Brighton vs. AEK Athens: Extended Highlights | UEL Group Stage MD 1 | CBS Sports Golazo – Europe

He did well in San Jose at first. Things started to come apart though because teams figured him out and there didn’t seem to be an effective plan B outside of “go man to man to draw teams apart and create openings.” Granted, San Jose’s front office are historically poor when it comes to signings, but nearly every player who was brought in was a former Almeyda player, and many of them didn’t really justify his faith in them. For example, he brought in Daniel Vega (AEK’s current assistant) who had never been a top goalie and had last played in a competitive league for River Plate in 2012. Almeyda’s tactics worked well at first to get a team that on paper was one of the worst in the league to punch above their weight. However, even before things went poorly, Almeyda’s SJ developed a tendency to go on massive losing runs where they routinely conceded blowout losses. Basically teams used the man marking system to their advantage and attackers made runs to intentionally pull SJ defenders out of position. For as much as Almeyda’s reign in SJ had some serious positives and led to some breakout performances, it also was accompanied by perceptions of favoritism towards former players who were not performing above others in the team, stifling player development by playing certain players in positions that magnified their weaknesses (playing USMNT midfielder Yueill as a CB), and failing to adapt the team, leading to routine blowout losses.

I do hope that Almeyda does well in Greece. I wonder if the general disparity in quality between Greece’s top teams, and the rest of the league might skew results. I think that AEK is almost certainly a better team than San Jose, but the difference in strength and spending power between SJ and other MLS teams is much more even than the strength and spending of AEK vs. OFI (or any other team that is not Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, or PAOK).

@Danylo 🤣Nah facts

@Jeffrey Scott Jr I’m willing to partially accept that argument. Ownership did not invest in the team, even to the standards of other middle spending MLS sides. However, it does not explain Almeyda choosing teams that featured players out of position and favoritism towards his former players that he brought to the club.

He played really good..hope he recovers soon

Thank you for context!

Both crosses were like precision guided missiles

Wishing him fast recovery

Man Iran Japan South Korea have been doing so good, makes me very happy and hopeful for the future of football in Asia.

It’s insane he’s more supportive of Mexico than most mexicans. 😂 I also hope he coaches Mexico in the future, but the FMF and Liga Mx is a joke.