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Euro 2008 Preview - Greece
Posted 02 Jun 2008 at 09:10 AM by Skizz
GREECE
Head Coach: Otto Rehhagel. Led the side to glory in Euro 2004.
Captain: Angelos Basinas. 32 year old midfielder who set up the winner in the 2004 final.
World Ranking: 8
To win Euro 2008: 25/1
Squad
GOALKEEPERS
1 Antonios Nikopolidis
12 Konstantinos Chalkias
13 Alexandros Tzorvas
DEFENDERS
2 Giourkas Seitaridis
3 Christos Patsatzoglou
4 Nikos Spiropoulos
5 Traianos Dellas
11 Loukas Vyntra
15 Vasilis Torosidis
16 Sotirios Kyrgiakos
18 Yannis Goumas
19 Paraskevas Antzas
MIDFIELDERS
6 Angelos Basinas
8 Stelios Giannakopoulos
10 Giorgos Karagounis
21 Kostas Katsouranis
22 Alexandros Tziolis
FORWARDS
7 Georgios Samaras
9 Angelos Charisteas
14 Dimitrios Salpigidis
17 Theofanis Gekas
20 Ioannis Amanatidis
23 Nikolaos Lyberopoulos
Group D
Matches
10/06 - Sweden
Wals Siezenheim Stadium, Salzburg
Kick-off 2045
14/06 - Russia
Wals Siezenheim Stadium, Salzburg
Kick-off 2045
18/06 - Spain
Wals Siezenheim Stadium, Salzburg
Kick-off 2045
Route to the finals
Greece lost only one game (1-4 at home to Turkey) en route to topping Group C.
One to watch
GEORGIOS SAMARAS
Georgios is yet to show the Heerenveen form that made Arsene Wenger monitor him closely in his early days, but he has shown glimpses of quality during spells at Manchester City and Celtic. Scored some crucial goals en route to Celtic’s successful SPL title defence and this may yet be the time for Samaras to show those who have forgotten him that he still has the talent to make a big impact on the European stage.
Strengths
Greece’s main strength is the technical knowledge and inspiration of their 69 year old manager, Otto Rehhagel. Tactically he is up there with the best and he proved it by taking unfancied Greece to the Euro 2004 title, beating host nation Portugal, the highly fancied Czech Republic, and holders France en route. There are few coaches who could out-think the wily schemer and they will be relying on his tactical know-how to progress this year.
Weaknesses
Greece’s victory in 2004 has robbed them of their main strength – the fact they were a surprise package. Sweden, Spain and Russia will not underestimate them, and they will be lucky to get out of their group.
Prediction
Greece will not win this tournament. However they may well ruffle a few feathers along the way and if they can out-think two of the other three nations in their group, the quarter finals is their best hope.
GREECEHead Coach: Otto Rehhagel. Led the side to glory in Euro 2004.
Captain: Angelos Basinas. 32 year old midfielder who set up the winner in the 2004 final.
World Ranking: 8
To win Euro 2008: 25/1
Squad
GOALKEEPERS
1 Antonios Nikopolidis
12 Konstantinos Chalkias
13 Alexandros Tzorvas
DEFENDERS
2 Giourkas Seitaridis
3 Christos Patsatzoglou
4 Nikos Spiropoulos
5 Traianos Dellas
11 Loukas Vyntra
15 Vasilis Torosidis
16 Sotirios Kyrgiakos
18 Yannis Goumas
19 Paraskevas Antzas
MIDFIELDERS
6 Angelos Basinas
8 Stelios Giannakopoulos
10 Giorgos Karagounis
21 Kostas Katsouranis
22 Alexandros Tziolis
FORWARDS
7 Georgios Samaras
9 Angelos Charisteas
14 Dimitrios Salpigidis
17 Theofanis Gekas
20 Ioannis Amanatidis
23 Nikolaos Lyberopoulos
Group D
Matches
10/06 - Sweden
Wals Siezenheim Stadium, Salzburg
Kick-off 2045
14/06 - Russia
Wals Siezenheim Stadium, Salzburg
Kick-off 2045
18/06 - Spain
Wals Siezenheim Stadium, Salzburg
Kick-off 2045
Route to the finals
Greece lost only one game (1-4 at home to Turkey) en route to topping Group C.
One to watch
GEORGIOS SAMARAS
Georgios is yet to show the Heerenveen form that made Arsene Wenger monitor him closely in his early days, but he has shown glimpses of quality during spells at Manchester City and Celtic. Scored some crucial goals en route to Celtic’s successful SPL title defence and this may yet be the time for Samaras to show those who have forgotten him that he still has the talent to make a big impact on the European stage.
Strengths
Greece’s main strength is the technical knowledge and inspiration of their 69 year old manager, Otto Rehhagel. Tactically he is up there with the best and he proved it by taking unfancied Greece to the Euro 2004 title, beating host nation Portugal, the highly fancied Czech Republic, and holders France en route. There are few coaches who could out-think the wily schemer and they will be relying on his tactical know-how to progress this year.
Weaknesses
Greece’s victory in 2004 has robbed them of their main strength – the fact they were a surprise package. Sweden, Spain and Russia will not underestimate them, and they will be lucky to get out of their group.
Prediction
Greece will not win this tournament. However they may well ruffle a few feathers along the way and if they can out-think two of the other three nations in their group, the quarter finals is their best hope.
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