Spain is already qualified for quarterfinals and probably as all the other teams, they will try to rest some of their main players. Greece is out of the competition so the match will be a sort of official “friendly”.
Our tip for Greece – Spain is x
Greece - Spain
Total Voters: 13
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The 2004 Euro winners will meet Russia in a match where both of the teams would need 3 points if they are serious about going through.
Greece had a pretty disappointing match against Sweden and they didn’t show much quality in their game while Russia were crushed by a creative spanish team.
Our tip for Greece vs Russia is x2
Greece - Russia
Total Voters: 20
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The Euro 2004 winners, Greece will play Sweden in the second match of Group D. Even if they were the european champions at that time I was pretty unimpressed by their ultra-defensive and somehow ugly football. I also felt sorry for Portugal who played a fast and creative football but they were unlucky.
However Greece had an excellent qualifying campaign finishing top of their group, some seven points ahead Turkey. I expect them to play the same type of football they used to play four years ago, this time without a happy end…
Sweden is a strong team as they have been for the past 15 years or so. Quality players and good team work. They also have a good potential to reach the quarterfinals. I expect the match to be pretty close with both of the teams paying atention to defense more than atacking. I also expect a lot of work and effort from both of them without playing an entertaining match.
Our tip for Greece – Sweden is x2 – draw or Sweden win.
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Greece - Sweden
Total Voters: 58
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In 2004, Greece came from nowhere to win the European Championship. Being the outsider of the outsiders, Otto Rehhagel’s team managed to beat all the european powers to claim the title. This was certainly one of the fewest sweat stories in the history of football.
Greece won their qualifying group without any problems, seven points ahead the second placed, Turkey. At Euro it is part of Group D, having to play against Sweden, Spain and Russia. Here are the 23 greek players which will try to retain their european crown:
1 Antonios Nikopolidis
2 Giourkas Seitaridis
3 Christos Patsatzoglou
4 Nikolaos Spyropoulos
5 Traianos Dellas
6 Angelos Basinas
7 Georgios Samaras
8 Stylianos Giannakopoulos
9 Angelos Charisteas
10 Georgios Karagounis
11 Loukas Vintra
12 Konstantinos Chalkias
13 Alexandros Tzorvas
14 Dimitrios Salpingidis
15 Vassilios Torosidis
16 Sotirios Kyrgiakos
17 Theofanis Gekas
18 Ioannis Goumas
19 Paraskevas Antzas
20 Ioannis Amanatidis
21 Konstantinos Katsouranis
22 Alexandros Tziolis
23 Nikolaos Liberopoulos
Coach: Otto Rehhagel
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