Elastonpappou 13 Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 Ok gents a very important match is on Saturday against Ukraine... It is going to be the game which will show if Greece will actually qualify for the WC. Personally I think a loss will mean we are out!!! Also Charisteas Lakis and Papadopoulos are all injured and will not play at the match. Shevchenko is in a very good form after scoring in Serie A and the CL. I guess we should play our typical tsoukou-tsoukou ball and count on counter-attacks!!! Latest news... http://www.in.gr/news/article.asp?lngEntit...53&lngDtrID=246 Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evalagoal Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 I really think that we should play attacking soccer. I realize that at the moment we don't really have any attacking players but we ned to push and not play the soccer the soccer that we played in Portugal. Karagounis needs to push up so will Basinas. Vryzas really has to step up as Otto will look at him to get some results. It's going to be a VERY difficult game due to the players from the Ukraine taking part and also because of the atmosphere that were going to be playing in. I would love to see this outcome be a win for Greece but I really think that we're going to be lucky with a draw HELLAS - UKRAINE 0-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batigol Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 It is going to be the game which will show if Greece will actually qualify for the WC. Personally I think a loss will mean we are out!!! I have to agree with you. This will make it or break it for Greece. I think Greece will have to go for the win at all costs and with Charisteas and Papadopoulos out, it's going to make the goal scoring even harder. Hoping for a 2-1 scoreline for Greece but expecting a loss. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziaka Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 Tough game. With a loss our chances of making it to Germany in 2006 will be greatly diminished. My prediction is 0-1 for Hellas, but would no be suprised with a tie either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chameleon65 Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 I agree that this match will dictate where the NT will be heading. I'm praying they won't lose this one and at least draw against the oukranezoi. Obviously am hoping for a win which will remove lots of pressure on the team. Kinda pissed though I might miss watching the game since I have a wedding to go unless I convince my wife she go to church alone :rolleyes: My prediction: UKR 1 ELLAS 1 The boys should really put all their strength for this one :box: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakos13 Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 i think Salpi is going to get our attention this game.....he is a great striker and i think if he plays he can impact our attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clover22 Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 Haristeas will apparently be playing. His injury wasn't serious. Maybe he'll play him for 60 minutes or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 otto said he will not be callin any replacements for this game. so was salp not ever called??????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakos13 Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 yes he was.... papadopoulos is injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irlandos Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 King Otto has already said that he's playing for the win. I see a 1-0 win or a 1-2 loss for our national side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOLLYWOOD Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 1-0 Ellas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petpnyc Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 otto has called up PAOK's salpingidis (striker).....any commentary on this guy? good/bad/not as good as angelos? and whats with all the casandras on this board?!?!?!?!?! elladara wins 2-0 saturday :gr: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petpnyc Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 zagorakis on uefa.com; http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WorldCup/...sId=243281.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evergreen Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 We must not lose. It's imperrative we don't lose this game otherwise it's curtains. If anything, we should try to play something we can't in a difficult away fixture. The Ukraine have their tails up at the moment and will try to kill us off. We must not fall into the trap of desparation to win and push too forward. If anything the Ukrainians are master of the counter attack with very pacey players through Sevchenko and Voronin. Hopefully Kaha Kalatze won't be playing on that left wing cos he is very dangerous. A draw is not a bad result, a loss is a catastrophe. I don't want to make any predictions but I am quite worried about this one and especially with the fitness of Charisteas, Lakis and Tsiartas who still doesn't have a team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightsurfer Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 A draw is already a good result... Evergreen, Lakis joined Crystal Palace since a couple of days... and he has already been used there as substitute .. Off course this is not enough yet.... but Lakis has been rarely used in the past anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vasili0s Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 a draw is only good becaues it keeps ukraine point lead and holds them at bay, but will hurt us if denmark and turkey gain edafos. and then we are in the position to play the rest of the games as our NT has done normally in the past, you know......IF this team looses and this team draws and we win the rest of our games.............WE QUALIFY, hehe. honestly, a win is the ONLY possible good result for us. a draw just barely keeps us alive and a loss KILLS us, unless we pull off the same stunt before qualifying for the Euro, dont count on it. PAME RE ELLADARA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympiakosthyra7 Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 Iwish the best for the dodeka thei and I hope they win. If we tie or lose we then depend on other teams to lose which should not be an option! Go Elladara!!!!!!!!! By the way if you are under 21 and live in the US (like me) is there a way i can watch the match without going "in" to a bar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYC_Olympiakos Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 This game is huge we all agree on that but we can't look past this game i mean its too early to worry about if we win or lose or draw will be here or there i mean there will be 9 games left after the game on saturday Charisteas will play and Spalgidis as been called up Remember this Dellas is back and didn't play in the first 2 games and the team wasn't the same w/o him Second all the players besides tsiartas have had a month work through club play so the team will be in better form Also Greece played Ukraine last year so we know the way they play and the last time we played them was in Greece a 1-0 win where we just dominated through out Otto knows Schevenko is the key and will instruct the players how to deal with him Otto was also very confident during the press conference and we need to take that to consideration b/c he must know something I think Greece will start of strong and try to score if they don't they will drop back and counter attack Good Luck Elladara mou !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bring us happiness again!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euphoria Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 It will be a very dufficult game but I'll say 1-0 to Greece Schevchenko is in good form but if Dellas plays like he did in Euro, he won't get a sniff at goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziaka Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 The news today is that Charisteas will not play. Otto decided not call up any forwards to replace Papadopoulos and Charisteas. In effect, the NT will play with only one clear cut forward: Vryzas. He will end up using 4-5-1 system it appears, with Giannakopoulos trying to cover the absence of Papadopoulos and Charisteas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYC_Olympiakos Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 Dam that really suks but Greece has to and will find a way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gate4Hooligan Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 s%$#!, I thought I was gonna see Salpiggidis :tdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziaka Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 Just heard on radio that Charisteas tried practicing tonight with the help pain killing injection, and might actually play in tommorrow's game. I think Otto has gambled by not calling up any backups and relied on the NT doctor's guarantees that Charisteas will be fit for the game. I hope this does not come back to haunt us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chameleon65 Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 I agree. I'm surprised Otto hasn't at least kept an extra couple of players in case someone needs to be replaced unexpectedly. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto_Rehagalinis Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 I want to :box: Otto and i am :blink: i have his name.... at least have some backups and younger players to put on.... I am going to pay another 20 bucks to watch this game, i think this time i will be dissapointed again... who will score? i dont think ukraine will unless we screw up again with basinas as defense but i mean where will the goals come from with only 1 striker??? :blink: :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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