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Congratulations for the great comeback and in general good display in 70 minutes of the game. We had furious 20 minutes and that is all. Unfortunately, football should be played for 90 minutes. I cannot say we understated Greece, as we have some kind of rivalry and full respect for the Greece team. We even expected good display from you side because of few missing players, as the new players always want to prove quality. But at end we have to be more than satisfied with result and probably Greece was closer to win. After 20 furious minutes and 2:0 lead we have started to believe that Greece have no attacking potential to come back. We had played on counter attack waiting for Greek's mistake that have never came. Our coach completely misjudged the game, and after red card he even did not know what to do. Leaving injured Dzeko to chase defense and huge gap in the middle with so many tired players resulted at end with huge disappointment. Anyway, this is not first time we got a lesson from Greece that football should be played for 90 minutes, sometimes and 95 ?. However, this is pretty much Bosnia new team. We have lost Lulić, Ibišević, Misimović and few other older players, and definitely we will need time to create solid competitive team. After two games, in my opinion we do not have what it takes for second place. Good luck in next matches. Greetings from Sarajevo.

Nothing better than seeing a gutsy performance from your NT. I like what I'm seeing with this Ethniki and looks like we have options in defence, midfield and forward. Squad depth is looking better. It's a start that gives hope and optimism. Can't wait for Italy on 8 June in Athens. Hope EPO organises 1 or 2 friendlies end of May. Greek Super League scheduled to finish 6 May.

Thx buddy. Lol. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Well I like following the NT no matter the jersey the players wear for the rest of their games but I gotta admit Aris and Panathinaikos are a joy to watch this season. This is from an Olympiakos fan.

μεγάλη χαρά για κάθε οπαδό ο άρης να βγεί ευρώπη φέτος, εκει που ο στοχος ηταν 5η θέση τώρα με τον πεσμένο ατρόμητο φαίνεται πιθανή η 4άδα. μεγαλύτερη χαρά να ξαναβλέπουμε παίκτες του άρη στην Εθνική (αν και ο Βαλεριάνος δεν ξέρω τι όνειρο είδε ο αναστασιάδης και τον πήρε) αυτός ο λάρσον για τα 32 του τι παιχτούρα είναι. Καλή συνέχεια.

Ι told u guys before that Im quitting the NT for a period of time. Of course imma be folowing but not watching the matches and not being pressured about results either. I am at erasmus in fckin Lithuania and there is obviously no place that people would say "Hey lets watch bosna - grekija match." so it helped me not be interested in the mathes. I was making out with a czech sorta gf I found here and I checked the gazzetta livescore commentatory at 2-0 and said meh I don't care anyways. After about 2 hours I saw the match ended 2-2 and well, let's just say that I went for round 2 and I am a guy that never goes round 2. Guess I can't help it. Im too much into the National Team.

I got to say after reading previous posts here on the game I want to congratulate @Jimmyp for your score prediction during the game... bravo megale your a champion ? ?

I am huge fun of Sirtaki dance ?

Hope our fans can turn this into a party without a discord. Savvidis wants our last homegame (against Levadiakos) to be played without nets. Would increase the atmosphere. And I see possibilities for a pitch invasion. And a pitch invasion is a tradition and a must. After 34 years. Guys I don’t know how you feel but this is the first championship that I am really conscious of. The first I was nine and not aware. The second I was 18 and just far away. And without internet I was happy that after the championship I could buy a newspaper on the Tuesday after the Sunday (!) at Rotterdam Central Station to read about it and see the pics of players celebrating. Hurray for modern media!

First tie-breaker in UEFA is head-to-head Second is away goals Third is goal differential

Aris makes the SL much better because of history, fanbase and competition. I must admit Rockafeller I paid attention to the national team games this past week for the reason you stated above. I read today the Swede practiced yesterday so hopefully he will play this weekend. He is a sloppy player but his speed spreads out defenses creating some space for his teammates, so I hope he can play.

Δε μου λέει τίποτα το 3-0. Ένα ματς ήταν που βασικά σε ευνομούμενη χώρα δε θα γινόταν γιατί κανονικά θα έπρεπε να παίζεις στην Δ εθνική (μάλλον μπορεί και να ήσουν κάπου στη Β ανεβαίνοντας). Το 2-0 όμως ήτο "gamisi horis salio" (θα μπορούσε να ήταν και τίτλος τσόντας). Ξέρω, σας τσούζει το πρωκτάκι, αλλά 1) είστε τόσο ηλίθιοι και δεν καταλαβαίνετε ότι στον κόσμο τούτο: 63+3<70 2) Τα παράπονά σου στο ΠΟΚ, καθώς εκείνα τα χρόνια ζεσταίνατε το κρεβάτι του μεγάλου αφεντικού (βλ. Μελισσάδες κλπ). Άρα όταν μιλάει το αφεντικό κάθεσαι στα 4, μου θες και πρωτάθλημα κακομοίρη. 3) Ο Άρης δεν έχει καμία σχέση με οτιδήποτε από όλα αυτά, είχε την Καβάλα από πίσω, έπρεπε να σε γαμήσει για να βγει Ευρώπη, και σε γάμησε. Απλά. Σε διέλυσε και σε ξεφτίλισε. Αυτό που δεν έκανες εσύ φέτος στην Τούμπα αν και το ήθελες πολύ. Και that's that. Λοιπόν αρκετά είπαμε, άιντε τώρα los poulos.. Φιλιά.

Yeah thats true what your saying and I agree. I too want Fetfa to start playing more and prove why he should be in the team. It depends on the coach. If a coach can give him consecutive matches one after the other then you can see what I’m talking about. I don’t have to see him play to joe what he is capable I know by the way he plays. What I’m saying is his ability shouldn’t be judged on the number of games he plays but the performance he gives when given the chance. You have to look at the small details in his game, such as how he controls the ball, his decision making, passing ability, vision and speed. He hasn’t got the best record in goals but he can certainly create things spontaneously and put it in the platter for his teammates. He did ok at Oly and just recently scored a nice goal for Aris. But yes, he must play consistently in order to receive a call up. That’s why It just doesn’t seem right when Bakasetas got the call up and Lamprou didn’t. The differences between the two are big. One is scoring goals regularly and one is regressing by the week. Again it doesn’t seem right. I would’ve preferred Vrousai over Bakasetas. Greeks in Greece seem to have a low football iq and that’s why we’ve seen players like Tziolis and Tzavellas play in the past. They don’t know how a game should be played instead they look at one thing and make a conclusion by saying he is good. For example Bakasetas long shots are what Greeks see as impressive but they don’t realise the other things he does wrong all the time such as his first touch and losing possession. They look at Fetfa and think ah he is too small, can’t finish blah blah blah. Yet they don’t realise when he has the ball he is very good with his touches and keeps lose possession. Again they have a low football iq and that’s why players like Fetfa aren’t popular.

I also like the fact that it seems that both teams are starting to respect one another more. Non of the BS that happened the last time out, saw a few pics of the guys taking selfies together. This group will be competitive, the race for the top two spots may go to the last game.

I didn’t say to call him up, just stating facts. Most if not all our players can’t finish. We needed a penalty and a good header to draw against Bosnia. You can’t put no substance on Fetfatzidis. His dribbling and skill is levels above all our attackers. The issue with him could be psychological. You can’t deny his natural talent. He can create something out of nothing and on his day can destroy defences. I can’t comment on Ninis because I haven’t seen him play for a very long time. If Bakasetas can have chances and do nothing with them then Fetfatzidis deserves another chance. If not then Lamprou and Chatzigiovannis should take his place. He plays for Aris now and he has been doing well. Bakasetas has the backing of the media and a good agent. He has done nothing as of late to deserve a call up or to even start. Kolovos proved my point as he plays for Omonioa a mid table team in Cyprus a lower level league than the Greek and scored the crucial goal. I always rated him and is better than Bakasetas. So what team a player plays for shouldn’t have to be an issue unless they are playing in ametuer leagues which dosent make sense. Don’t get me wrong to be selected you must play otherwise it won’t be fair to others, obviously.

Read an article from a Bosnian reporter - He basically said that Greece came to Bosnia with quite a few of their regular starters and you can see that they were rattled early on. The free kick was scored due to a mistake by Greece not putting on a wall. Once they gathered themselves, you can see their experience (he even used pedigree - knowing how to play in these types of games). The truth is, at this level, anyone can shock another team on their best team. The teams that play together a lot and genuinely have a great team atmosphere have more of a shot than a bunch of hot shots pieced together. Look around, you see upsets all the time. Regarding Liechtenstein, Italy scored 2 penalties against them and they were playing with 10 men for more than 45 minutes. Not saying that Italy didn't deserve the win, but they probably don't score 6 goals on them the next time out. If Greece plays to their strengths, they can make some noise. Either way, their play is so much better than it was in the fall.

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.

I owe you a drink buddy! ???

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..

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.