Champions League
“Who is Vagia?” rang out loud on OAKA for Giorgos Vagiannidis
The management that Panathinaikos now applies to Giorgos Vagiannidis is the one that reveals its exceptional qualities. ‘Vaya’ in all likelihood won Gustavo Poget’s reputation with his performance against Braga. Manos Nabrozidis writes.
His story Giorgos Vagiannidis been in Panathinaikos for a long time. He is one of the leaders of the Green Academies of 2001.
But at some point the relationship between player and club began to falter. Panathinaikos actually couldn’t cope with the project while the footballer’s team saw more than the 22-year-old current full-back could do at the given moment.
There was danger of being lost in praise
The Panathinaikos and Vagiannidis team had immense talent and one drew with one hand, the other with the other.
The result of this stipulation was that the player ended up earning two plaudits at Inter, but there was a consequence that, fortunately for Vagiannidis, was overturned.
The charismatic full-back was in danger of losing after his loan spell at Belgian club Sint-Truiden was a game-changer.
The catalytic role of Ivan Jovanovic
A year later, Panathinaikos-Vagiannidis took over from the beginning. The first letter is positive as the footballer returned to the club that had promoted him, but not in a hurry, not with drumbeats. From the second group. Gradually as it should be.
And so, step by step, Vagiannidis returned to the first team, with Ivan Jovanovic dominating the situation. Essentially, it was the trainer that refueled the turbo. He worked with the player he had in hand, as the ‘explosion’ everyone admired in the crowded Olympic Stadium against Braga was a product of development.
Vagiannidis started from somewhere to reach the European “Who is Vagia” on Tuesday (08/29).
Before the eyes of Gustavo Poget
It now remains to be seen whether Vagiannidis will be the stepping stone towards the right-backs who have disappeared from the national team in recent years. In other words: Baldok, Rota, Saliaka, Kotsira, the apparently “tomorrow” of the blue and white team will also click.
Gustavo Poget was at OAKA and saw Vagiannidis’ excellent performance. Of course, joining the circle of calls right away on the Uruguayan’s next calls would be a small victory for the player and Panathinaikos as both recommended football when they met again.
Source: Sport 24
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