The historic appointment and the great opportunity of Panathinaikos

Panathinaikos claims its presence in European groups if it manages to pass the obstacle of Ayandas at this point of the qualifiers of the second tier European inter-club competition. Of course, if the most desired result comes in both matches against the Dutch, then he will play everything for everything to be in the Europa League groups.

Because, however, everything must be done step by step, tonight at OAKA (21:00, live from sport-fm.gr) the “trefoil» of Diego Alonso wants to continue the positive performances after the goal frame against Plovdiv and lay the foundations for qualification at the expense of Ajax.

The Uruguayan coach of the “greens” said that his team’s philosophy will be the same as the visit to Bulgaria a few days ago, although of course the tactics differ depending on the opponent.

THE possible lineup of Panathinaikos for the first meeting with Ayandas before the visit to Amsterdam will not have surprises and changes.

With Philip Max finally staying out of the European list for now, but Fotis Ioannidis managing to be in his coach’s plans, the starting line-up looks like it will consist of: Dragovski, Kotsira, Jedvai, Ingasson, Mladenovic, Cerin / Maksimovic, Bacacetta, Arau, Djuric, Geremegev and Mancini.

For his part, the coach of the Dutch, Francesco Farioli, left Bergwein and Rasmussen behind, but saw Brombay also get the ‘ok’ from the doctors to step up the club’s offensive effort. “My players must be super-athletes and not just footballers. We are entering a new reality,” he said.

Ajax’s probable OAKA line-up will consist of: Pasvir, Rensch, Soutalo, Baas, Hatto, Henderson, Fitz-Jim, Taylor, Forbes, Brombay and Akbom.

It is worth noting that this will be the first meeting between the two teams after almost 8 years in an official competition – they were in the Europa League groups at the time – and the first since 2019 and a pre-season friendly that was planned.