You dudes are really asking for it.
What does Greece havE? Good defence.
How we gonna line up?
Karnezis
Torosidis - Siovas - Manolas - Sokratis - Retsos - Papadopoulos - Tzavellas - Stafylidis
Fortounis
Mitroglou
Either you like it or not , 8 - 1 - 1 is what peak performance looks like in modern football.
Educate yourselfs.
Fortounis played a great match and Tachtsidis defended well vs the Barca stars. Hopefully he starts instead of Tziolis but I doubt it. Let's hope we keep Croatia of the scoresheet and Mitroglou pops one in and the Ethniki come back to Greece with the advantage.
True, they play the top clubs very tough at home like Barca, Juve, Man U etc.They should have gotten something from the Sporting match had they been more prepared in the 1st half. Hopefully they can still grab a Europa league spot.
I don't think Kone will be able to overtake Mitroglou or Karelis. But he's a great 3rd option for cf which we lack. Hopefully he picks up form at AEK. Who's playing great this season.
realistic best lineup that skibbe can use
Mitroglou
Staf Fortounis Laz
Tachtsi Zeca
Tzav Manolas Sokratis Torosidis
Karnezis
is anyone from the above injured?
Tachtsi and Fortounis both started in the 0-0 vs. Barca... and that's exactly what we need in Crotia 0-0 or better.
Karaiskaki is a tough place to win, no matter who you are, even if you're Barca. That's what makes losing at home to Sporting so infuriating. Great fans today, great defense, Proto made the saves he had to make. I wasn't sure we'd get a point from this group.
Vlachodimos (hopefully)
Bakakis - Manolas - Retsos - Stafylidis/Koutris
Siopis - Galanopoulos
Lamprou/Limnios - Pelkas - Limnios/Stafylidis
Lamprou
this could be how our NT will look like in 5+ years.
Predicting Stafylidis to be a captain in a few years by the way.
kone hasn't played an official game since ages, how would you call him up? plus we're having solid options in midfield at samaris, zeca, kourmpelis and tachtsidis. we'll see how he'll do in aek with mantalos missing the season and then we can integrate him into the squad for some friendly games for example..
I hate to break it to everyone but the likes of Fetfatzidis, Kone and Pelkas won't get get called up. Especially the first 2. Lazaros will likely take Donis spot. Zeca and Samaris will probably start also. I hope Fortounis plays the game of his life against Croatia. We need him to step up.