Ioannidis: “Panathinaikos should not and never gives up – Let’s continue in Europe in 2024”

Her determination which showed Panathinaikos to turn it against him 3-0 from the Villarrealregardless of whether, in the end, he didn’t succeed, he mentioned Fotis Ioannidis in his statements to the delegates of the Greek press, after the 3-2 in “Theramika”.

With the international Greek striker to speak for team that never gives upto express the certainty that the “clover” he will do… what he has to against Maccabi Haifa but also that he will find his way!

At the same time, Ioannidis wondered why not stay at Panathinaikos… forever and stood back for Alberto Brignoli.

What the 23-year-old centre-forward of the “greens” said in detail:

For his appearance and the change in the image of the team when he entered the field in the 60′: “Every week I’m ready and I want to be in the best possible shape. Whether the coach decides to start or not, I want the team to win because that’s the most important thing. And that’s what I’m trying to do. To help the team win. Unfortunately, in this match against Villarreal, we did not succeed. We all believed it. At half-time I told the boys that if we scored a goal, we would be in the game. We also put it at 3-0 and we saw that even from that score, we could reach the upset. We believed so, but unfortunately we didn’t succeed…”

For what he keeps from the image of the second half: “We know that we have a very good team, which must not give up and never gives up. This is what I keep personally, the team fought until the end to get a result in this stadium”.

For the decisive game against Maccabi Haifa that follows on 14/12: “Our goal is to continue in Europe in 2024. We know what we have to do. The match at Leoforo is crucial and we will cope properly”.

For the fact that several European teams followed him again: “My job is Panathinaikos and to try to win every game with my team. That’s all I can think of. My mind is only on football. “Shares” and all that don’t concern me. I only care about the team and what we achieve through it is very important”.

For Jovanovic’s speech at the PSAPP awards about him and his future at Panathinaikos: “The answer is very simple. The coach said what he thinks. It is very important and honorable for me what he said, that is to stay at Panathinaikos for years. It’s very beautiful and why not take place…”



For Panathinaikos’ reaction after 60′: “We know where we have to “step”. There is no particular “path”. We know what we have to do on the pitch. The results in the last games are not what we should have. But we will find our way and in good time on Sunday we have another game ahead of us against OFI”.

For the support of the team and the world for Brignoli and the terrible performance of the Italian: “We know that the people of Panathinaikos are only supportive and this is very important for the players. Alberto has a terrible personality. An incredible mentality and it shows in every match. He is the best goalkeeper in Greece and he showed it in the match against Villarreal. Although he made a mistake in the previous match, we know what he can do and we thank him.”