Lube Banca Marche Macerata: 

LET’S DISCOVER PANATHINAIKOS ATENE 

 

Panathinaikos Athen will be a very diffiicult opponent for Macerata. Coached by brazilian Francisco Dos Santos, vice of Bernardinho in the national team for the last ten years, the team has two brazilian champions: spiker Dante Amaral arrived in Greece two seasons ago, and setter Marcelinho, vice of Ricardo in the national team and in Italy with Palermo during season 1999/2000 a Paleremo.
Part of the team also venetuelan opposite Ernardo Gomez, middlebocker from Colombia Urango (212 cm tall), and bulgarian spiker Theodoros Baev (born on 1977). From Greece there are: libero Giorgos Stefanou, middleblocker Sotiris Pantaleon, and spikers Victoras Kouroupis and Elias Lappas.
Panathinaikos, current leader of the greek Championship with 6 points of advantage towards the second team ha reached the second phase of the Champions League by arriving at the second position of Pool D, the same of Cuneo, behind Firedrichshafen.