Vaiannidis: “A dream that came true – Thankful to Panathinaikos for their support”

Giorgos Vagiannidis thanked Panathinaikos for its support in his statements on the occasion of his call-up to the national football team. The ace of the greens emphasized that everyone in the clover supported him enough every moment it took to reach the achievement of one of his big goals, his presence in the National Team.

“This journey was not easy. It had its ups and downs and in the hard times the only thing that kept me going was my team. I am grateful that they supported me and I was able to achieve one of my biggest dreams, to be over here”were the words of the young trefoil defender.

In detail what Giorgos Vagiannidis said about:

The call to the national team:

“It’s a dream come true. Every football player has a first goal since he was young, and his biggest achievement is to represent his country, and the fact that I do it through the team I grew up with, Panathinaikos, means even more.

From the outside you think it’s crazy, but now that I’m in and know most of the guys, the atmosphere is really good. This makes it even easier to join the group and be able to see everything you can. They all welcomed me very well, they were very hospitable and I’m glad to be here to know them.”

Getting to know Gustavo Poget:



“We met with Mr. Poget and the staff, we talked a little about the training we will do this season, what he asks of me, what he expects from me and to show everything in training and on the field.”

The support of Panathinaikos:



“This journey was not easy. It had its ups and downs and in the hard times the only thing that kept me going was my team. I am grateful that they supported me and I was able to achieve one of my biggest dreams, to be here.”

His personal goal:



“I hope I get playing time in both games, the plan will show, the coach will decide, the choice is his. I will do my best to get some minutes, but the training, the match, everything will show.”

The team’s goal:



“The goal is the EURO. This is a friendly that will help us work on some things to enter the EURO. In a friendly we can try several things and work on areas that will be our base for the qualifiers.”

The match against France and its stars:



“When you play with opponents like that the motivation in itself is very high, you want to play with opponents like that, you want to play with the best players in the world, because we are all competitors in a good sense and we want to play in these games for to get such experiences.”

The world:



“May the world support us, be by our side as it has been all this time. And we will do our best to win at home.”

March’s matches:



“As professionals we must always look step by step. Every goal. First the friendly against New Zealand, then France and then the Nations League matches to achieve our goal.”