THE Panathinaikos rebuilds its European profile and “paves” its way for its European continuity, as emphasized by Andreas Dimatos to News Bulletin 247. The UEFA executive analyzed the data for the “greens” ahead of the draw that will take place at noon for the Conference League.
“Today we will find out the next opponent for each team in the playoffs phase. Panathinaikos, who will play Vikingur or Borats, will also see the continuation of their tableau, a draw will be made in the round of 16 and from there they will know their way to the end. The playoffs will take place on February 13 and 20. He’s on a good path, avoiding the quad of… death at 15-18. He has to go step by step, but until the semi-final the possibility of meeting a big league team is only with Fiorentina“, he emphasized.
“The season is progressing well for Panathinaikos. To finish 1-24 was the bare minimum for him, not to be outdone, but the fact that he had one point in the first three games and nine in the last three is something significant. Panathinaikos is getting back to some decent European standards. I remember that last summer he participated with the rate of Greece and not with his own, because it was below that of the country. The points he collected this year, he had collected in the previous eight years in total. However, we must note that the points in the intermediate phase (playoffs) count only for Greece, not for the team“, he added.
As for Greece’s steady climb up the UEFA country rankings, he said:Things are good for Greece and they will get even better with the reasonable participation of three Greek teams in the knockouts. Austria looks like it will only be with Rapid, Scotland lost their team in the Conference. The season is still open, the record so far is good, but we shouldn’t settle for that. The best we can do this year is to finish in eleventh place. After many years, Greece does not rely on one or two teams to get points, as was the case in previous years with Olympiacos and PAOK, but now Panathinaikos is also making a comeback. We had the misfortune with AEK, but no country at our level has four teams giving them many points. If we think that Olympiacos had to win the Conference with two wins in the semi-final and a win in the final before the penalties to be in 15th place, this year we are very good. In the next three years we will have five European tickets and less hassle in the summer».
Source: Sport Fm
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