georgelaz

Ange summoned the spirit of the holy trinity as half time, sigoura.

3rd toughest match for us and we looked like we should've won (2 italy matches being the hardest imo) so looks like we have a really good shot to get 2nd possibly 1st

you think it was done purposely or they just couldn't hear him cause he wasn't loud enough because the stadium was super loud

bad communication from vlacho. he wanted a 3 man wall and only zeca was there. he's our best keeper for sure but he still needs to build chem with everyone (zeca and him were teamates at pao so that's why he understood i'd imagine)

Bosnia destroyed us first 20 minutes I thought we were gunna lose 5-0 with that let up. Weird thing we often are having brain farts and slow to get into the game but then we just started dominating. with manolas back and a few key others it will be all Greece in Hellas I believe but can't get too cocky either but I'm optimistic what can I say

yeah so I found an article about it. Vranjes is more pro Serbia/Russia as he's orthodox according to this article which has friction from bosniak fans http://www.sarajevotimes.com/ognjen-vranjes-disqualified-from-bih-football-team/

eh to be fair those guys were very nice and civil. they're probably the more enlightened ones to find this forum. I'd rather it just be greek soccer fans though so we can be a bit more cheeky. PS what happened to Vranjes? some guy on youtube said he was kicked out of the Bosnian team for sticking up for AEK fans? he's a great cb

vre ton angelo me tsabouka

na se kala agorina mou

they're hot heads and our players caught on to this and were trying to be extra civil to calm them down.

I'm craving some post match interviews with players/coaches and analysis but hard to come by from smaller nations playing each other. We had the fighting spirit vs. Belgium and Bosnia last series too. was only the euro 2016 qualifier that was really that bad. going out to world cup finalists without one of our best defenders manolas (getting short end of stick on uefa on that call)

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

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.

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

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.

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 was gunna go to a greek bar to watch it after first 20 minutes i was glad I didn't by end of the game I wish I did. Just watched at home. we really have a bad habit of being brain dead first third of matches and then wake up. sokratis was pretty bad. siovas was actually much better and good building play at the back. koutris was really good second half. fortounis was tricky for their defense but also made some plays that lost us the ball. donis can't be solo striker, should've started koulouris there and we would've for sure gotten another goal (instead of bouchalakis who was useless) masouras was good and breathe of fresh air as well. I still don't rate kolovos and think that was a lucky header but thanks for scoring. zeca was amazing as usually and saved us from going down 3-0 great game. bosnia and greece have quite a rivalry. I'm glad both sides kept it relatively classy, helping each other up etc. sokratis classy for the injury kicking the ball away from play (but sokratis looked like he lacked spirit to me unno)

it's possible we can win the midfield since we loaded it with zeca samaris kourbelis bouchalakis super weird line up though. only positive is he dropped bakasetas but i'm face palming so hard at donis solo striker. one thing that's positive is it will be hard for bosnia to score kinda dense to leave out masouras who was your starter when he assisted donis who's now your soul striker. How do coaches get their jobs lol

Lazaros was really good last season at AEK and the next with Oly until he got injured. He can take on defender and shoot. For depth purposes Donis, Masouras, Fetfa, and Lazaros I think would be our top 4 and rotate based on form. Laz has great long FK's, can take on defenders, and can shoot on target. He's way better then Pelkas or Bakasetas wide. (Which is what we've done past 10 games or so). so yes Lazaros being out is a loss.

looking back at that 0-0. brutal. we had 0 shots on target. they had 6. we also had a stronger backline in stafylidis sokratis manolas and torosidis. we're hurting with injuries there's no room for error here and not starting koulouris and startin bakasetas on the wing again is what I fear. I really hope we see this koulouris donis fortounis masouras zeca samaris/kourbelis koutris siovas sokratis bakakis vlacho if stafylidis (lb) retsos (rb) lazaros (rw) mitroglou (st) kpaps (cb) manolas (cb) were available I'd start them in place of what we got also won't happen but fetfa (rw/lw) and holebas (lb) but yeah i'll keep that to fifa lol

Donis isn't clinical as a single striker we'll lose or draw for sure if he does that

if we don't do this in attacking third we'll lose. koulouris/mitro donis fortounis masouras

^ 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.

Greece has got to be one of the most wild car national teams out there. Probably why so many of us stick around after shocking campaigns. We can beat a world class Belgium and lose to Faroe Islands in the span of 1-2 years. Very curious which Greece shows up this campaign. I have low expectations and usually Greece steps up when expectations are low. It's a paradox.

bigger and better then pao or leganes at the moment. they've also won the bundesliga 5 times and is worth 140 million compared to olympiakos which is worth 60 million according to transfermarkt