league form: LLWL
Overall league form: LLXLLLWX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Roberto ABBONDANZIERI1Daniel ARANZUBÍA
Tomás UJFALUSI2Jesús LACRUZ
Wayne BRIDGE3Enrique CORRALES
Isaac AKETXE4Alberto RIVERA
Kostas KATSOURANIS5Luis PRIETO
Giorgos ALEXOPOULOS6RODOLFO Dantas
Shaun WRIGHT-PHILLIPS7Banel NICOLITA
Jonathan URRETAVIZCAYA8Mikel DAÑOBEITIA(c)
(p)Theofanis GEKAS9Javier CASAS(p)
(f)Michael OWEN10JONATAN Valle(f)
RAÚL González11Álvaro RECOBA
Manager
Nikos GEORGEAS  12  Unai EXPÓSITO
Wojciech KOWALEWSKI  13  Iñaki LAFUENTE
Mark VAN BOMMEL  14  David RIVAS
Freddie SEARS  15  John MENSAH
Mario GALINOVIC  16  USTARITZ Aldekoaotalora
 
Athletic Bilbao
 
League position: 16
Away league form: LXOL
Overall league form: WLWXLXXO
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
AEK 3 Athletic Bilbao 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 30,573, Stadium: Olympic, Referee: Claus Bo Larsen 5½)

Gekas 34¹, Gekas 19², Raúl 39²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
  
  
Owen 40²Recoba 37¹, Rodolfo 25²
51
1910
67
85
75
1510
55
57%43%
Man of the match: Tomás Ujfalusi