Brklyngrk 336 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 After this game, Tziolis and Giakoumakis should start on Sunday or at least make an appearance from the bench. Fortounis AM and Bakasetas further back. Giakoumakis Tziolis(Masouras) Fortounis Limnios Bakasetas Zeca Tsimakis Tzavellas Hatzi Rota??? Vlaho 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Bardouuu 95 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Impressed with giakoumakis, always in the right spot. Also always impressed with Limnios who can create a chance at any given moment. Good to see tsimikas playing with confidence and putting some really great crosses in the box 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Omonoia9 399 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Sometimes when Greece and Cyprus play each other, Greece wins under fishy circumstances, but this was well-deserved for Greece. Probably should have been more than 2-1. JVS has the ethniki playing the best since Santos, and Cyprus have not looked good under Walem, even lost to Luxembourg. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Rockafeller Skank 542 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 48 minutes ago, Omonoia9 said: Haha, Thomas Ioannou in for Nikolas Ioannou. Welcome to the Cypriot name generator! I know haha I watched the whole match. I am so sad Kastanos didnt have the expected career. Man was part of juve senior squad a couple of years ago. Link to post Share on other sites
skinny 71 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 any highlights to game Link to post Share on other sites
ausgreek 484 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 World cup baby! Link to post Share on other sites
Omonoia9 399 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 4 hours ago, Rockafeller Skank said: I know haha I watched the whole match. I am so sad Kastanos didnt have the expected career. Man was part of juve senior squad a couple of years ago. He played one game for Juve, which I covered for AGONAsport(please come back). He's still pretty young. Link to post Share on other sites
HellasLEAF 58 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Important win good confidence builder. Link to post Share on other sites
paokarag4 549 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 8 hours ago, Brklyngrk said: After this game, Tziolis and Giakoumakis should start on Sunday or at least make an appearance from the bench. Fortounis AM and Bakasetas further back. I agree with Bakasetas/Fortounis comment. I believe the first half was clearly JVS trying what he wants to play against Moldova. One pure defensive mid in Zeca and 2 attacking midfielders coming deep to receive the ball and create from there. We did look vulnerable on the counter but I guess JVS is banking on our "starting defenders" to help with that. Giakoumakis ability to hold up the ball was good, he was a threat in the air, not so good with the ball on the ground, his touch wasn't the best (not the only Greek player in this category) I think Pavilids will start over him. Tzolis maybe given the start, especially if Masouras doesn't recover from the knock that kept him out of last night's match. Link to post Share on other sites
Alphonse 499 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Effective player rating, bit different to out of 10 ratings http://hellasfooty.blogspot.com/2020/11/effective-player-rating-greece-vs.html?m=1 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Rockafeller Skank 542 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 None of the Fortounis or Bakasetas played furtherback lads. The system JVS tried was 4-1-2-3 and to be honest with nations like Moldova and Cyprus this is based. I would like to see Vlachodimos Mavrias/Rota - Chatzidiakos - Kourbelis/Tzavellas - Tsimikas Zeka Fortounis - Bakasetas Limnios - Giakoumakis - Chatzigiovanis vs Moldova. Link to post Share on other sites
Gate7IntlPodcast 14 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Hello Everyone! We couldn't believe our ears when we heard there was an active Greek soccer community! Glad to see the majority were as positive about yesterday's performance as we are. Now we just need to cross our fingers and hope JVS continues with the great showing we saw and not reverting to some of the miserable lineups with players out of position we saw in the past. Also thought it would be worth mentioning that since the Covid restart, Greece has maintained the highest match tempo it has EVER had since game data has been available. Greece is averaging 17.83 passes per minute of pure ball possession. We certainly are playing much more free flowing! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Tzatziki 834 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 22 hours ago, skinny said: any highlights to game 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
skinny 71 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 thank u Link to post Share on other sites
ausgreek 484 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 5 hours ago, Gate7IntlPodcast said: Hello Everyone! We couldn't believe our ears when we heard there was an active Greek soccer community! Glad to see the majority were as positive about yesterday's performance as we are. Now we just need to cross our fingers and hope JVS continues with the great showing we saw and not reverting to some of the miserable lineups with players out of position we saw in the past. Also thought it would be worth mentioning that since the Covid restart, Greece has maintained the highest match tempo it has EVER had since game data has been available. Greece is averaging 17.83 passes per minute of pure ball possession. We certainly are playing much more free flowing! Ofcourse there is, a large and passionate one, hectic bruuu! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ausgreek 484 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 5 hours ago, Gate7IntlPodcast said: Hello Everyone! We couldn't believe our ears when we heard there was an active Greek soccer community! Glad to see the majority were as positive about yesterday's performance as we are. Now we just need to cross our fingers and hope JVS continues with the great showing we saw and not reverting to some of the miserable lineups with players out of position we saw in the past. Also thought it would be worth mentioning that since the Covid restart, Greece has maintained the highest match tempo it has EVER had since game data has been available. Greece is averaging 17.83 passes per minute of pure ball possession. We certainly are playing much more free flowing! Love your pod boythes! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Gate7IntlPodcast 14 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Thank you for the kind words! We will certainly be lurking here and doing our part to bring together more Greeks that love soccer. We also are looking to engage in discussion with our access to next-gen player analytics! As we do on social media and Reddit, feel free to ask any questions that our data can explain or if there's specific data points you are looking at! Let's hope the Ethniki has another great performance on Sunday! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
La Mendel 218 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 2 hours ago, ausgreek said: Ofcourse there is, a large and passionate one, hectic bruuu! It is hectic indeed. Welcome here, Gate7IntlPodcast! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
La Mendel 218 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Actually Giakoumakis played very well. It was a good decision to call up such an in-form attacker. We were in bad need of a striker since the disappearance of Mitroglou. Tzolis also scored and the team played indeed well! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Ellada2004 721 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 8 hours ago, Gate7IntlPodcast said: Hello Everyone! We couldn't believe our ears when we heard there was an active Greek soccer community! Glad to see the majority were as positive about yesterday's performance as we are. Now we just need to cross our fingers and hope JVS continues with the great showing we saw and not reverting to some of the miserable lineups with players out of position we saw in the past. Also thought it would be worth mentioning that since the Covid restart, Greece has maintained the highest match tempo it has EVER had since game data has been available. Greece is averaging 17.83 passes per minute of pure ball possession. We certainly are playing much more free flowing! I am enjoying listening to your show and hearing you guys discuss the Ethniki! Keep up the good work. Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Tsamados 192 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 We manage to scrape a win against Cyprus, meanwhile Scotland have just qualified for the Euros. Just let that sink in. Link to post Share on other sites
ausgreek 484 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 2 hours ago, Chris Tsamados said: We manage to scrape a win against Cyprus, meanwhile Scotland have just qualified for the Euros. Just let that sink in. 2 hours ago, Chris Tsamados said: We manage to scrape a win against Cyprus, meanwhile Scotland have just qualified for the Euros. Just let that sink in. True but the team was totally different in the 2nd half due to being a trial. No chemistry but just to see some individuals. Link to post Share on other sites
kbxk508 237 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Chris Tsamados said: We manage to scrape a win against Cyprus, meanwhile Scotland have just qualified for the Euros. Just let that sink in. Scotland? If we draw with Estonia, it would be us in the playoffs and not Hungary. Hungary got through to the finals. Edited November 13, 2020 by kbxk508 1 Link to post Share on other sites
J1078 1,123 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 (edited) I think What JVS did in the game against Cyprus was a smart move, he should have a clear image of what works and what doesn’t, If the line up that started the game played the entire game I think Greece would have scored one or two more goals as they were playing with energy and high tempo and creating chances.. He really benefited from this friendly to see what works best and in doing so he was still able to get the team to win.. Let’s hope in the next two games he goes with a similar line up to what we played in the first half which was more of what we saw in the last few games of the euro qualifiers.. Edited November 13, 2020 by J1078 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ellada2004 721 Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 On 11/13/2020 at 7:15 AM, kbxk508 said: Scotland? If we draw with Estonia, it would be us in the playoffs and not Hungary. Hungary got through to the finals. Very depressing indeed, Scotland hadnt qualify for a major tournament since the 1998 World Cup and they got in through the NL playoffs. Even worse the Skops are headed to the Euros as well! Link to post Share on other sites
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