Ajax beat Panathinaikos 13-12 on penaltieswith the two teams each having 17 executions until the one that qualified for the Europa League playoffs emerged.
The home team made use of the regulation, which allows teams to change the order of penalty takers after all players have taken a penalty. So his position Jordan Henderson in the 17th penalty of “Aianda” Anton Guy took and hit the last attempt which gave his team the qualification. Panathinaikos did not make any change in its own line of executioners and Tony Villena failed to score on his second attempt of his own.
“We asked if we could change the order and the referee said yes. Anton came and asked me if he can take my turn if Panathinaikos fails and I accepted. He deserves congratulations, he’s better at penalties than me and he’s worked hard. He wanted to take responsibility and I felt it was important to give it to him“, emphasized the English midfielder.
In fact, he was surprised by the total number of penalties that were taken. “Was it really 34? I remember we also had a match with Liverpool against Chelsea with a lot of penalties, but not that many. Penalties are always difficult, but luckily we kept our composure and thanks to Pasvier we went through“, he said.
Source: Sport Fm
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