For his turn Panathinaikou in Europe and the away match with Villarreal spoke o Tasos Nikologiannis on bwinSPORT FM.
The “clover” reporter talked about the “clover” preparation and the goals for the sequel.
“The team is getting ready to leave at 10.00 on Wednesday for Spain, everyone is going except for Magnusson and Palmer-Brown. Everyone is going because Panathinaikos will train on Friday in Spain, so in view of OFI, those who are not on the European list must also train. They leave behind the match with Aris, they all know their mistakes and recognize him. Panathinaikos has a bad tradition in Spain, if they win they will have hopes for the next phase of the Europa League. With a draw, a lot of unexpected things will have to happen to qualify for the next phase. He is looking for a positive result, to have peace of mind for the continuation in Europe”he initially emphasized.
“He is facing a team against whom he had a great victory in OAKA, in the last match played there. Villarreal hired Marthelino as a coach who… blows it and is still not cold about Marseille’s elimination from Panathinaikos which actually cost him his dismissal. Villarreal is behind in the league, I don’t know if they will field the same team as Osasuna”he continued.
Regarding the thoughts of Ivan Jovanovic, he emphasized: “It is possible that Palacios will return to the eleven, Vilena or Ruben in the midfield, but it is not excluded that Arao will play again with Cerin. If Jovanovic judges that Jedvai is in the red, he can put Arao as a stopper. Vagiannidis returns to the right, Mladenovic remains to the left. In the attack, Palasios returns, Ioannidis probably remains and we might see Djuricic and Bernard together as well. I believe Brignoli will also play, the coach thinks it was a bad moment and nothing more. In the match with Aris, he had three other major surgeries! Can Lodingin play in the match against OFI”.
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Source: Sport Fm
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