The coronavirus brings Alexandropoulos and Ludkvist into the Panathinaikos squad

Otherwise they expected it and otherwise Panathinaikos (but also Aris) had a competitive “foot” in 2022 this evening (Wednesday May 1st, 9:30 pm, , Sportish MATCHCENTER).

In the shadow of the coronavirus and the onset of the “Omicron” mutation, which has captured everything not only in football but in all areas of everyday life, with many absenteeism due to Covid-19 and in front of almost 1,000 spectators at “Apostolos Nikolaidis” – due to new ones Government action until January 16 – the “Greens” have a “key game” ahead of them to claim (through a road, this championship) the places that lead to the European Cup next season gives a very strong lead of 5 points in the “clover leaf” (and with one less game that will be set with Apollon Smyrnis sometime in February) it will bring it back to 4th place and allow him to start he looks slower and higher … high on the leaderboard.

Only the preparation conditions … were not ideal. The last training session of the “Greens” on Tuesday morning (January 4th) ended shortly before 1:00 p.m. and Ivan Jovanoviέπρεπε had to wait until 8:30 p.m. to see the team’s last round of PCR tests (after the four cases last week), which of his footballers would be available to play with Aris.

The spread was finally – temporarily – limited to five cases, but again put the “footprint” of the coronavirus out of action, four players from the so-called “core” of Panathinaikos (Mauricio, Ruben, Carlitos, Hatzigiovanis).

New adjustment of plans for the Serbian coach who will not have two of the top three midfielders of the last month and a half and severely limited options from the bench through a mission that … barely includes 20 players, three of whom are goalkeepers ( Brinioli, Dioudis, Xenopoulos).

The changes in the “green” axis

The absence of Ruben and Mauricio (he announced in an Instagram message on Tuesday April 1st that he was one of the sick) puts Sotiris Alexandropoulos in the starting line-up after four games, who is expected to pull back to the “6”, but also Ramon Pascal Ludqvist, who returns to the starting XI after November 22nd and the game with Lamia at “Panthessaliko”.

The third axis of midfield, in this “mixed” 4-3-3 with 4-2-3-1 from Jovanovic, will be Lukas Vigiafanies, who will play higher and closer to the striker. Since the … beans are now very large in the midfield, since the … alternatives (if needed during a game) only contain “alchemies” like Sanchez or Veleth.

From there and beyond, little changes to the basic shape of the ‘clover leaf’ are expected as Juankar returns to the left, who was absent from the rematch on December 23rd in Volos with a last-minute muscle injury. The Spanish full-back, along with Facudo Sanchez, Fran Veleth and Bart Senkefeld, will form the defensive line in front of Alberto Brinoli, while Aitor and Sebastian Palacios will find space in the “wings” of the attack. Federico Makenda will start at the top, with a unique choice from the bank now Fotis Ioannidis.

The Panathinaikos team of 20 for the game against Aris consists of: Dioudis, Xenopoulos, Brinioli, Alexandropoulos, Ludkvist, Vigiafanies, Aitor, Engbakoto, Palacios, Vital, Juankar, Veleth, Senketardzos, Ioanketzonts and Makenda. Bouzoukis (Virus), Kourbelis and Ayub have also been omitted.