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I also like how Vlaho knows to pick out Limnios on the right side. He keeps beating his marker.

19-3 shots on goal. We just don't have the final touch.

The goal was a tap in, Bakesetas saved a ball going out by outhustling his defender.

How fast is Limnios - impressed how he caught up to the pass by Vlaho!!

Bakasetas with the heads up play...

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I thought they were making renovations but it typical fashion, they were not ready in time.

Next game should be in Crete - the ethniki's new home.

I think what JVS is doing is brilliant. He is using the rest of the qualifiers to experiment. He wants to see who can use going forward. For the most part, it has worked.

I was thinking that, just looking at what our Finnish friend said.

Is the Finnish squad using their second string?

14 shots against there 2, 60% possession. We have done everything but score. We do need more of an aerial presence (that should be taken care of once Sok/Manolas returns). Also, when Fortounis returns, we should score more.

Aside from the goal we gave up, we have played well. Our finishing is still lacking but we have done well. If we had our taller CBs, we may have taken advantage of the corners. Giannoulis has looked great!

Giannoulis looked good but so did Tsimakis the last time we played. Mantalos is a good player but not on the wing, would have preferred Massouras/Donis there. Limnios has cemented his claim as the LW. Pavlidis seems to be doing the same as the striker. The duo of Kourbalis/Galanopoulos did well. The two CBs weren't tested. Koulouris doesn't seem like a good fit with the ethniki yet. Would like to see the new kid get a look, but overall, we are heading in the right direction.

Restos played there last qualifiers for the U21. He hasn't really played for Leverkusen this year, coming off the bench when a cb has gotten injured.

He will do it for free. If he wins with Giannis, he can potentially get any NBA gig he wants.

It may be that Barkas has more familiarity with his defenders. Maybe he Vlaho cant communicate in Greek? Not sure....

ARIS game had a premium of 7.99, Lamia was 4.99.

Didn't Tunisia play in the world cup last summer?

Let's not get carried away with him, he is still learning. There is a reason why Manolas is considered one of the best in Europe. Sokratis is also highly valued even as he ages. He looked good but also was partially responsible for that goal. If Dzeko would have played, would he have been able to handle him? Potential is there but needs more time.

Don't want to get carried away but we looked great. For a non-attacking team, 25 shots is pretty great. You can still see that we need a bit more quality in the final third. Having said that, our grit was amazing!! So much hustling, so much energy. I want this to be taken to the next qualifiers. Saying we are better without Sok/Manolas would not be right. We need them but they need to play within his system.

Funny how we did this without our two best players - team first. Not saying that they were the problem but we definitely needed a refresh. Let's see how we do against Armenia away.

Did anyone notice at the end that they all got together to take in the win, they wanted it badly!!

The take away is that we are creating - fetfa did what he had to...

I don't think they are handing us anything, we are just taking it to them. They haven't had any time to regroup. 24 shots for us, 4 for them.