Greece Football Team Road To EURO 2012

Greece National Football Team
 Road To EURO 2012

Sport News 2012-In the group that could be considered the easiest in the Euro 2012 qualifiers, Greece managed to improve performance pascahasil disappointing 1-1 draw at home to counter Georgia, in order to carve out the opening games undefeated record throughout the campaign and conquering Croatia to snatch the top position.

With first place is still open for grabs in the remaining last two games, 2-0 win over Croatia, which had marred antarsuporter unrest, making fleet Fernando Santos care automatically qualify for the leading favorites to Euro 2012 as group winners, and striker Angelos Charisteas scored late in the final games versus Georgia finally ensure a ticket to Greece.

Only qualify once for the finals before Euro 2004, Greece, which has made tremendous buffeting with the beat France in the quarter-finals, becoming the public stunning the football world by defeating tournament host these editions, Portugal, 1-0 in the final in Lisbon at once scored one of the biggest surprises in the history of the competition.

Greece National Football Team Squad

Even so, successful in 2004 it was the only performance in which the Greek Euro capable of driving past the group phase. The bad following a campaign in 2008 in Austria and Switzerland were worth forgotten. As defending champion Greece at that time was Otto Rehhagel diarsiteki Group D with nirpoin end and could only scored one goal. They always putty in three preliminary matches against Sweden, Russia, and Spain.

Angelos Charisteas, greece Striker

Although burdened with a heavy duty as the successor Rehhagel, coach of the Euro 2004 title giver who resigned the post-World Cup 2010, Santos was in fact able to record an impressive record in his first job guard a national team. He brought Greece unbeaten in 17 matches prior to the beginning of his leadership overpowered Romania 3-1 in mid-month trial.

Unlike his predecessors, Rehhagel, the Portuguese interpreter experienced this tactic, which could dramatically raise the Greek Super League club, PAOK, from adversity before handling the national team, showed that he was not afraid to call the young players. Santos even give an international debut to Stefanos Kapino, Panathinaikos goalkeeper who was just 17 years old!

Always appear in all matches in the round of qualifying, the veteran midfielder who has great memories of this Euro 2004 - scored the opening tournament when facing Portugal - certainly would be one major mainstay of Greece at Euro 2012.

Giorgos Karagounis, Greece Captain

In the midst of the difficulties of regular personnel in recent years, including the hero at Euro 2004, Charisteas, maintaining a place since the departure of Rehhagel, Greece's second most stamp collectors this would remain a key figure alias Galanolefki national team (Blue-White) under the direction of Santos, which also worked with during the Karagounis Panathinaikos and Benfica.

Torosidis has attracted attention since a number of top European clubs won the first-team member status at Olympiakos and the Greek national team, with AS Roma, Liverpool and Bayern Munich are often touted as a serious sight in a few years back.

Although transfers to abroad are still not realized, the right-back winning Player of Greece 2010 has made history for his country. He scored a 2-1 victory over Nigeria in the World Cup in South Africa, the victory of Greece in the international premiere terakbar football's universal.

Panathinaikos playmaker has been pushed as a youngster most prominent in Greece since the 2010 World Cup. Although only made two appearances as substitute in the tournament, Ninis actually potentially play a larger role if it were not for defensive force that is applied Rehhagel.

Giannis Fetfatzidis

Youth 21 years who had been linked with Manchester United are believed to bring the terror of midfield for Greek opponents in Euro 2012, although it is still struggling to recover from a cruciate knee ligament injury when membekapnya against Israel in September last, where he scored a single goal victory Galanolefki.

Greece National Football Team Road To Euro 2012