O Panathinaikos tested on Wednesday (23/02) in Turkey against Halkbankin the first match between them for the semifinal phase of the Challenge Cup.
The mission of the “greens” arrived at noon on Tuesday (22/02) in Ankara and will train at Baskent Volleyball Hall, a stadium that has hosted several Greek teams but for the first time Panathinaikos.
Who reaches the semifinals of the European tournament for the sixth time in his history and will fight to get a good result that will give him an advantage in view of the home match in Agios Thomas.
The “clover” has a difficult task, as the Turkish team is the favorite to win the tournament with an impressive series of victories in Europe and in the Turkish championship.
However, everyone is determined to fight and they are proud of their progress so far, as stated by Charalambos Andreopoulos at pao1908.com:
«It is an honor for our team but also for us athletes to play matches of such a high level. Halkbank is a very good team with good material but I think we also have very good material. The qualification to the “4” of Europe, to hear the name of Panathinaikos pan-European, is a stimulus for the Greek championship that in recent years is going through a crisis. We are within all our goals and we will continue to fight for the best».
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