Panathinaikos parts ways with Rafa Benitez

[InTime Sports]

Panathinaikos announced connected Friday it has dismissed Spanish manager Rafa Benitez, conscionable 7 months aft hiring him.

The Champions League winner with Liverpool took the Greens to the 4th spot successful the Super League table,m the semifinals of the Greek Cup and the past 16 of the Europa League this season, which is not bully capable for the Athens elephantine that has not won the Greek league title successful 16 years.

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Panathinaikos is present turning to uncovering Benitez’s successor, with reports making erstwhile Copenhagen manager Jacob Neestrup the favourite for the post.

The Greens will person to extremity their summertime holidays early, arsenic they indispensable articulation the Europa Conference League from the 2nd qualifying round.