After the… battles in Europe, Panathinaikos also begins its obligations in Greece, through the championship and its premiere in the Stoiximan Super League today (18/08), welcoming Asteras AKTOR, at 20:00 (sport-fm.gr , News Bulletin 247 and COSMOTE SPORT1), on leave due to OAKA punishment.
A game which is anything but… easy is expected to be for the “clover”, for a number of different reasons, which of course wants to start with the right hand and the three points on its way to winning this year’s title.
First of all, Panathinaikos is asked to leave behind the disappointment of the episodic and unfair exclusion from Ajax, keeping, of course, at the same time the good data it showed in Amsterdam and in its matches in Europe so far!
At the same time, Diego Alonso will have to “freshen up” his team’s 11, given that next Thursday (22/08) another demanding match follows, against Lance and… entry into the League Phase of this year’s Europa Conference League is at stake .
To these, add the fact that tonight’s game will be played behind closed doors, but also the… classic anxiety that every premiere always has.
It becomes clear, therefore, that the “greens” will have to fight against the Arkades as if they were playing another European match, maintaining their good image and with… acquired speed to reach the much-desired victory for them…
In terms of absences, now, Kotsiras was left out of the Panathinaikos team due to his suspension in last year’s Cup final, as was the injured Baldock, as well as Dragovski, Cerin and Sporar, the latter due to gastroenteritis.
On the contrary, the Uruguayan technician are Lodigin, Lilo, Vagiannidis, Max, Senkefeld, Zeka, Ioannidis, Tette, Bakassetas, Ingason, Mandsini, Limnios, Maximovic, Maximovic, Maximovic, Maximovic,
On the other hand, Asteras AKTOR go down to the Olympic stadium with no worries as they are a team that likes to make things difficult for their current opponent, getting results in the recent past as well!
Undoubtedly, this year’s roster is more qualitative, more experienced and therefore determined to have a season with the aim of returning to the European Cups next year.
With the exception of the injured Alhos, there are no major problems for Milan Rastavacs, who included in the squad Papadopoulos, Tsintotas, Kakadiari, Kastanio, Triantafyllopoulos, Garthia, Alvares, Hukhumi, Yablonski, Alagbe, Zandari, Mumo, Rendzic, Bartolo , Palasios, Adam, Regis, Mandzi, Kaltsa, Farai and Zougli.
The possible compositions of the two teams:
Panathinaikos (Diego Alonso): Lodgin, Vaiannidis, Ingason, Gedvai, Max, Maksimovich, Vilena, Tete, Bakasetas, Limnios, Geremegev.
Asteras AKTOR (Milan Rastavac): Papadopoulos, Garcia, Triantafyllopoulos, Kastanio, Houhoumis, Mumo, Yablonski, Kaltsas, Bartolo, Palasios, Adam.
Referee: Tasos Sidiropoulos (Dodecanese).
Referee assistants: Polychronis Kostaras (Aitoloakarnania), Lampros Diamantis (Epirou).
4th referee: Stavros Tsimenteridis (Kozanis).
VAR: Petros Tsagarakis (Chania).
AVAR: Kostas Staikos (Larissa).
Source: Sport Fm
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