THE Panathinaikos is preparing with an eye on the first game of his 3rd qualifying round Europa Leagueon Thursday against Ajax at OAKA (21:00). THE Diego Alonso believes that even though his team is an outsider, it will exhaust its chances to qualify and secure its place in the League Phase from now on.
The Uruguayan coach will most likely trust the same line-up for the rematch against Botev in Bulgaria. THE Fotis Ioannidis he’s improving daily, but he’s obviously still not 100% and the most likely scenario is that he’ll be on the bench with Geremegev, who is in shape to start. Certainly, however, Ingason and Cherin have the first reason to be kept in the starting line-up, since their inclusion in the starting line-up for the return leg of the second qualifying round proved to be beneficial.
From there on, the movement of tickets for Thursday’s game is satisfactory. It is obvious that the crowd has “warmed up” after the encouraging performances and of course the name of the opponent is a pole of attraction for OAKA, although traditionally in the first weeks of August, Athens is empty of license holders. Safe estimates of how many people will be in the stands are too early to be made, however they will certainly be several more than the first game against Botev.
As for transfers, contacts continue and it is possible that there will soon be developments, with rumors talking about advanced discussions with a left-back. Panathinaikos, according to their favorite tactics, does not let the smallest thing leak out, as had happened with Tete and Ingason, whose names actually came out after the deals had been closed.
Source: Sport Fm
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