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Highlights in Greek commentary from your boy Loupnikis. Zito Ellas!

zeca is so good. he has the most spirit out of anyone there and he's not even greek LOL

Pelkas would have been useful as a sub for Fortounis today. If you would have told me this morning that the game would end 2-2, I would gladly take it. Still, the 3 points were Greece's for the taking.

As much as I criticized the coach for the mistake to start the game I give him full credit for making in game adjustments and changing the style to at the very least give us a chance.. Hopefuly now he sees unless we are playing a superpower we need to come out with speed and creativity and not just sit back and take the pressure..

I just saw a pig fly by my house

Lotta crow to eat on here about Kolovos haha

In 2 games we have created more chances and showed more attacking mindset than the in the past 3 years. Masouras kai Kolovos can help; I like Siovas btw. The one that I don't like is bakakis; we should find a better option. Fourtounis was very good; Zeka's versatility is huge.

Manolas was there we win 100%

same but tzavellas also saved our butts in the other bosnia game but didn't mean he should be starting I think if Manolas Koulouris (Donis/Masouras on the wings) started we would have won the game.

^ Yes we have to be ready of the start for Italy.. Bosnia go to Finland without Pjanic.. Dzeko was nothing today...

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.

Samaras was also the man, as much as people hated him and called him lazy and useless, he really did offer us that little spark in creating goals.

This game will end 2 2.

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.

Boys Samaris looks like he’s starting to solidly his spot as a starter good for him.. For me and some of you might disagree but Zeca to me has so much heart and he hustles like crazy and you can see this guy plays his ass off for the NT...

Coach Ange sticking it to these Bosnian reporters during post game conference.. LOL!

At the time I didn't want him coming in when I saw the change.. I was wrong on that call.

looks good for us now. that was an away game. they lost pjanic for next match and we'll be much better vs. bosnia at home. I'm optimistic we'll qualify now. this was the make or break game imo.

I hope the Anastasiadis has seen now the correct team over the 2 matches. He has made many good decisions but still needs to fully commit to it. It will be crucial for the Italy match to start with the right 11!

Yes true.. If Manolas was playing in this game I think we win this game 3-1... As for BOSNIA they are not this big team that a lot of people think they are and they showed it!!!

I owe you a drink buddy! ???

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.

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.

The one thing I will say about the way they play is that this version of the ethniki def hustles more than the one from the past campaign..

Fantastic fightback, and a really good result in the end. After the first 20 minutes this one looked like it was heading for a 5-0

New favourite player. Leonardo Koutris. He could be a star player for us.

PUT ON KOULOURIS YOU STUPID COACH!!!! He is the leading scorer for the Greek league and we need a goal badly. Why would you put on a guy who barely plays in Cyprus?????

For what it's worth, I was there when Cyprus came from behind 2-0 on this very team in August 2017 to win 3-2

He's playing defensive and hoping to counter with Donis all alone....If chasing a goal, he can add Masouras/Koulouris. I would have liked to see Masouras - Koulouris - Donis.

Like can we not just have coach that fields his best 11 against a good team and says go out there and do what you do? We continously fail because the coaches keep putting the players in a position to fail.

PAME ELLADARA!!!! Will the Reddit links that were posted for the Lichenstein game work for this game?

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..

Not me! I am the "president" of Zeka's fun club. If you rate his performance's in NT games he has played he is on to tier along with manolas, soktakis & fourtounis.

Yes, they showed great fighting spirit today like the Greece of old.. With all our KEY players we can beat Italy

can't wait for retsos and torosidis return from injury. Bakakis was pretty bad this game. (He's decent though overall the hate is a bit unwarranted. He's pretty engine and was key in the AEK double) Koulouris needs to get the respect he deserves and be our striker when mitroglou isnt performing Donis needs to play as a winger. His headers are so weak and he's not tall enough to be an aerial threat anyways, it's his pace that makes him great, which is utilized on the wingz.

Great in game adjustments from COACH ANGE I must say!

BRAVO PAIDIA!!!!!

Thats it. I'll take the 2-2 aafter that awful start. And thanks ref!

Koutris has been excellent over the two games. A real stand out for me. Don't even miss Staf. Or Holebas.

Fortounis missed a good chance and he cant take a free kick or a corner today!

We've had our chances. We desperately need a goal before HT.

Their defense is nothing special. If we could only apply some pressure we could possibly get a goal and get back into the game.

I’m glad I waited 4 months for the game to be over in 15 minutes.. lmao Armania gave them more of a challenge

That is a decent lineup At least our coach isn't playing Bakasetas

Shot ourselves in the foot. 3:1 loss. With a tie we would have advanced.

I'm not to hopeful in this game. I think we need to play it tight and go for the 0-0. If they score first I can't see us getting one back.

I think Mitroglou is a misfit in this scheme. Not a big loss. He's lazy and his play is uninspired. We don't have someone in the midfield who can distribute the ball well enough to have a poacher in the lineup.

Bakasetas will not be able to counter as he has no speed and he can’t pass.. overall he is s%$#!.. With Mitro out you MUST start Kolouris as a Striker and you need to put Donis on the wing with Masouras.. This by far gives us the best chance to win and actually create a few scoring chances.. I have a bad feeling after reading a few articles that we are going to see bakasetas on the wing..

^ Yes I'm fully aware of the draw but both our games were very competitive against them. this Bosnia game imo is make or break. It's tough because it's away game. I find out NT has a poor psychology but if we build momentum belief sets in. the poor start vs. romania euro 2016 was very pivotal. I think our qualifying chances very much rest on this Bosnia game. if we get a draw or win then we have a very good chance to qualify. If we don't win I think it's a very serious uphill climb (even though it shouldn't be) actually, if you ask me from the traditional top 8 NT giants who we'd have the best chance of beating I'd put Italy up there. (eg) Germany, France, England, Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Italy) Italy are traditionally a slowish defensive style and they rely on set pieces (they're very similar to us). They have more skill whereas we have more strength to muscle them off set pieces easily.

Hi there everyone, I'm always looking forward to games against Greece, because I know it's gonna be tough and interesting game that brings out the best out of players. May the better team win tomorrow! Good luck!