He needed everything from everyone. Blog – Nikos Papadogiannis

Nikos Papadogiannis puts aside the “good again” of -28 that became -8 and points out that realism is Panathinaikos’s best ally this year.

The win over Olympiacos in Falero just four days ago sent the Etherfamonia team off course and up onto their favorite cloud, talking about miracles and stitching stars into their minds. It is unfortunate that Friday will end with a wave of grumbling. To the casual viewer of social media, Ataman is once again a handful, players are somewhat mediocre, and the need for reinforcements is inevitable.

However, Panathinaikos’s best ally this year is realism. The season at Barcelona was sure to leave scars on the body, especially with the already troubled Panathinaikos He traveled without Sluka, Vildosa, and the irreplaceable Papapetrou and, let’s say, waiting Kendrick Nunn.

Omadara opposed that He can bring off the bench NBA stars (Parker, Willie Hernangomet), Spanish internationals with European medals (Brizuela, Parra) and child prodigies from another era (Paoli)., the honest but nouveau riche but still poor Panathinaikos team could not afford to lose players or acquire highly paid stowaways in their first five games. Although Barcelona themselves failed to pick up a win, the Greek league leaders needed much more than that to appear competitive.

With a bit of Grigonis, a bit of Grant and five lengths that didn’t all add up to make it Wesley, he should feel lucky to have lost by just 8 points. The captivity that Panathinaikos experienced tonight Inside Bernandiera, to use a favorite word of Blessed Vassilis Georgiou, Unprecedented: 24-9 rebounding in the first half, and forgiving 42-29 in the end. As if men were playing against children, senior high school against middle school.

As an unborn person, then, tonight. Panathinaikos headed to its hometown of Hoatsou to lose and succeed with absolute accuracy for the 17th time in a row. His last duet in mainland Spain dates back to… last century, and here’s why: from a previous life, in which Dimitris Diamantidis played the title role. However, it was the home defeats to Maccabi and Olympiacos in extra time that hurt them the most. Almost no one will win in Barcelona, ​​and this year’s Euroleague Cup can be decorated with a Blaugrana wreath.

Until it gains the right to look higher, Panathinaikos is obliged to mark the 10th position line, the line that separates the last lambs from the goats. In this year’s European League of intermediate level, To those who don’t speak Spanish, fishing at the summit may seem off-limits. But a safari for a place in the playoffs (if not straight into the top six) could keep the dream of teams like the ‘Clovers’ alive until April.

Panathinaikos is also committed and looks to the depths of its own bench, where there is material capable of offering breaths and solutions without the quality index dropping too low and without falling into the nose of the newly arrived legion. Whether we like it or not, Panathinaikos is in danger of becoming a graveyard for young Greek internationals, from Kalitsakis and Moraitis to Mantzoukas, Kostas Antetokounmpo and even Samontorov. Who remained on the men’s team without playing time.

His little brother Giannis appears to be living in the doghouse after the first five minutes of the second division derby, and Mantzoukas has been bedridden for days and appears weak, but… As for the rest, they showed their presence tonight in Barcelona, ​​starting at least with the -28 goal in the 33rd minute.. Samotorov met Jabari Parker, Moraitis went after Satoransky, and everyone, both big names and not-so-big names, offered more than water-boiled hotso. What a failure, really, the Spaniard’s existence so far.

For the 120 hopeful fans who followed Panathinaikos in Catalonia, 5-25 in the last seven weeks was some consolation, before a quick final shot in the alleys of Raval. It seems decades have passed, but cosmopolitan Barcelona was (in the not-so-distant 2011) the scene of Panathinaikos’ last great European showing.