Panathinaikos close on Salah-Eddine
Panathinaikos are in advanced talks with Roma for Anass Salah-Eddine (4) (5). The 24-year-old Morocco left-back arrives on loan with a conditional obligation to buy (4) (5). Roma have already agreed the terms of the exit (4) (5). If it lands, you finally get real cover at left-back.
The soft penalty call at Kifisia
Panathinaikos beat Kifisia 3–1 on Thursday, but the talking point is still the penalty. Swedish referee Viktor Karimian says the decision was wrong, and so was the card. "In this case, VAR wrongly called the referee and he wrongly awarded the penalty and showed the yellow card to the defender, because the game should have continued," he said (6). Karimian is the name behind the Refereechannel breakdown of the incident (6).
Panetolikos on Sunday
Your team sit top with 9 points from 3 games, 3 wins from 3, goal difference +6. Panetolikos come to Athens on Sunday at 20:30 CEST (Super League Greece). Given the form, anything but three points is a problem.
Fan reactions
The mood is split. The Salah-Eddine link is being received as the left-back fix supporters have been asking for, with the loan-plus-obligation structure doing a lot of the convincing. There is also chatter about Moussa Sissoko heading to second-division Panionios after being cut from the squad, an exit most fans saw coming. The Salah-Eddine thread is where the reaction is loudest.
