The result of the friendly match between the teams of Panathinaikos and Genoa, played on OAKA Stadium in Athens, is 2:0 for the hosts. This was the last friendly match of the greens and it proved that they are fully ready to start the new season. Unfortunately, the team could not enjoy its victory. The reason for this was a serious injury that Cisse got early in the game. He left the field and Petropoulos took his place. Cisse will be outside the field during the first match of the championship of the country which the greens will play with Skoda Xanthi after a few days. The trauma of the French player as well as the very bad conditions of the field made the game extremely difficult. The new “green carpet” is not fitted yet and negatively affects the game of the players. The attempts of the hosts to patch the lawn during the breaks were not successful...
The fans supported their team this evening as always. There was tension in the atmosphere, however, because of the shouting against Vardinoyannis.
The match started with a good game by the hosts. The players Toni and Palacio attempted to score but the goalkeeper Tzorvas saved the two balls. The goal of Karagounis cut the wings of Italians. Leto won a penalty and the player sent the ball into the door of Genoa in the 36th minute. The greens made another attempt to score in the 44th minute, but this time Eduardo saved the ball. The score at the end of the first half was 1:0 for the hosts.
After the break Panathinaikos entered the field with new players. There were no changes at the mesh where Nikos Nioplias kept Tzorvas. The hosts showed extremely strong defence and the Italians could not cope with it until the end. They hardly gave the guests a chance to go out of their field, making their chances to attack the door of Greece almost nil. However, Panathinaikos often made score situations. Silva Cleyton was in a position to score in the 63rd minute but he did not meet the ball for a millimeter... The next attempts to score were as heavy as a rain and the situation in front of Eduardo’s door was very hard.
The second goal was scored in the 67th minute. Petropoulos scored it. He attacked again the Italian mesh in the 72nd minute and Ninis in the 77th. While winning a good lead the greens did not give up to pursue opportunities for the third goal. However, they didn’t make it and the match finished 2:0.
Panathinaikos (Nioplias): Tzorvas, Boumsong (46' Sarriegi), Kante (46' Bjärsmyr), Vintra (46' Seitaridis), Spiropoulos (46' Ioannidis), Gilberto (46' Sima), Katsouranis (46' Marinos), Karagounis (46' Ninis), Govou (46' Cleyton), Leto (46' Dimoutsos), Cisse (17' Petropoulos)
Genoa (Gasperini) Eduardo, Ranocchia, Moretti, Milanetto, Dainelli, Rafinha, Palacio, Toni, Sculli, Mesto, Veloso
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