Nations League - Game #5 - Greece V. Finland (Olympic Stadium, Athens) - November 15, 2018

[Omonoia9]

Greece substitution: 

 

Siovas IN

Manolas OUT

[Argy]

Guys Mantalos is so bad. Almost as bad as Bakasetas, who will probably sub in for him. 

[Omonoia9]

Free kick, Torosidis the header, over the net

[Chris Tsamados]

That should have been 2-0.

[Chris Tsamados]

Finlands left side is wide open. Torosidis needs to get in there more. 

[GreekLunatic]

If we had a good left winger he would have a party down the left hand side

[J1078]

How empty is our stadium wow... so pathetic..

 

[Antaeus7]

Did Papastathopoulos shot hit the post? 

Edited November 15, 2018 by Molon Lave

[J1078]

2 minutes ago, Molon Lave said:

Did Papastathopoulos shot hit the post? 

Yes

[J1078]

Dangerous free kick come for the Finns right now..

[Chris Tsamados]

Dangerous...

[Omonoia9]

2 minutes ago, J1078 said:

How empty is our stadium wow... so pathetic..

 

And they think playing the games in Crete will help.....

[Omonoia9]

+3

[Alphonse]

Pelkas final pass is proving horrible!!

[Chris Tsamados]

Stay on side FFS.

 

Finland look like a Sunday League team, we should be winning 3-0 by now. 

Edited November 15, 2018 by Chris Tsamados

[Antaeus7]

Halftime 1-0 Greece 

[Argy]

So bad botched passes. Seems as the only passes that are accurate are Greece's famous back passes. And why is Siovas blasting it out like that???

[Omonoia9]

Greece 1-0 Finland  HT

[Argy]

3 minutes ago, Chris Tsamados said:

Stay on side FFS.

 

Finland look like a Sunday League team, we should be winning 3-0 by now. 

We can't there's no synchronicity with this team. they look like they panic every time they get the ball and settle for the safe back pass. Very bad. 

 

We needed the 2-0 by halftime. Did you notice how Finland wasted time in the first half? That will be nothing compared to the 2nd. 

[paokarag4]

Jesus Christ you'd think we were down 4-0 based on these comments. Just because you change manager doesn't mean your team automatically learns to play fluid attacking football. It wasn't pretty but we have a lead. It's what the Ethniki was best at for a decade! 

It can be better but so far so good imo. More goals there to take but finland have some pace up top and will be (and have been in the 1st half) dangerous on the counter

[La Mendel]

I have a good feeling about this game. We can manage it, perhaps even score a second.

Edited November 15, 2018 by La Mendel

[georgelaz]

I think we look good. not happy with wings selections but if the inches went our way it could've been 2 or 3-0. Sokratis post and Torosidis header slightly above across bar.

first 10 minuets we were shaky but we looked the better team the other 40 mins

siovas looks good he has decent vision and long ball skills. glad he's on the side. manolas is a loss because he's proven to be a big aerial threat. I think siovas manolas and sokratis should all be starting given the option because our defense does give them a little too much space sometimes an extra cb might fix this.

lazaros and donis on the wings would be lethal with fetfa as super sub as you will.

squad selection isn't that much different but siovas and odysseas additions are positive.

torosidis still has it but he'll be gassed for sure by 60th so probably gotta sub him. not sure who the 3rd sub should be.

[Chris Tsamados]

Shame we don't have anyone who can take on and beat his man. If we did we'd be lethal. 

[Dean97]

Pelkas made a poor decisions. Mantalos no better. We are looking better with Anastasiadis though.

[Blackhawk]

15 minutes ago, Omonoia9 said:

And they think playing the games in Crete will help.....

Guaranteed there will more fans at the games in Crete or anywhere else in Greece for that matter. The only problem is the pitch in Crete judging from yesterday's game by PAOK. It's in horrible shape.