"I consider the result of the match with Dnipro 1 to be natural," - Panathinaikos head coach

Head coach of Greek Panathinaikos Ivan Jovanovic summarised the results of his team's first match against Dnipro 1 (3:1) in the 2nd qualifying round of the Champions League, which took place yesterday in Kosice.

"For us today is a very positive result, and we showed a good game.Played two good teams, but I note that we are in good shape now, and the guys showed themselves very well in the first official match of the season. This is just the beginning.

I think the result is logical. We made a lot of effort to achieve it, to be in good shape today. But you can not predict the result of the return match, it is not a good thing. We will see what will happen in the second meeting, because two good teams played today. We are in for an interesting match.

In general, a lot of things worked out very well for us today. We need to be focused on the return match, because Dnipro 1 is a strong team and may not forgive mistakes, and any mistake in the next match may cost us a ticket to the next round of the Champions League," Jovanovic said at the post-match press conference.