Visibly emotional, Dimitris Giannakopoulos made a revelation about Panathinaikos’s difficult years! The club’s powerful figurehead wanted to highlight Zeljko Obradovic’s bond with the club, emphasizing that during the club’s difficult period, the Serbian coach gave him courage and advised him like a good friend—never as an adversary.

In fact, Dimitris Giannakopoulos, visibly moved, responded when asked whether Obradović’s return was the best gift he could have given Pavlos Giannakopoulos on his father’s name day.

“The coach said he was coming as an opponent, but I want to confide something: We’ve been through a lot of tough times in recent years, but the one person who would call me after moments like that was the man right here beside me. And he’d tell me, ‘Dimitris, don’t worry, keep going.’ He’d give me some advice and show me that, as a friend, he was never an opponent. He may have been one as a coach. “Thank you once again,” he said at first.

As for whether Zeljko Obradović’s return was the best gift he could have given Pavlos Giannakopoulos on his father’s name day: “They’ll definitely be happy. They’ll definitely be happy—I won’t say anything else,” he said, visibly moved. “You can imagine—Zeliko is back!”

*photo source: KYPE