Gilberto to make Pana debut
August 18, 2008
Gilberto Set For Pana Debut
Gilberto Silva may make his competitive debut for the Panathinaikos after he was included in Hank Ten Cate’s squad for the second leg of their UEFA Champions League Qualifying Round against Dinamo Tbilisi on Wednesday.
The Trifili carry a 3-0 lead with them to the Boris Paichadze Stadium after an assured performance against the Georgian champions during their first leg at the OAKA Spiros Louis Stadium in Greece.
A solitary goal from Austria captain Andreas Ivanschitz and a brace from Greece international Dimitris Salpingidis gave Panathinaikos a commanding lead.
Newly-appointed coach Ten Cate may finally parade the former Arsenal midfielder, Gilberto, in Georgia, despite the fact that the Brazilian is yet to appear in a green jersey during pre-season.
Aside from dropping Greece international Alexandros Tziolis to make way for Silva, the Dutchman also made two other changes to his squad from the first leg, calling up Polish goalkeeper Arkadiusz Malarz and first-leg goal-scorer Ivanschitz making way for summer signing Cleyton from Larissa.
Panathinaikos squad:
Goalkeepers: Galinovic, Malarz
Defenders: Vyntra, Spiropoulos, Sarriegi, Nilsson, Goumas, Siontis, Gabriel
Midfielders: Gilberto Silva, Mattos, Karagounis, Simao, Ninis, Christodoulopoulos, Cleyton
Forwards: Mantzios, Rukavina, Salpingidis