LIVE - Panathinaikos 1-1 Spurs

Hello all and welcome to tonights UEFA Europa League fixture

Spurs are tonight away to another one of Europes most prestigious teams, lets win it

http://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewLiveArticle/157922

Venue: Olympic Stadium, Athens Date: Thursday 4 OctoberKick-off: 18:00 GMT

Opponents - Panathinaikos Football Club

Nicknames -

To Trifylli (The Shamrock)
Oi Prasinoi (The Greens)


Panathinaikos are one of the biggest clubs in Greece, founded in 1908, and have won 20 Greek Titles, and 17 cups. Their last title came in 2010, where they also won the cup, completing the Double. The furthest Panathinaikos have come in a UEFA competition was when they were Runners-Up of the European Cup, where they lost 2-0 to Ajax at Wembley. They remain the only ever Greek team to have reached a European Final. They share the "Derby of the Eternal Enemies" with Olympiakos, and play at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, which can hold over 69,000 fans.

TEAM NEWS

Tottenham have no new injuries ahead of their Europa League Group J meeting with Panathinaikos in Greece, but they are still without Emmanuel Adebayor.

The striker is back in training after a hamstring injury and could return for Sunday's visit of Aston Villa.

Goalkeeper Brad Friedel has not travelled to Athens, so either Hugo Lloris or Carlo Cudicini will start.

Kyle Naughton (foot) and Jake Livermore (hernia) are likely to be back in action after the international break.

Younes Kaboul (knee), Scott Parker (Achilles) and Benoit Assou-Ekotto (knee) remain on the sidelines.

Line Ups -

Spurs

Manager - Andre Villas-Boas

Spurs starting XI - Lloris, Walker, Dawson (c), Caulker, Vertonghen, Huddlestone, Dembele, Dempsey, Lennon, Bale and Defoe

Spurs Subs: Cudicini, Gallas, Sandro, Townsend, Falque, Mason and Sigurdsson

Panathinaikos

Manager - Jesualdo Ferreira

Panathinaikos starting XI: Karzenis; Seitaridis, Triantafyllopolous, Pinto, Vyntra; Zeca, Vitolo, Marinos; Christodoulopoulos, Toché, Owusu-Abeyie

Panathinaikos subs - Kotsolis, Chouchoumis, Mavrias, Lagos, Sissoko, Fornaroli, Barbarouses

GOALS

Dawson '35
Tochè '77

Subs

Sissoko > Marinos 46mins

LINKS

ITV4 YOU BUFFOON

Form (League)

Levadiakos 0 – 1 Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos 1 – 1 Pas Giannina
Panthrakikos 1 – 0 Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos 1 – 1 Atromitos
Panathinaikos 0 – 0 Asteras Tripolis

Spurs


Spurs 1-1 WBA
Spurs 1-1 Norwich
Reading 1-3 Spurs
Spurs 2-1 QPR
Man Utd 2-3 Spurs

Top Scorers (All comps)

Defoe - 4
Vertonghen, Bale - 2
Dembele, BAE, Townsend, Dempsey, Sig - 1

Panathinaikos

Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, Charis Mavrias - 2

Ibrahim Sissoko, Toché, José Manuel Velázquez, Loukas Vyntra - 1

How they got here - Panathinkaikos finished 2nd in the 2011-12 Greek Super League, earning them a place in the 3rd qualifying round, where they beat Motherwell 5-0 over 2 legs. They then crashed out to Malaga in the next round 2-0 on aggregate, dropping down into the Europa League. They lost their first game 2-0 away to Maribor.

Headline writers dream- Comeback of Lazaros. Lazaros Christodoulopoulos sends Spurs home reeling

Headline Writers Nightmare - Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos wins it for Panathinaikos

FACTS

There are no facts

Except these

http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/spurs/News/a-few-facts-on-panathinaikos-02102012.page