Panathinaikos-AEK Larnaca: First friendly test on Athenian soil

The fourth friendly Panathinaikos will give him, this time on Greek soil.

The “greens” will face at Avenue her AEK Larnaca (21:00, COSMOTE SPORT 1, sport-fm.gr, News Bulletin 247), continuing their preparation ahead of the European qualifiers.

In their previous friendly matches, the “greens” prevailed 14-0 Haus im Enstaldrew 0-0 with Paphosand were defeated 1-0 by Eintracht Braunschweig.

More generally, Mr Panathinaikos has not shown in the first matches on Diego Alonso the best possible face, yet there are still significant absences, both through injuries and roster gaps that will be filled by transfers.

On the other hand, AEK Larnaca is a very competitive team, which last year lost the championship to APOEL in the tie. In her preparation, of course, she has suffered three defeats in the same number of matches, from Den Bosch, PAOK and Circle Bridge.

As far as the purely competitive ones are concerned, the friendly is expected to make his unofficial debut with the green Nemanja Maksimovic. The international midfielder has shown himself to be in excellent form, and is gathering enough chances to compete, either during the match or as a starter. The same applies to him Filip Mladenovicwho was also incorporated and is expected to play normally, while the “present” will also be given by Tasos Bakasetas after his absence in the previous friendlies.

Absent is the Fotis Ioannidis who is racing for the qualifiers, but also the three Slovenians (Cerin, Sporar, Verbic) who have not yet been incorporated. They are also not in the mission Hordur Magnusson and Eric Palmer Brownwho may return in the next preparation match, but also George Baldock.

We remind you that this friendly will be his penultimate Panathinaikou before the qualifiers, since the “greens” will face the Maccabi Netanya on July 18 (21:00).

Panathinaikos mission in detail: Lodgin, Dragovski, Lilo, Vaiannidis, Senkefeld, Jedvai, Mladenovic, Fikai, Kotsiras, Katris, Ruben, Zeka, Bakachetas, Mancini, Limnios, Maksimovic, Aitor, Juricic, Vilena, Arao, Dabizas, Geremegev.