Heartbreak for AEK in Kiev as goalless draw was not enough

AEK showed once again in the Europa League that it lives and dies by its draws, as it came close to beating Dynamo in freezing Kiev but ended up in a stalemate on Thursday that leaves it out of the last 16 of the tournament, albeit undefeated.

Following the 1-1 draw in Athens last week, AEK went out in Ukraine in search of a goal that would give it the ticket to the next round.

The Yellows were dominant for most of the game and all but grabbed that goal, which proved too elusive in the end.

The chance that Shojaei Masoud missed in the second half will go down as one of the year's highlights, as he misfired from two meters away in front of an open goal, after a cross by Tassos Bakasetas from the right. There were also other glorious chances missed by Lazaros Christodoulopoulos and Sergio Araujo.

The exit of exhausted Christodoulopoulos led to a...