Argy
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7 hours ago, Molon Lave said:
I thought the friendly with Italy was back in November 2008 and the result ended in a 1-1 draw.
Right 1-1. Gekas and Toni the scorers. Can't believe it has been almost 11 years.
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2 hours ago, Brklyngrk said:
They played a friendly against Italy a few years back and I believe the attendance was really poor...
November friendly tied 0-0
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I think we all circled this date on the calendar when the fixtures were announced.
Key for Greece: come to play from the start. All too often they shell up in the beginning trying to make it a defensive match, and only start playing when they are down 1 or 2 goals. We were fortunate to come back vs Bosnia. Italy will not be as forgiving.
Should be a dandy.
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Stuttgart lost to Union Berlin today in the promotion playoff second leg and were relegated to 2.Bundesliga. Hope Donis gets out of there and to a top tier club.
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He's done this enough times that hopefully he's gotten the attention of some even bigger clubs.
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Thought I would give Lambrou a mention. Backup goalie for Ajax, on the bench for their magical Champions League run and just won the Eredivisie.
Greece have some good depth in the GK position, but how many would actually make and dress for this Ajax golden generation team? Credit to him.
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Stafylidis signed a contract with 1899 Hoffenheim until 2024 that will go into effect on July 1. Pretty good move going to an ambitious club who are still battling for a spot in the Europa League next season.
For EL qualification, Hoffenheim hope that Frankfurt lose to Bayern Munich and Augsburg, who Stafylidis still plays for, beat Wolfsburg over the weekend. So some added motivation for Kostas if he wants European football next season.
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23 hours ago, Alphonse said:
Was hoping he would end up in the EPL
Would have been a great move, but to where? Newcastle where he was rumoured? Sure, decent club, but it would be a big gamble for player pushing 30 that has already fallen out of favour several times in Portugal.
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23 hours ago, Alphonse said:
In what way will that hurt morale?
Because I think our B/C team will lose.
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On 5/10/2019 at 3:43 PM, georgelaz said:
I don't think that Turkey is a good friendly idea. Because of the history and politics etc. it's not a good reflection of where our team is at. IE the last friendly with them we were playing not too lose and just did 5 atb so they wouldn't score at all costs. I guess an exercise for our defensive muscle but no.
I think a smarter friendly would be between a very good side ie) France, Belgium, Netherlands
or a smaller side with a more professional FA like Northern Ireland, Wales, Czech Republic
playing a rival international derby is just unnecessary stress
Northern Ireland would be good because they're a mix of english 1st and 2nd division players. Probably the best run league in the world.
This game will be played with Greece's B/C side. Makes little sense from this angle.
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Out of all teams to have a friendly with our B team we choose rival Turkey? How will that be good for the team moral going into the match vs Italy?
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3 hours ago, paokarag4 said:
Samaris has finally renewed his contract with Benfica which was expiring at the end of this season. He has signed a 4 year extension, pretty big showing of faith from Benfica giving such a long contract to a player who turns 30 next month. Well done to Samaris for turning his season around and becoming an undisputed starter in the 2nd half of the season in Benfica's charge to the title. They are one game away from clinching it, 2 points clear of Porto with one match to go.
https://www.to10.gr/podosfero/europe/634372/episimo-mechri-2023-stin-benfika-o-samaris/A pleasant turn of events from a player that was holding onto his career in top flight football by a thread. Out of favour at Benfica and from the NT, it now looks like he may be playing a significant role for both in the next couple of years.
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Arsenal held a clean sheet. He was fine. A bit nervous, but that's normal being a 21 year old with only 1 premier league game under his belt and having not played in almost an entire calendar year. He did not make any costly mistakes. Koscielny, who was injured for a few months and has hundreds of top tier caps under his belt, was very rusty in his first 3-4 games coming back from injury this season. Our kid is more than alright.
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7 hours ago, georgelaz said:
they're 3 best players are very good = dzeko, pjanic, visca
but our 3 best players are equally as good = manolas, sokratis, mitroglou/fortounis
and then the rest of our squad is above average whereas the rest of their squad is pretty bad and a lot of players who struggle to even start for a top 4 greek superleague side (ie cimerot was squad player in greece but a starter for bosnia)
the reason why bosnia is always edged is human laziness because it's easier to see attacking stats over defensive. whenever people think of the best players they think ronaldo, messi etc. not ramos or van dijk
their defense is much weaker compared to ours though so even though dzeko is better then mitroglou their like of talent on that level makes them easy to score against. eg) how cyprus came back from 2-0 down to win.
still a long road to go but I think bosnia basically shot themselves in the foot with this game. when greece builds momentum, belief we're super hard to beat. now we have them in greece at home and we'll likely have manolas, torosidis back. if we're playing well too the stadium might be packed like vs. romania
I think you make some good points. Definitely wouldn't consider Mitroglou one of our best players anymore; at least in his current form.
Greece has more depth and overall positional quality.
Difference is the following:
Their top-end talent is more spread out in the lineup. They have an elite striker and most importantly an world class midfielder, who applies pressure and dictates the flow of the game a easier more than a CB can.
Greece is bottom-heavy with Sokratis, Manolas, and other players who contribute to the depth of the backline. What Pjanic offers is not only skill, but also instills confidence in his teammates and coach to play a more attacking brand of football. A player like that in the heart of the formation makes everyone around them an inch taller, so to speak. When a team attacks; when they go at opponents, they tend to demolish weaker sides, racking up goals and stats are inflated.
If anything, Greece's talented defence makes it even more attractive for a coach to play to his strengths and field a more defensive lineup. Hopefully, the last two matches were enough to instil some belief in the players and staff that Greece can be successful with an attack-oriented scheme.
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16 hours ago, Ellada2004 said:
With a healthy lineup Lord willing we will be fine going forward. I think Finland will be tough test especially away were we have trouble there. Bosnia goes there next without Pjanic I can see them losing that game. Is Pjanic out 2 games for the red card?
We beat Finland last time out and we clearly were the superior side. As long as players remember and believe that, we should take care of business.
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5 minutes ago, Ellada2004 said:
Yes, they showed great fighting spirit today like the Greece of old..
With all our KEY players we can beat Italy
Although we are plagued with injuries, primarily at the back, I would say that we fielded our strongest lineup in the second half, barring Manolas, who is still ahead of Siovas, despite the latter's strong play, and maybe Toro or Retso over Bakakis.
Bakaseta shouldn't even be on the team, Mantalo is a sub at best, KPap, Staf and Tsimikas are backups, Mitroglou is irrelevant, nothing more than a super-sub going forward.
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Just now, HellasLEAF said:
Samaris is looking like the player we were hoping he'd be. He's been a leader these two matches.
He's always had the skill. Just training with the class of Benfica should be good enough technically to earn you starting role. It was upstairs that was plaguing him. Hopefully he has matured into the player that we all anticipated.
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2 minutes ago, Ellada2004 said:
Coach Ange sticking it to these Bosnian reporters during post game conference.. LOL!
How so?
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5 minutes ago, georgelaz said:
I still don't rate kolovos and think that was a lucky header but thanks for scoring.
I think Kolovo is on the upswing in his career. That was a gutsy, hungry header. I'll wait before I pass judgement on him. He saved us today.
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14 minutes ago, Ellada2004 said:
We could have won it at the end!!
We own BOSNIA!!!!!!!!!!!
Bosnia should be embarrassed to have come out with even that point. They had no right. Red card or not, the tide had turned a while ago. Their goals were both flukes.
We cannot start scared anymore. Get the right players on and make a game out of it right away, for god's sake!
How many times will we concede early before we wake up. Same thing vs Croatia last year.
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1 minute ago, georgelaz said:
great game. bosnia and greece have quite a rivalry. I'm glad both sides kept it relatively classy, helping each other up etc. sokratis classy for the injury kicking the ball away from play (but sokratis looked like he lacked spirit to me unno)
I don't see it. He wasn't at fault for anything and kept things tight all game.
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That was unbelievable. Disappointed that we didn't come away with the 3 points, but a thrilling game for a change.
If Anastasiadis comes out with the defensive scheme again vs Italy then today's comeback will be in vain. Enough with that garbage loser mentality. It will continue to plague this team. Good on the coach for going for the win in the end though.
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5 minutes ago, J1078 said:
Mitro has become obsolete with our sub par midfield.. He would be good if we had a great midfielder but in our current state his laziness and lack of speed I think does more bad then good to our team especially when we are called to play a match where we need to defend and try to catch teams on the counter.. I think our guys rely to much when Mitro is in the game and they try to force the ball to him and other teams know this so maybe a change with Kolouris and some speedy wingers we can be more effective..
Yup. Even if we had Pjanic on our side, Mitroglou's level of effort or lack there of is pretty apparent. He does not run, he does not fight for the ball. He wants the ball at his feet and if it's 3 feet away from him he gives up. Frustrating.
Anastasios Donis ‒ APOEL (on Loan From Stade de Reims Until June 30, 2023)
in Greek Players Abroad
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Lots of reports that a Donis transfer is imminent. Looks like a Russian club is willing to pay him a hefty salary to move there. Other clubs allegedly interested are Borussia Monchengladbach, Hoffenheim and Bayer Leverkusen.