A few days after the defeat in the top derby with AEK, o Panathinaikos welcomes on 20:30 (Cosmote Sport 1 & News Bulletin 247) him Mars as part of the 8th matchday of the Stoiximan Super League playoffs.
The “Greens” want to make a reaction by immediately returning to winning ways, in order to stay alive in the title battle – while waiting for Union gela in Toumba. For their part, the “yellows” come from the draw against Olympiakos and essentially continue their preparation for the final of the Betsson Greek Cup, where they will face Panathinaikos next month.
“In order to be able to claim the championship, we must get nine points in the next three matches. Before the match against AEK, we had more chances to win the championship, now we may have lost several of them, but until the final whistle we will be there to “chase”” said ahead of the match o Fatih Terim, which will not have the suspended Akaidin and Jedvai, nor Bernard, Schenkefeld, Huancar and Aitor available. The problems are concentrated in the center of the defense, with the Turkish coach expected to use Hugo and Arao, hoping that no other issue will arise!
On the other hand, Mr Akis Manzios stated that “It will be a difficult game, just like the previous one against Olympiakos. The opponent is very good. We will go and claim the best we can. This game is not connected to the final, however. The question for us is to have a good image again, but also to get a positive result”. The Greek coach is going without Verstraat, Pardo and Karlsson.
The missions
Panathinaikos: Lodgin, Dragovski, Lilo, Vaiannidis, Ruben, Zeka, Ioannidis, Bakasetas, Sporar, Limnios, Cerin, Mancini, Ugo, Mladenovic, Kotsiras, Geremegev, Juricic, Palacios, Vilena, Arao, Verbic
Mars: Cuesta, Houtesiotis, Ondubatzo, Montoya, Ferrari, Fatore, Brambetz, Fabiano, Roz, Darida, Zoul, Dzouracek, Doukoure, Garthia, Suleimanov, Saverio, Samora, Moron, Ansarifard, Fetfatzidis, Panagidis
The possible lineups
Panathinaikos: Dragovski, Kotsiras, Ugo, Arao, Mladenovic, Cerin, Ruben, Bakasetas, Palasios, Verbic, Ioannidis
Mars: Cuesta, Odubajo, Fabiano, Brumbetz, Montoya, Darida, Jules, Suleimanov, Garcia, Saverio, Moron
Referee: Agagef
Assistants: Zeynalov, Emirali
4th: Polychronis
VAR: Umundlou, Fotopoulos
Source: Sport Fm
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