Panathinaikos-Villarreal: To… torpedo the “submarine” in the green OAKA

Panathinaikos is looking for a return to European groups with a win! His team Ivan Jovanovich host to the packed and green OAKA for the premiere of the Europa League groups and are looking for the three points that will give them the impetus for the demanding continuation both at home and abroad.

A great game, which takes on even more significance as the last European group stage victory came 13 years ago, and gives extra motivation to Jovanovic and players.

“The fans’ faith in the team is one of the reasons why we have come to OAKA. In a stage where Panathinaikos has written golden pages. It inspires us that we will have the world by our side. We have nothing to lose, but a lot to gain if we return to the European nights it deserves.”the Serbian coach pointed out.

In purely competitive terms, the “greens” look in excellent condition after the 5-0 win over Panaitolikos in Agrinio. A match in which he had him Bernard in a terrible mood, but he also saw him Aitor to find the back of the net for the first time since returning from his serious injury. In fact, Gevdai is available as expected and only Vagiannidis is out of action, while there are several breaths since the most recent match was last Saturday.

The mission in detail: Lodingin, Xenopoulos, Brignoli, Senkefeld, Palmer-Brown, Jevdai, Magnuson, Sideras, Mladenovic, Kotsiras, Ruben, Bernard, Cerin, Mancini, Aitor, Djuricic, Palasios, Vilena, Arao, Ioannidis, Sporar.

On the other hand, Villarreal changed coach a few days ago and won the previous game, beating Almeria 2-1. THE Patchet he is expected to bring the team together quite a bit, trying to fix their many defensive issues, while in the middle and up front he has a lot of quality.

“I expect a very strong atmosphere. I would like us to be dominant with or without the ball. Panathinaikos is a very difficult team. They are a very strong team that we mustn’t forget knocked out two good teams. They are a tough team. I play to win. I expect Panathinaikos to be confident. Panathinaikos is a dangerous team. She is dominant and fights for victory. Don’t forget that he has had the same coach for three years”stressed the Spanish technician at the press conference.

Serious absenteeism problems do not exist for the “yellow submarine”, but it remains to be seen how he will manage the match and the atmosphere that is not… usual for a Spanish team. Data, however, is not expected to have any particular changes in the lineup.

POSSIBLE ELEVENS:

PANATHINAIKOS (Ivan Jovanovic): Brignoli – Kotsiras, Senkefeld, Magnusson, Mladenovic – Ruben, Vilena, Bernard – Palasios, Ioannidis, Mancini.

Villarreal (Patcheta): Reina – Foyt, Albiol, Gambia, Romero – Parejo, Capoue – Pino, Z. Moreno, Baena – Sorloth.

Referee: Greg Parson (England)

Assistants: Simon Bennett (England), Lee Betts (England)

Fourth: John Brooks (England)

VAR: Darren England (England), Peter Banks (England)