{"id":142119,"date":"2015-08-10T10:45:34","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T10:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=142119"},"modified":"2015-08-10T10:45:34","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T10:45:34","slug":"michael-essien-ruled-out-of-panathinaikos-game-because-of-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/michael-essien-ruled-out-of-panathinaikos-game-because-of-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Essien ruled out of Panathinaikos game because of injury"},"content":{"rendered":"
Michael Essien has been ruled out of Panathinaikos\u2019s Europa League play-off tie against Azerbaijani side FK Qabala.<\/p>\n
The Ghana midfielder, who joined the Greek giants this summer on a free transfer, is not ready to return to the field after undergoing surgery last month.<\/p>\n
Essien has started running but Panathinaikos do not want to risk him and will miss both games to be played this month.<\/p>\n
The match will be\u00a0on 19 August<\/span> and with the Greek giants hosting the return leg the following week.<\/p>\n Panathinaikos hope the former Chelsea and AC Milan player will be ready for the Super League.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Rahman Osman\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Michael Essien has been ruled out of Panathinaikos\u2019s Europa League play-off tie against Azerbaijani side FK Qabala. The Ghana midfielder, who joined the Greek giants this summer on a free transfer, is not ready to return to the field after undergoing surgery last month. Essien has started running but Panathinaikos do not want to risk […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":142120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[29,3],"yoast_head":"\n