Genome Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 A thread for our interesting friendly against Portugal, which will be played this wednesday (the 26th of March) in Dusseldorf, Germany. The game will be broadcast on MEGA at 21:30 Greek time. Here's some news: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genome Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 Greece squad Goalkeepers Antonios Nikopolidis (Olympiacos CFP), Konstantinos Chalkias (Aris Thessaloniki FC), Alexandros Tzorvas (OFI Crete FC). Defenders Sotirios Kyrgiakos (Eintracht Frankfurt), Giourkas Seitaridis (Club Atlético de Madrid), Traianos Dellas (AEK Athens FC), Loukas Vintra (Panathinaikos FC), Nikolaos Spiropoulos (Panathinaikos FC), Ioannis Goumas (Panathinaikos FC), Vassilis Torosidis (Olympiacos CFP), Christos Patsatzoglou (Olympiacos CFP), Paraskevas Antzas (Olympiacos CFP). Midfielders Angelos Basinas (RCD Mallorca), Stelios Giannakopoulos (Bolton Wanderers FC), Georgios Karagounis (Panathinaikos FC), Alexandros Tziolis (Panathinaikos FC), Konstantinos Katsouranis (SL Benfica). Forwards Dimitrios Salpingidis (Panathinaikos FC), Nikolaos Liberopoulos (AEK Athens FC), Theofanis Gekas (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Georgios Samaras (Celtic FC), Ioannis Amanatidis (Eintracht Frankfurt), Angelos Charisteas (1.FC Nürnberg). Of course Dellas is not on the list anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Portugal will be missing Ronaldo and Nani. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plato-ny Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Remember this banner during the Portugal-Angola WC match 2006? It says afterward: "Defensive football. Go Home" I wonder if the Portugal fans are still bitter??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBoy13 Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 i wouldnt call charistea at this point for this game... if i was otto i will call chouto cuz he is in a great form right now! im glad about Tzorva.. he deserves it!!! PS. look forward for Daskalaki from Ergoteli! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUDE Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Portugal will be missing Ronaldo and Nani. Ronaldo will play according to the English news today. Where did you hear that he will not play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paxiotis7 Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 i herd him and nani will play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUDE Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 i herd him and nani will play? I just read on CNN's site that they're both injured and won't play... seems weird. Is Scolari playing mind games for a friendly?!?! WOW, Euro 2004 must've really hurt! :LOL: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genome Posted March 25, 2008 Author Share Posted March 25, 2008 I hope he's not going to try and hit one of our players and then run away like a little girl, like he did after Portugal's game vs. Serbia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest geok Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 News from sportfm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUDE Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 News from sportfm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakos13 Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Antzas is no good.....Gkoumas has become like a Maldini for PAO, getting even better with his age.... put him on the team, hell do the job. Antzas is a careless defender, unprofessional and plagued with problems and inconsistencies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakos13 Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Remember this banner during the Portugal-Angola WC match 2006? It says afterward: "Defensive football. Go Home" I wonder if the Portugal fans are still bitter??? god that had to be the worst banner ever.......How do you taunt the guy that beat you twice in your home stadium on your hosted tournament perfectly fair to take the cup.......because there not out playing Angola and Iran in the World Cup???? :LOL: Id take the European Championship please... :LOL: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genome Posted March 25, 2008 Author Share Posted March 25, 2008 Apparently Deco is also out ... Portugal and Greece to meet in rematch of Euro 2004 final By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DUESSELDORF, Germany - Portugal and Greece meet Wednesday for the first time since the 2004 European Championship final. The Greeks beat the tournament hosts 1-0 in the final and Portugal is keen to erase that memory in Duesseldorf, despite the absence of key playmakers Cristiano Ronaldo and Deco through injury. Read the full article here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genome Posted March 25, 2008 Author Share Posted March 25, 2008 Here are some comments from Portuguese users on other forums, thought it'ld be interesting to see their take on things: It looks to be a long day...playing against Greece and it's usuall "anti-soccer" strategy and no Ronaldo or Nani... Hopefully Quaresma, Simao, et al can have a good game...but I am not expecting too much. Carvalho may also be a wash. For sure, but really Ronaldo and Nani are a lock for NT positions. Nani very well may be a starter for the NT or at the very least the first sub option every game. This game will be good for the less proven players to find ways to break a defensive team as Ronaldo and Nani do it fairly easily. This is now Quaresma's show. According to reports: Ronaldo is suffering from pains in his left leg while Nani - who along with his compatriot scored in the 3-0 Premiership win over Liverpool on Sunday - has pulled a muscle in his right leg. This MIGHT be BS, it may be Sir Alex giving Scolari the finger for playing Ronaldo the whole 90 minutes. If it is so blatant that he uses them on the weekend against Villa it may get complicated, I doubt Scolari would let it slide. All in all I just can't handle another loss to the greeks friendly or not! this will not be an easy game, yes its revege time but,, greece knows how to shut down an offence,, we should not take this game any lighter than vs italy,, it is a freindly at the end right??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aek21 Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 @geok Greece's 4-3-3 has always been a borderline 4-5-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 They are expecting 20-25.000 greek fans to support our NT for this game. :tup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paxiotis7 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Nice, thats beautiful! How big is the stadium? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAO_OR_DEATH Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 is this game kicking off in 11 hours????? my mind has gone blank. anyone know were i can streem mega???? for free!!! i reckon a win for elladara!!! 3-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest geok Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 i reckon a win for elladara!!! 3-1 It would be great to have this scoreline, but how can you justify such prediction??? :LOL: I wish I could see the game live....no-one is broadcasting it in the UK.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genome Posted March 26, 2008 Author Share Posted March 26, 2008 Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has no qualms about testing the strength-in-depth of his squad in tonight's friendly against Greece in Dusseldorf. Stepping up Scolari's men take on the European champions in a repeat of the UEFA EURO 2004™ final without key performers such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Deco and Nani. However, the coach is demanding that the replacements – including a midfield of Fernando Meira, Miguel Veloso and Carlos Martins – prove both their own value and that of a squad bound for Austria/Switzerland. Full article at the UEFA website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mangas21 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 is there a way to see this game on the net? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genome Posted March 26, 2008 Author Share Posted March 26, 2008 Here are a couple of ways mangas21: http://clubs.phantis.com/sports/index.php?...showtopic=10843 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcportoultra Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Remember this banner during the Portugal-Angola WC match 2006? It says afterward: "Defensive football. Go Home" I wonder if the Portugal fans are still bitter??? god that had to be the worst banner ever.......How do you taunt the guy that beat you twice in your home stadium on your hosted tournament perfectly fair to take the cup.......because there not out playing Angola and Iran in the World Cup???? :LOL: Id take the European Championship please... :LOL: How convenient. We also played against Mexico, Netherlands and England and we were voted the most spectacular team by Fifa.com users. Problem was we didnt score goals and thats a very important thing in football isnt it ? If we had, lets say, a guy like Van Nistelroy, we would have won the world Cup, trust me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genome Posted March 26, 2008 Author Share Posted March 26, 2008 Well you said it yourself. No goals, ... You were spectacular in 2004 as well, but what did it earn you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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