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Croatia is much better than Bosnia. Decent defence and brilliant midfield....much more cultured footballers all round..

They have been our Pelates come on don't f*ckin be scared. Good names bad team. That's who they are. 15 goals scored in their Group while we scored 17. Even if we consider Gibraltar far worse than Kosovo if we exclude those goals we still scored more. 9 over their 8.. This is the Second best draw after Denmark. Switzerland and Italy are far more decent and performing

Not all Croats share that sentiment: Σίμιτς: «Η Ελλάδα είναι ο χειρότερος δυνατός αντίπαλος» «Η Ελλάδα είναι πράγματι ο χειρότερος δυνατός αντίπαλος που θα μπορούσαμε να έχουμε. Είναι ένας δυσάρεστος αντίπαλος. Μπορεί η Ελλάδα στο ranking της FIFA να είναι σε πολύ χειρότερη θέση από την Κροατία, αλλά δεν πρέπει να ξεχνάμε ότι μιλάμε για μία ομάδα που ήταν πρωταθλήτρια Ευρώπης. Σύμφωνοι, σε ατομικό επίπεδο είναι ασθενέστεροι από εμάς. Αλλά είναι μια ομάδα που έχει χάρισμα. Από την άλλη πλευρά, είναι γεγονός ότι έχουμε μια από τις καλύτερες ομάδες στην Ευρώπη. Και πρέπει να κάνουμε ό,τι είναι απαραίτητο για να προκριθούμε στο Παγκόσμιο Κύπελλο της Ρωσίας. Έχουμε χρόνο να προετοιμαστούμε κατάλληλα." "Greece is indeed the worst possible opponent we could have. He is an unpleasant opponent. Greece may be in a much worse position than Croatia, but we must not forget that we are talking about a team that was a champion of Europe. Agree, individually, they are weaker than us. But it is a group that has a charisma. On the other hand, it is a fact that we have one of the best teams in Europe. And we have to do what is necessary to qualify for the World Cup of Russia. We have time to prepare properly. "

samaris instead of mantalos? they don't play in the same position bro. neither stafylidis is a midfielder. zeca and samaris will start in the midfield with mantalos and stafylidis playing on the wings, fortounis as a playmaker and mitroglou upfront. backline the same as usual.

Agreed. Expect the most defensive possible lineup. Just have to hope some of our players decide to break the rules and actually attack (I'm looking at you, Stafylidis).

im aware of that, just compared mandzukic to dzeko. but they both have that typical balkan mentality and all you need is to piss them off a bit if they struggle to score. there they lose their mind.

if mitro fires like he did against Romania we will see who will have the last laugh

I’ve been reading all the pundits picking Croatia and many Croatians saying that we are no match for them. Even the Bosnians keep chiming in talking trash about us, how Croatia will take us easily, lol. Time to KO the Croats.

what a disaster a greek team in the 90s or the early 00s would push a 10 man barca. just shows you how low greek football has gotten. looking at the highlights olympiacos didn't create anything especially in the first half.

i suspect we might not see a 4-2-3-1 formation now. skibbe might try the same 4-4-1-1 he used for the belgium game karnezis torosidis-sokratis-papadopoulos-tzavellas mantalos-zeca-samaris-stafylidis fortounis mitroglou the most probable one in my mind

Feftazidis where is he?

Even 5 years ago that would never happen

v Croatia Games won: 2 Games drawn: 3 Games lost: 1 Date Match Result Score Competition 10 Nov 1996 Croatia v Greece D 1-1 FIFA World Cup 30 Apr 1997 Greece v Croatia L 0-1 FIFA World Cup 10 Mar 1999 Greece v Croatia W 3-2 International Friendly 25 Apr 2001 Croatia v Greece D 2-2 International Friendly 07 Sep 2010 Croatia v Greece D 0-0 UEFA European Championship 07 Oct 2011 Greece v Croatia W 2-0 UEFA European Championship

Thank goodness it's not Faroe Islands.

I'm quite happy with this draw. I'd place Croatia as the third strongest team we could have drawn. Italy strongest followed by the Swiss, Croatians and then weakest as Denmark.

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