Panathinaikos-Olympiacos: Time for the first derby of the season

Time for the first derby of the season. Panathinaikos and Olympiacos clashed (21:00, BWINSPOR FM 94.6, Sport-fm.gr, Cosmotesport1) on Avenue for the 4th Stoiximan Super League.

It is a duel, which will always be different from all others in Greek football, which will be interesting, regardless of the scoring and status of the two teams. With the two opponents targeting only victory.

Panathinaikos turned a page with “divorce” with Rui Vittoria after defeat with 3-2 From Kifissia to Panthessaliko with overturning in the last minutes. THE Christos Kontis He returned to the “clover”, again taking over in a difficult time. He is the man who has led the “Greens” to their latest title, the Cup of the 2023-24 season, when he succeeded Fatih Terim.

There is no room for new loss in Panathinaikos, as two already count. Had preceded the 1-1 with Levadiakos on the avenue. So the slogan in the “camp” of the “Greens” is “only victory”. Of course, the Greek technician has not been able to do much, as only three workouts have been done under his instructions, and does not intend to tease many things in the eleven. Without Pelistri and Padovic is the mission announced by Panathinaikos for the Avenue derby.

“We play with Olympiacos, is Greece’s largest derbyit is a match of eternal opponents. So we have to see it, we play at our headquarters and for us the only goal and thought is victory, because it will give us a lot. It goes without saying that we play with an opponent who has a very good team, a very good coach and We need to respect and calculate that there is this given. But beyond that when you play at home you have to find the way, with the regular plan, with the soul you will get out of how much … sorry to say it, you will like to play this game, get the three points“, Christos Kontis on Cosmote TV.

Olympiacos comes from the 0-0 with Paphos in “G. Karaiskakis » On his return to the Champions League and want to react after a match, in which they did not play on the basis of their potential. They could have taken it against the … coach of the Cypriot team, but he also admitted Jose Luis Mendilibar that they should have had better performance. In the championship they leveled Panserraikos 5-0 in “G. Karaiskakis’, having good performance in the second half.

The Basque technician heralded changes There will probably be many in the original shape and from what they say. Zelson and Yaremtsuk are now good. Outside the mission was Rodinei, Zelson Martins and Roman Yaremtsuk, and all three are not yet in 100% of their abilities after the injury problems they faced.

“I will not change the way we play. I think this game will be completely different from what we have so far, because Panathinaikos will not be left behind. I think they will come forward to win the game, especially after playing at home. We can’t know what will happen, but I expect a game much more open compared to the previous ones. We will of course not change. We will do what we always do and try to win the game“, Cosmote TV told Cosmote TV 64 -year -old coach.

Panathinaikos’ mission: Dragovsky, Lafon, Kotsaris, Calabria, Tsivayia, Tuba, Siopi, Sanchez, Zarouri, Tem, Bakassetas, Palmer – Brown, Ingason, Cherry, Mancini, Sfiderski, Tamporda, Tamporda, Tamporda Kyriakopoulos.

The mission of Olympiacos: Paschalakis, Tzolakis, Ortega, Biancon, Pirola, Kalogeropoulos, Costina, Mana, Retsos, Bruno, Nasimeno, Garcia, Sipion, Tsikinio, Strefitsa, Es, Pontens, Pulmonis

The possible eleven

Panathinaikos (Christos Kontis): Dragovsky – Kalambria, Palmer -Brown, Tuba, Kyriakopoulos – Tsivaya, Cherry – Tem, Bakassetas, Jouricic – Dessers

Olympiacos (Jose Luis Mendilibar): Tzolakis – Kostina, Pirola, Retsos, Ortega – D. Garcia, Mouzakitis – Pulmonides, Tsikinio, Pontense (Martins) – El Kabi

Referee: Deniz Aitkin (Germany)

Assistants: Lase-Luciano Koslovski (Germany), Mark Borses (Germany)

4th referee: Angelos Evangelou (Athens)

VAR: Guenter Alexander Martin Pearl (Germany), Avar: Stefanos Koumbarakis (Cyclades)