29-07-2025
Panathinaikos 'very confident' of comeback win against Rangers
Panathinaikos are "very confident" they can turn around a 2-0 first-leg deficit against Rangers in Athens on Wednesday to progress in their Champions League qualifier, says defender Erik Greek side missed chances at Ibrox last week before goals from Findlay Curtis and Djeidi Gassama either side of a red card for the visitors' Georgios Palmer-Brown knows Panathinaikos must be more clinical if they are to rescue the tie and reach the third qualifying round."I think this last week, we all have felt really confident and believe in ourselves to go out there and do what is needed," said the US international."We are playing at our house, in front of our fans. We know their expectations and what we expect of ourselves as well."We did a lot of things well [in Glasgow]. We didn't finish off the chances we created and ultimately that hurt us."This is football and sometimes it's cruel. You get unlucky sometimes. This game we need to take advantage of the chances we create."As a group we know what's on the line. We can't concede any more goals and we have to score multiple goals so our goal is to go out there, play for the fans, play for the club and we are going to do that to the best of our ability."
