The Greek Opponent Was Better in Rehearsal

As to the result, the rehearsal within the league programme came out better for the Greece team. Panathinaikos won 1:0 on the pitch of Iraklis, the last team of league standings on Sunday, October 29. Panathinaikos managed to keep their second position behind Olympiakos Pireus for which they lose five points and the battle against which expects them after return from Mladá Boleslav, more precisely on Sunday, November 5. Panathinaikos lost the Athens derby against AEK 1 : 2 one week ago, on October 23. The match started with almost half-hour delay because of disturbances caused by fans of both clubs. The police arrested the five most wildest rowdies, many more of them had to seek for medical treatment. The Greek Football Association punished both clubs with a penalty in the amount of EUR 120,000.
Mladá Boleslav dropped on the third position in league standings after Sunday's defeat 1 : 3 suffered from Slavia Prague. The score difference of the club is by one goal worse than that of Sparta Prague. Mladá Boleslav is two points behind the leader of the standings, Slovan Liberec. Mladá Boleslav players recover from intestinal virosis and pick both psychical and physical forces for their opening performance in the basic group of the UEFA Cup. "We must put together after series of unsuccessful league matches and do our best to get the team back on the correct attacking tone so as to succeed also against exceptionally strong opponent on home pitch," said the head-coach of Mladá Boleslav Dušan Uhrin who ranks Panathinaikos Athens and Paris SG in the category of European giant clubs and front-runners for qualifying from the group G in the spring stage of the UEFA club. "We are a big club and want always to win all matches. In spite of that, I must say that a tie in Mladá Boleslav also would not be bad result," said Víctor Muňoz, the Spanish head-coach of Panathinaikos who joined the Greek team one month ago instead of dismissed Swedish coach Hans Backe.