Ellada2004

Yes we need donis to take on defenders with his pace out wide.. He had trouble as our striker vs Bosnia. Hopefully koulouris will get some service vs Italy. How long is Mitroglou out for??

At the beginning of the match you could definitely see how much we missed Sokratis and Manolas in the back. Nothing we could do on the 2nd goal Samaris just gave the ball away in the worst part of the field..

The team lacked precence in the midfield. They could not create any flow there. Once we got to the final third and a chance presented itself there were missed crosses as we saw from mantalos and pelkas to name a few. This match does not count in the standings but the guys should have gone much harder and treated as a war, look at who we were playing? The kolo Turks. There seemed to be a lack of determination from the start of the game and then most of the 2nd half.. Very disappointed that Greece couldn't get a result...

Hopefully we see a big comeback in the 2nd half as we saw in Bosnia.

We had a couple chances to score Samaris hit the post and Fortounis hit a shot wide of goal. Our defending is questionable and we are giving the ball away cheaply...

Watching on jokerlivestream

WTF... 2-0..

Efharisto

Not good to hear this especially since Toro has given so much heart for the ethniki. Let's hope this situation works itself out.. Hopefully Greece can get a result of the Turks especially in turkey and missing key players as well. PA ME ELLAS!!

I think in Canada they are carrying it. Also ESPN 3 broadcasts qualifiers but is not available here I tried to get the channel through Rogers. The last few years they were on sportsnet or sportsnet package. Does anyone know how to get this game vs Italy on tv here in Canada...

He hasn't been that great but he is a good young talent. I guess Mancini will go with Sirigu. Yesterday he dropped Balotelli from the squad. Your lucky if you get to see the NT. I wanted to see them play Italy but not able to go at that time. It will be a great scene around OAKA vs Italy..

According to the score tv Italy's goalie Donnaruma will miss the matches vs Greece and Bosnia due to a thigh strain he suffered with AC Milan over the weekend.

Saw highlights on agonasport. I did not know they were playing this team..

Typical Uefa would Greece have gotten a decision like this? What about us losing Manolas for the first playoff game vs Croatia over what the intentional yellow for time wasting and the decision to suspend him came almost a month after the Cyprus game and a week before the playoff.. If Greece can beat Italy I would guess that they would take care of the Bosnians at home even with Pjanic.

Yes I was very surprised Mancini left him out.. Good for us..

Italy have called up Mario Balotelli and Andrea Belotti and have surprisingly left out Ciro Immobile for the June qualifiers.

I have a good feeling for the upcoming match vs Italy as we should have all our key players in the lineup. A draw would be great but I see us pulling out win in Athens (should be a packed OAKA) and if we get it will be in the pole position. I think Bosnia will struggle without Pjanic and more so with the way they blew the 2-0 lead vs Greece. I guess were hoping for a Finland - Bosnia draw. I said before that Finland would pose a bigger challenge for 2nd spot as they are having a good run of results recently. Even in there loss at Italy they were in the game late and they missed a great chance to equalize before losing 2-0. Greece vs Finland head to head matches will be the key matches...

Yes we should have had our best players available to play in a match vs Turkey even if it’s a friendly. I’m sure they will have all there big name players there. We need a result there vs those Kolo Turks.

Good point, my optimism comes from that fantastic comeback in Bosnia down 2-0 and we could have won it. Now the team gets to play at home and Italy are the group favourites but Greece will be more ready of the start then what we saw in Bosnia and a fully fit Manolas is a huge lift. Hopefully the home crowd will be large and boisterous after all how often do we play the Italians. I can’t wait..

As Dean said Italy are a strong side but not at France or Belgiums level so getting a win at home vs Italy is doable. If we win our home games and beat all the minnows away which we should we will qualify.

Bakasetas back in the fold? He’s the new Tziolis.. This is the only call up that I disagree with.

Hopefully Greece have a full and healthy squad for a change going into the game with Italy, that’s all I ask for.

Good that they are holding training camp for a week.. A victory vs Italy puts us on top of the group with a home match vs Armenia after tha which should be 3 points. I can't wait for June..

Things are going better under coach Ange and the EPO is getting more serious about the NT. Under Skibbe we played what a total of 5 friendly matches? I remember Luxembourg his first match in charge and then in Athens vs Montenegro and Iceland.. Then before the WCUP we played Egypt and Saudis.

Is the match vs the Turks ago I saw that it wasn't listed on FIFA site of friendly matches.