30 players taken to first Panathinaikos training camp
After starting the pre-season process in Koropi, Panathinaikos FC have travelled to the Netherlands where the maiden training camp will take place.
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Early on Monday morning, 06:00 to be precise, the team flew to Holland for the first pre-season training camp of the summer. Newly appointed head coach Giorgos Donis and his assistants included these following 30 players in the squad:
Goalkeepers: Konstantinos Kotsaris, Sokratis Dioudis, Vasilis Xenopoulos, Nikos Christogeorgos.
Defenders: Evangelos Oikonomou, Dimitris Kolovetsios, Theofanis Mavromatis, Dimitris Kourbelis, Ousmane Coulibaly, Mattias Johansson, Emanuel Insua, Antonis Oikonomopoulos.
Midfielders: Theofanis Tzandaris, Paschalis Staikos, Anthony Mounier, Anastasios Chatzigiovannis, Ergys Kace, Giannis Bouzoukis, Christos Donis, Omri Altman, Konstantinos Apostolakis, Vangelis Theocharis, Dimitris Emmanouilidis, Christos Sechou, Dimos Chatzaras.
Forwards: Sotiris-Pantelis Pispas, Athanasios Dimitroulas, Mark Sifneos, Stefanos Regakos, Christos Kountouriotis.
Panathinaikos will play three friendly matches against AZ Alkmaar (July 18), Antwerp (July 22) and Den Haag (July 28) in the Netherlands, before returning to Athens on July 31. Notably, young forwards Mark Sifneos and Stefanos Regakos, recently picked up by Panathinaikos without official announcements, were taken to the training camp and will be hungry to prove their worth.
Ahead of making the trip to the Netherlands, boss Giorgos Donis shared his first impressions from managing Panathinaikos: “During the first ten days, there has been a good atmosphere within the team,” stated the 48-year old. “The players have responded well to our demands. However, this is a difficult stage, because the guys are having to adapt playing in a different way while improving their physical condition. When will the roster be formed? At the end of July or start of August. I wanted us to play against strong opponents in friendly matches, the performances are more important than the results.”
