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  1. Read the interviews after the match, the English side were painting AEK as being opportunistic and that they deserved more. Didn't see the match but did see the extended highlights (around 15 minutes). AEK played well, took their chances and deserved those goals.  The other side scored two penalties (one which was soft) and their only real opportunities came at the end. 

  2. Wasn't PAOK on the verge of bankruptcy before Savidis came in? I believe he was the only investor willing to put in so much of his money into them back then. If I remember correctly, he cleaned up all the debt, invested in the academies and even bought some players in the beginning. 

  3. 1 hour ago, J1078 said:

    At the end of the day like some guys said already France had to rely on a penalty to beat us. We held our own and we showed we won’t be an easy out for any team. This to me even though we lost was a huge confidence booster and we are really starting to show that this team is starting to put it together and hopefully have leave the dreadful years behind us. I haven’t read one negative article or listened to one negative podcast about how Greece played. Everything was very positive even from the French media. 

        In September we play in Holland first and then against Gibraltar at home. Netherlands plays us and then go into Ireland. At the very least if we can get a draw against the Netherlands we should easily get 3 points against Gibraltar which will still keep us ahead of them. Hopefully they also drop points in Ireland. This is the first time in years where I actually feel optimistic about this team.

    The WC qualifiers we had a few years back with Skibbe was also promising, until he got the line-up wrong against Croatia.

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  4. 3 hours ago, ChrisT said:

    Highlights.

     

    Very harsh to let them retake the penalty the infringement was microscopic and probably amounts to a millisecond of time. 

     

    Also notice the ref literally throwing around yellow and red cards. On the red later on he first shows a red and then a yellow. He was just so card happy he didn't know what he was doing!

    I think part of it was the ref giving it back for not calling the prior penalties.  A few points:

    1 - There were potentially 3 penalties that could have been called.  The one that was, was a penalty.  The retake was suspect.

    2 - The red card was a red card.  Even if it wasn't a red card, it would have been a yellow which would have been a red card. 

    3 - Our defense was good - we did make a few mistakes but overall, France was relying on penalty calls to score.  Think about that, a team which pummeled the Netherlands 4-0 had to rely on penalty calls to score on us.  That's pretty impressive. And by the way, we played with 10 men.

     

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  5. The take one the game from international press (not the FOX commentators) is mostly positive..

     

    "Greece had won seven of their previous eight competitive fixtures, losing only one – and you could see why"

    Full-time verdict: How many times have we seen this? France are not at their fluid best but still find a way to win. They could have made it easier for themselves with some more clinical finishing, but credit to Greece who made it very difficult for the hosts, even when they were down to ten men in the closing stages. With four wins from four, Deschamps' men are now six points clear at the top of the group. UEFA EURO 2024 is a big step closer for Les Bleus.

     

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