Panathinaikos will play without heavy artillery in their next two games: against Asteras Tripoli on Sunday at Leoforo and at Lamia a week later.

Sporar’s injury on Toumba proved to be quite serious and would put him out of action for about two weeks. He has suffered a severe sprain and has already started intensive treatment with a most likely return for the Aris derby on 23 October. Only if he shows impressive improvement will he be available to face Lamia as Jovanovic is not accustomed to taking risks with players who are not fully prepared, as shown in the Toumba derby when he left Palacios and Verbic. Both could play at risk, but their coach didn’t want to put them in a difficult position. However, both will be available on Sunday, unlike Kotsiras, who was once again limited to individual and will once again be time-chasing. Tickets for the match against Asteras Tripoli went on sale today and are expected to sell out within a few hours.