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By Simon StoneBBC Sport at Amex Stadium
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Djibril Sidibe (right) stunned Brighton by scoring the first goal in a European match featuring the SeagullsBrighton's eagerly awaited European bow fell flat as Greek heavyweights AEK Athens stunned Roberto de Zerbi's men with a 3-2 Europa League group stage victory.
The Seagulls twice pegged AEK back after Djibril Sidibe and Mijat Gacinovic had taken advantage of Lewis Dunk's absence through injury to score from first-half set pieces.
But, even with 13 minutes' injury-time, Brighton had no answer after substitute Ezequiel Ponce converted a third after 84 minutes.
Niclas Eliasson was given too much time to cross after Tariq Lamptey had slipped as AEK launched a speedy counter-attack, Ponce applying the finish.
It meant Joao Pedro's unique double ended up counting for nothing.
Evidently, it is not unusual for the video assistant referee to intervene to award penalties. Remarkably, this time it happened twice, on both occasions after the former Watford forward had gone down - he was booked for diving the first time.
Brighton's £30 million record signing took both penalties, twice sending the goalkeeper the wrong way.
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Brighton & Hove Albion
Squad number23Player nameSteele
Squad number6Player nameMilner
Squad number29Player namevan Hecke
Squad number3Player nameIgor Julio
Squad number30Player nameEstupiñán
Squad number13Player nameGroß
Squad number11Player nameGilmour
Squad number7Player nameMarch
Squad number31Player nameAnsu Fati
Squad number22Player nameMitoma
Squad number9Player nameJoão Pedro
Squad number2Player nameLamptey
Squad number18Player nameWelbeck
Squad number24Player nameAdingra
Squad number40Player nameBuonanotte
AEK Athens
Squad number1Player nameStankovic
Squad number29Player nameSidibé
Squad number4Player nameSzymanski
Squad number24Player nameMitoglou
Squad number28Player nameHajisafi
Squad number6Player nameJønsson
Squad number5Player nameN Amrabat
Squad number13Player namePineda
Squad number11Player nameAraújo
Squad number8Player nameGacinovic
Squad number7Player nameGarcía
Squad number3Player nameMohammadi
Squad number10Player nameZuber
Squad number14Player namePonce
Squad number19Player nameEliasson
Squad number20Player nameMantalos
Line-ups
Brighton
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 23Steele
- 6MilnerSubstituted forLampteyat 55'minutes
- 29van HeckeBooked at 76mins
- 3dos Santos de PauloBooked at 47mins
- 30EstupiñánBooked at 66mins
- 13Groß
- 11GilmourSubstituted forBuonanotteat 86'minutes
- 7March
- 31Ansu Fati
- 22MitomaSubstituted forAdingraat 86'minutes
- 9João PedroSubstituted forWelbeckat 82'minutesBooked at 90mins
Substitutes
- 1Verbruggen
- 2Lamptey
- 4Webster
- 8Dahoud
- 14Lallana
- 18Welbeck
- 20Baleba
- 24Adingra
- 34Veltman
- 38McGill
- 40Buonanotte
- 41Hinshelwood
AEK Athens
Formation 4-1-4-1
- 1Stankovic
- 29SidibéBooked at 47mins
- 4SzymanskiBooked at 67mins
- 24MitoglouBooked at 66mins
- 28HajisafiSubstituted forMohammadiat 61'minutesBooked at 90mins
- 6Jønsson
- 5N Amrabat
- 13PinedaSubstituted forMantalosat 79'minutesBooked at 90mins
- 11AraújoSubstituted forZuberat 68'minutes
- 8GacinovicBooked at 72minsSubstituted forEliassonat 79'minutes
- 7GarcíaSubstituted forPonceat 68'minutesBooked at 69mins
Substitutes
- 3Mohammadi
- 10Zuber
- 12Rota
- 14Ponce
- 19Eliasson
- 20Mantalos
- 25Galanopoulos
- 30Athanasiadis
- 70Pizarro
- 99Theocharis
Live Text
Match ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 2, AEK Athens 3.
Second Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 2, AEK Athens 3.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Djibril Sidibé.
Attempt blocked. Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Solly March.
Milad Mohammadi (AEK Athens) is shown the yellow card.
Offside, AEK Athens. Damian Szymanski tries a through ball, but Niclas Eliasson is caught offside.
Ansu Fati (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Petros Mantalos (AEK Athens).
Petros Mantalos (AEK Athens) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Tariq Lamptey (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Niclas Eliasson (AEK Athens) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Jan Paul van Hecke.
Attempt missed. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Attempt saved. Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Facundo Buonanotte.
Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Steven Zuber (AEK Athens) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Damian Szymanski.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Cican Stankovic.
Attempt saved. Simon Adingra (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jan Paul van Hecke.
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