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Mark Walker

Rangers in major Panathinaikos injury boost as star ruled out

Panathinaikos have been dealt a major blow ahead of their Champions League showdown with Rangers after international defender Giorgos Kyriakopoulos was crocked.

Rangers face the Greek side on Tuesday in the second qualifying round with the second leg at the Olympic Stadium in Athens.

Panathinaikos warmed up for the game with a 3-1 home win over Belgian side Westerlo at home this week, after they spent two weeks at their training camp in Austria.


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But they will have to do without Kyriakopoulos for both games after he suffered a serious knee injury in training.

The 29-year-old Greek international will go under the knife this weekend after suffering a cruciate knee injury.

He will be out for several months and won't feature in the games against Rangers.

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