Exclusive: Dinamo Bucharest Coach Dario Bonetti Upbeat Over Panathinaikos Clash
"Panathinaikos are the favourites to win the group in my opinion," Bonetti told Goal.com. "They are a big team with a number of class players like Sebastian Leto, Giorgos Karagounis, Gilberto Silva and so on. I feel like they deserve to be in the Champions League instead of playing Europa League football.
"I was very surprised to see them lose the home match against Galatasaray. However, I watched the game and I noticed that they did not deserve to lose. The Turkish side put in a superb defensive performance and scored twice on counterattacks. Panathinaikos created many opportunities to score, but they were a bit unlucky.
"We are a very young team, one of the youngest all over Europe. We are quite enthusiastic but we miss experience. We know that if we win, we are almost qualified for the next round, so we'll do our utmost to pick up the full three points.
"However, even if we draw the match, we still have a three-point lead on Panathinaikos. I know that we have to go to Greece later on, but they have to go to Turkey to face Galatasaray. We have a home match against Sturm Graz coming up.
"We are lucky that Panathinaikos will be without Djibril Cisse on Thursday. Nevertheless, Leto is a fantastic player as well and I rate Sotiris Ninis very highly, too.
"Unfortunately, Iulian Niculescu won't be there for us. He's a very important player for Dinamo. I am convinced that if we'll play as a team, we could do well though."
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