Dessers does it in Volos
Volos 0–1 Panathinaikos. Cyriel Dessers scored the only goal on Sunday and your team stayed top (2) (5) (7).
Seven wins in eight league games. 21 points, +14 goal difference, first place with the gap intact (4).
The win came in the rain at the Panthessaliko, and the away end did not sit down. Jacob Neestrup heard it.
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"I don't know exactly what they're shouting, but the atmosphere is fantastic. It's as if we have 15,000 Panathinaikos fans following us everywhere" (5).
Neestrup has a shape that works
The 4-4-2 that slides into a 4-4-1-1 is the engine behind this run (2). Tetteh and Dessers have found each other in it, and Dessers keeps finishing (2) (8).
It is not a gimmick. It has given Panathinaikos a second way to attack, and teams are struggling to read which one arrives (2).
They sang his name
Around 16,000 Panathinaikos supporters were in the Panthessaliko, chanting Neestrup's name in rhythm (7).
Away from home, midweek, in the rain. That is a manager who has the stands with him.
Sapountzakis: he reminds me of Berg
Giannis Sapountzakis did not hold back on Dessers after the Volos win. "Dessers reminds me of Marcus Berg, another killer who wore the green" (3).
High praise, and Dessers has earned it. He is the reason you are top.
AEK next, at home, Sunday
AEK Athens come to you on Sunday, November 1 at 18:00 CET. Then CSKA Sofia at home in the Conference League on Thursday, November 5, and a trip to Iraklis on Sunday, November 8.
The league form reads L W W W W. That single L was Olympiacos on October 11, 0–1 at their place. Since then you have won four straight, including 5–1 at Kairat Almaty on October 22 (4).
