Ellada2004

If only we can get our strikers scoring goals on a regular basis we would be very tough to beat. It is early but under Poyet our defence looks better & we are keeping clean sheets.

Thanks!!

This is mainly for promotion to League B which Greece should get now. Last World Cup & Euros it was possible to get a playoff spot if you failed to qualify directly. For the 2020 Euro Greece would have had a NL playoff spot had we not drawn that game with Estonia arggg…

Good start for Greece and Poyet. 2 wins and on the road too. Plus we rack up FIFA points. Also it’s crucial to keep our pot 3 ranking for the Euro draw!

Baldock was impressive if only he would have finished his chance it would have put the cherry on top. We are possessing the ball & stroking it around with much more confidence. With JVS there was a lot of kick and run. Limnios was fabulous again. Vlachodimos looking like one of the best goalies in Europe! We will top this group even with 6 one nil wins. Go ??

Unlucky we could not get a 2nd goal a few good opportunities but we are winning and playing sound defensively. This is the type of match JVS would have managed to screw up.

?? win!! Poyet the new santos!

Greece big chance on ball in from Limnios. Ball cleared

Red card

Baldock big chance

Greece up 1 nil thx to another great strike from Bakasetas. Poyet please sub of Mantalos his touch is awful and is losing the ball to easily.

Mantalos needs to sit

Guy is on fire!!

Goalara!!! Bakasetas!!!

Our first 15 minutes is not good enough. Greece now starting to play

Looks good. I agree Siopis probably tired after all the running he did last game. Baldock first start. Hopefully Mantalos can put in a good performance.

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.