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GREECE vs SLOVENIA

The Greece national football team will lock horns with Slovakia in a World Cup qualifying game at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on Friday. The chances of Greece directly qualifying for the finals in Brazil are not looking that good. They are currently at the second position in their group which is Group G. They have got…Continue Reading…

AUSTRIA FRIENDLY

The Greece football team will take on Austria in a friendly fixture on Wednesday at Red Bull Arena. Greece has had a decent 2013 so far. They are yet to lose a game this year. They have played a total of 4 games out of which they have won 3. The remaining 1 game was…Continue Reading…

SAMARAS BACKS PETROV

Celtic’s Greek striker Georgios Samaras has praised former Aston Villa midfielder Stilian Petrov after the Bulgarian recently announced his retirement from football. Petrov has not played football for more than a year after being diagnosed with leukaemia. He has been undergoing treatment and there was a belief that he would make a return to football….Continue Reading…

KARAGOUNIS STARS FOR FULHAM

Fulham will be preparing to face Premier league strugglers QPR at Craven Cottage on Monday night. QPR are coming into the match on the back of a 3-2 defeat against Aston Villa after having only recently put together a run of two consecutive victories. The defeat against Villa made life extremely difficult for QPR, as…Continue Reading…

KARAGOUNIS OFFERED EXTENSION

The Fulham manager Martin Jol has revealed that Giorgios Karagounis is likely to stay at the club after the end of the season after the London club has opened talks with the player. The 36-year-old has been one of the impressive players for Fulham this season, and the Dutchman is keen to retain his services….Continue Reading…

SANTOS WANTS FIGHT

The Greece national team manager Fernando Santos has said that he is expecting a competitive match when the team take on Republic of Ireland in a friendly match. Fernando Santos has said that the team knows the strengths and weaknesses, which has made them extremely successful in the last few matches. This has been extremely…Continue Reading…

KARAGOUNIS CONFIDENT

Giorgos Karagounis has said that he is extremely confident that the Greeks national team will be able to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup as the group winners. Giorgos Karagounis recently saw the Greece team suffered the first dropped points of the campaign in the match against Bosnia. As a result of this draw…Continue Reading…

SALPIGIDIS BLOW

The Greece national team manager Fernando Santos has said that the absence of the striker Dimitris Salpigidis for the first two matches of the World Cup qualifying campaign will be a major blow. Greece depend a lot on the goals from Dimitris Salpigidis in recent seasons. They will be without the 31-year-old striker after he…Continue Reading…

GREECE BEAT NORWAY

The Greece national football team has defeated Norway in a friendly match by 3-2 at Oslo. A large number of Norway fans were present in the stadium to watch their favourite players perform on the field, but, they would have been hugely disappointed at the end of the day. The Norway players fought hard, but,…Continue Reading…

GREECE PROUD OF PLAYERS

The Greece national team manager Fernando Santos has said that he is extremely proud of his players, despite the 4-2 defeat at the hands of Germany in the quarter-finals of the Euro 2012. Greece came into the competition after having suffered a lot of troubles with the government, but the players put aside all the…Continue Reading…