Athanasiou: “Panathinaikos must win… problems and Kifissia – Logic says OAKA for the final”

The… logic was invoked by Nikos Athanasiou through him News Bulletin 247regarding the possibility of holding this year’s final Greek Cup Betssonwhere he participates Panathinaikosin the Olympic stadium.

“The news of the day is about OAKA, because logic says that once the biggest and safest stadium in the country is available, the Cup final will be held there. The last time Aris played in the final was in 2010, against Panathinaikos. If he qualifies, he will have to choose the following simple: whether he will play in a match in Volos, with students, or a match in Athens, where he will be able to bring thousands of his fans. If Panathinaikos agrees with Aris or Panaitolikos for a… regular final, with people from both teams, I don’t think there will be any problem. In the summer, OAKA was a shambles, but Panathinaikos spent close to one million euros to fix it, without ever being compensated. Most likely we will have a regular final this year“, he said about it.

Talking about the upcoming match of the “greens” with the Kifissiathe station’s reporter emphasized that “it is a very important game, as cliche as it sounds, where there is no room to lose. There is also the normal exhaustion, after such a long qualification, there is also the physical fatigue. He also has significant absences, Gedwai will be out for two to three weeks. Huancar and Djuricic will also be out. Bernard is also suspended, let’s see what will happen with Cherin. Whatever the circumstances, of course, we cannot discuss any other result than victory. The good thing is that Reuben is back».

While Athanasiou pointed out that there needs to be a management from Terim’s side in Panathinaikos’ remaining three games, with a controlled rotation of three-four changes in each XI.



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