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Greece looked shaky, but to be honest, both goals were of the fluke variety. The 1st one was a block off Zeca where it went right to a Bosnian player. The next one was off a free kick. They completely outplayed us in the opening 20 minutes but we have calmed down and slowly getting our footing. I wonder if he makes any changes.

1-0 Bosnia

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.

Bakakis Siovas Sok Koutris Kourbellis Bouchoulakis Zeca Samaris Fortounis Donis

I guess it's a 4 3 3 Bakakis Siovas Sok Koutris Kourbellis Samaris Zeca Fortounis Donis Bouchoulakis

yes - it's an odd line up, not sure what to think of it... Vlachodimos (GK) 2Bakakis 5Siovas 6Bouchalakis 8Zeca 10Fortounis 15Donis 19Papastathopoulos (C) 21Kourbelis 22Samaris 23Koutris

Currently tied 1-1. England is losing 1-0 in the other game. Our gk got hurt, had to sub him out, both games are at HT.

So many formations being floated....I've seen Masouras - Koulouris - Donis. I've seen Masouras - Fortounis (false 9) - Donis. Donis up top with fortounis right behind him. So basically, we do not know.

The competition he plays against week in and week out is miles ahead. Getting marked by Hummels is different than getting marked by anyone in the superleague...

Just looked around on some of the other games, Ireland beat Gilbratar 0-1. Italy beat finland 2-0 but Finland had the same number of shots on goal as Italy.

Was impressed by Siovas/Kourbelis - not so much for their defending bc they didn't have much to defend (did their job when they had to) but their ability to bring the ball up and their passing was good. Masouras wasted so many chances but he's fast and got to the ball, eventually they will fall in. Bakesetas took one shot from far out and you could see the coach cursing at him. Overall, Greece did what they had to, Masouras/Donis on the wings give us potential to counter. You will be able to see their potential more with teams that attack. The one time we countered, they were so quick out there and brought the ball down the pitch so fast (we didn't score but still, you can see the potential).

Saw this - Dimitris #Kolovetsios has been called up at the last second for @EthnikiOmada in the Euro 2020 qualifiers against Liechtenstein and Bosnia after #Sokratis #Papastathopoulos has been ruled out due to injury #Hellas #Ethniki Great, not a good feeling for the build up of this tourney...Regarding Fetfta, not sure if he is in form. He doesn't start for Aris and came in at the end of 4-0 game to score another. I think he has a lot of talent but he doesn't start for his club teams, makes you wonder.

Vlaho was just rated the top gk in Portugal. Lambrou the top young talent in Holland...so there is hope..

Manolas was injured but played in yesterday's CL game..

Vroussai has been part of Greek national setup for years, born in Greece - if he feels Greek, let him represent Greece...Comparately, Giannis Antetokounmpo shouldn't play for our national team either...

I believe OLY is doing that today, Tsimakis as left, Koutris at right. Let's see how they do.

Still could start on a quite a few teams, he probably wanted security. He wasn't going to get another long term contract at this point of his career.

The thing with Portugal is that they have a bigger TV market. They have a huge following in Brazil due to the language and many South Americans playing in Portugal. That is why they can commend more money from TV licensing.

I think the training facility is dependent on the govn't approval which as we know...

Just read that Holebas is contemplating returning to the ethniki. EPO reached out to him and he said he needs to think about it.

While not a fan of the deal, the truth of the matter is the rest of the world already recognizes them as Macedonia. A deal had to be made. What is difficult is that their government keeps provoking Greece by referring to themselves as Macedonia. If the deal is carried out in its true spirit, then this would be a win and would only strengthen our borders and our standing in the world. If....

He is almost single handedly raising the profile of tennis in Greece. As he gets better, so will he inspire other kids in Greece to take up the sport. Bravo to him!!

Rumors that Manchester United want to buy him in the summer, with his release clause at around $36 million, quite a few teams will make a bid. Roma trying to offer him higher wages in exchange of getting rid of the release clause but they haven't agreed yet.

I thought he played in a cup...

I don't believe you need to defend the entire game but we don't have the players to do control the ball and attack. Renieri tried that and we got ripped apart. I believe Greece's strength is still their defense. What we need is some speed on the wings to open up the game when we have a chance to counter. A few players will change the entire complexion.