Athanasiou: “Panathinaikos got a huge boost going forward – He will play… everywhere if Kotsiras is needed”

For epic qualifier of Panathinaikou in Faliro which can give him… wings in terms of psychology afterwards, said Nikos Athanasiou in News Bulletin 247.

“It was an epic qualification for Panathinaikos on a footballing level, not because they eliminated Olympiacos but because they reached the second leg with five absences, with other problems arising in the match, when Panathinaikos completes the match with an XI we will never see again, finally managed to find the condition to claim the qualification until the end and get it. He showed tremendous composure in the penalty shootout, except for Mladenovic, Lodingin caught a terrific crucial one. The match is divided into two parts. Until the 90′ ​​we saw a very poor quality derby, but in this condition, Panathinaikos managed to create four chances, which Olympiacos did not have, they only had one. Paschalakis was the main reason he stayed within qualification. Overtime was another picture, with the problems we said. Panathinaikos took out its soul during this period. It is very important for a team to be able to respond to the conditions presented to it. It gives a huge boost, confidence and psychology for the continuation, a bond of faith and results is slowly starting to be created and that the one who came here is capable of leading us“, he said among other things.

The station’s reporter characterized MVP of the “green” ones Kotsirawhere, “if necessary he will play in… all positions” as “they don’t do what he does in the last games, while yesterday he was fantastic even in a creative role, with a heel and a slash” and made a special mention of Arao-Lodigin.

While Athanasiou pointed out that we are waiting to see the when exactly will Bakasetas come to Panathinaikoshow in in the next 48 hours, the acquisitions of Hugo-Dragovski will be completed and that by the end of the month there will be another transfer move.

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