After each multi-day break it is unknown how the teams will perform.
Today in Toumba the first derby of the season in Super League 1 is being held with the champion PAOK welcoming the cup winner Panathinaikos (20.30). The match takes place after a two-week break due to the official matches of the national teams, so no one can predict how the two gladiators will perform. Their coaches did not have at their disposal for at least ten days the international footballers who make up the core of each team.
PAOK and Panathinaikos started the year with the main goal of claiming the title, however the “greens” have fallen behind in the standings counting losses of 5 points in three games after the defeat by Asteras (01) and the draw with Athens Kallithea. If Panathinaikos is also defeated in Toumba, then it will hardly be able to raise its head in the championship and is in danger of being out of track for the title from the middle of September. That’s why the game of the 4th matchday can bring the ups and downs to the “clover”, which since 2011 has failed in SL1.
“If Panathinaikos is 7 or 8 points behind on Sunday, this difference cannot be collected afterwards”
Two-faced
The paradox with Panathinaikos in the current season is that it showed a good face in its European obligations and continues in the Conference League. His roster is complete and competitive, but he needs time to “tie”.
PAOK will also keep two in the current year…. watermelons in the same armpit. He continues in the Europa League and has three wins in as many league games. The “two-headed man of the North” sold his best defender, Konstantinos Koulierakis, to Wolfsburg, and at the end of the transfer window, Dejan Lovren, who has “heavy” marks on his CV, was acquired.
PAOK and Panathinaikos have met 77 times in Toumba, with the home team winning 39 and the “clover” 22, while 16 matches ended in draws. The “two-headed” has scored 112 goals and conceded 74.
“After every interruption due to national teams, you don’t know how the clubs will present themselves in the championship. Especially in the big teams, the training sessions are done with half the players and that’s why they are uncoordinated for a while,” Christos Dimopoulos, who has worn the shirt of both opponents, told Documento. “Fonias” notes that “before the break, PAOK was in good shape and managed to start with three out of three, while Panathinaikos had problems and was resoundingly slapped by Asteras, while Athens Kallithea deducted two points, in one match that he had the chance to win”.
“There is no measure”
The loss of points can prematurely throw the “greens” off the rails of the title claim and as stated by Chr. Dimopoulos: “On Sunday night, Panathinaikos may be 8 or 7 points behind the top. And this difference cannot be collected afterwards. However, whatever the team’s coach does, he must be supported to show his work over time. A coach is not judged by a quarter’s work. When Panathinaikos eliminated Lance, Alonso was a god and when Athens Kallithea forced him to gel, the scenarios started that he should be replaced. In our country we have no measure. However, it is a fact that Panathinaikos will play with their backs against the wall in Toumba and we have to see how they will react. His roster is complete, Ioannidis started the year furiously and everything is open. On the other hand, PAOK is stable, it knows what it has to do to get positive results and, most importantly, it won’t have the stress of the Panathinaikos players who have no room for another points loss”.
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