Ellada2004

Bravo Cyprus! they played well and could have won it.

Cyprus pressing. Get a goal

Go Cyprus! Beat these British clowns

Kotsiras picked up an injury in training and will be unavailable for the Kosovo game. Rota should get the start at RB as he had a very good game vs N. Ireland.

I want Greece to smash Kosovo. Enough of these small countries getting results from us. JVS was the major reason why we didn’t beat them in World Cup qualifying. I’m confident Poyet will get the job done.

Greece need a comfortable 2 goal win here. Kosovo have a few good players going forward but they are leaky in defence so we have to take advantage and finish our chances. Reports state Masouras should be ready to play.

Yes we were controlling the game and tempo especially for the first half and at the start of the second. Giakoumakis could have finished off the match if he converted his chance of a great ball from Rota. The last 20mins we were hemmed in our own half. The positive is the team got the win and kept a clean sheet over the toughest opposition in the group away from home. Bakasetas had a good game & scored a nice goal. I am a huge critic of his role on the team. Will see if he can follow it up with a good performance vs Kosovo. The coach should drop Mantalos & Bouchalakis to the bench they struggled. If Fortounis can stay healthy he will be there and Alexandropoulos will get his chance too. Baldock will eventually get a chance to feature after a few games in the team. It was nice to see Poyet give him a cap late in the game. Overall Greece have a good pool of talent to draw from and I think we will win this group and then qualify for the euros.

Limnios whole game was impressive. He has been playing well in the Dutch league. Greece was passing the ball around really well especially in the 1st half and were not hitting aimless long balls. The N. Ireland commentators said we we deserved the victory and it should have been a more comfortable win as well. N. Ireland hardly threaten until late in the match. There best chance was Laferty free kick just outside the box that just went over the net. Kosovo played well in the second half and scored a couple nice goals. They will try and push forward but they are vulnerable at the back. I hope Greece can score 2 goals and keep another clean sheet.

Good points. Greece kept a clean sheet and we did not give up some late cheap goal like we saw under JVS. The important thing is we follow up this result with a win vs Kosovo and not repeat what happened last wcup campaign when Greece got a great result in Spain but then dropped points at home vs Georgia.

Yes true especially vs the Kosovo of the world. I thought we would get 2 today. N Ireland don’t concede many goals. Italy could not score 1 on them. Getting the win is most important especially against countries that are close to our calibre or better.

Good analysis. Game should have been over by half. Mantalos has no confidence. He should be coming in off the bench. Bouchalakis is too slow and gave the ball away in some bad spots. Siopis was great! Giakoumakis should have scored on the ball in from Rota. His hold up play is very good. He is our best striker. He will get his goals. Imagine having a fully fit Fortounis playing in this game and pulling the strings.

Great first half! 2nd was a bit nervy at the end

Bravo 🇬🇷 we got this group!!

Baldock coming on?

Mavropanos injured

3v 2we don’t get a shot off!!

Bakasetas & Limnios had good performances

Giakoumakis coming off. He had a great chance to make it 2 nil

Get him off

On our toes now

Bakasetas injured?

Limnios has been solid even defensively

N.Ireland first threatening foray

Limnios great ball in! Giakoumakis couldn’t get on to it

Greece dominate the half! 62% possession