Feyenoord-Panathinaikos: Made for the difficult and determined to … the “greens”

Panathinaikos is ready to go overboard and take the referee! The “clover” is in the Netherlands where today at 17:30 it faces the Feyenoord in its context 3rd matchday of the League Phase of the Europa League.

The mission of the “greens” is obviously not easy, as it is probably the most difficult away match in this League Phase, against a highly formed team, but within the borders. Panathinaikos has three points from the impressive victory in Bern with a score of 4-1 over Young Boys. However, in the second matchday it was “erased”, due to the shocking home defeat by the Go Ahead Eagles with a score of 2-1.

In addition to this, Panathinaikos has to deal with the “scourge” of injuries, which also brought about rearrangements in the European list. Specifically beyond it Renato Sanchez and Facundo Pellistriwhich will soon be available again, o Cyril Dessertswas sidelined with an ankle injury. For this reason, Milos Padovic entered the list instead of the Nigerian after the relevant permission obtained by Panathinaikos from the UEFA.

The goal of Panathinaikos is to surprise, but also to be very careful against the Rotterdam team which has lots of quality. All available footballers traveled with the expedition, including Cyril Dessers, who followed the team despite his injury.

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She also has a great need for victory Feyenoord. The Dutch have made a “hot” start in the Eredivisie with eight wins and a draw in nine matches, however their particular image is not reflected in the Europa League. And this is because the Rotterdam team has two defeats in as many matches. The first in “De Cap” by Aston Villa with a score of 2-0, while the second was from Braga in Portugal with a score of 1-0.

Feyenoord coach Robin van Persie saw his team’s preparations progressing with obstacles. That’s because defender Thomas Billen is still receiving treatment for a broken leg he suffered in July, while Malcolm Lang and Quinten Timber are recovering from injuries. Additionally, Jakub Moder and Gernot Trauner are out.

The possible lineups of the match

Feyenoord (Robin van Persie): Wellenruther – Bosz, Ahmaddzic, Small, Gutanabe – Red, Valente, Targaline, Stein, Shore, Moussa

Panathinaikos (Christos Kontis): Dragovski – Kotsiras, Palmer-Brown, Touba, Kyriakopoulos – Siopis, Tsiriveia, Bakasetas – Tete, Djuricic, Swinderski

Referee: Charm Osmers (Germany)

Assistants: Saal/Gitelmann (Germany)

4th referee: Exner (Germany)

VAR: Christian Dingert (Germany)