World Kick Off

Football mathematics like bowled over at 2004, when Greece come up as Europe champion, because since 1960 newly once go forward to quarterfinal rotation ( 2000), but four year later;then surprising when coming up as champion in Portugal.

Nowadays Greece come up again. In rotation of final of Grup D with Swedia, Russia And Spanyol [of] [at] 12-15-19 June. All contest performed will play at Stadium of Waltz Slezenheim, Austrian.

Otto Rehhagel team the achievement spektakuler at semi final, because from 12 contest start the end 2006 till 21 November 2007, for once fail and break even once.

At that semi final, by surprising Turky defeat the Greece 4-1 and Norwegian arrest; detain the them 2-2. From that 12 exclusion fight, Goal Greece 25 times and entrance 10 goal. As comparison, at exclusion Euro 2004, Greece only print eight goal from eight contest.

But contest of warm-up of last contest Hungaria 24 May, Greek swallow the bitter pill after failing 2-3 and Rehhagel hope that matter become the Iesson worth to all player. That drubbing represent first since August last year

In that tryout, brittle Greek defender very, so that gate which taken care of Antonis Nikolopolidis goal thrice only in range of time 16 minute

In that contest, Rahhagel enough worry, because two reliable player, Nikopolidis And Angelos Basinas experience of to injure, even they is reckoned will descend at contest 12 June of versus Sweden.

Greece Skuads for the rotation of final Euro 2008

Goalkeeper: 1-Antonis Nikopolidis ( Olympiakos Piraeus), 12-Costas Chalkias ( Aris Salonika), 13-Alexandros Tzorvas ( OFI Crete)

Stopper: 2-Giourkas Seitaridis ( Atletico Madrid), 3-Christos Patsatzoglou ( Olympiakos), 4-Nikos Spyropoulos ( Panathinaikos), 5-Traianos Dellas ( AEK Athens), 11-Loukas Vintra ( Panathinaikos), 15-Vassilis Torosidis ( Olympiakos), 16-Sotiris Kyrgiakos ( Eintracht Frankfurt), 18-Yannis Goumas ( Panathinaikos), 19-Paraskevas Antzas ( Olympiakos)

Middle Player: 6-Angelos Basinas ( Real Mallorca), 8-Stelios Giannakopoulos ( Bolton Wanderers), 10-Georgios Karagounis ( Panathinaikos), 21-Costas Katsouranis ( Benfica), 22-Alexandros Tziolis (Panathinaikos)

Forward: 7-Giorgos Samaras ( Celtic), 9-Angelos Haristeas ( Nuremberg), 14-Dimitris Salpigidis ( Panathinaikos), 17-Fanis Gekas ( Bayer Leverkusen), 20-Yiannis Amanatidis ( Eintracht Frankfurt), 23-Nikos Liberopoulos ( AEK).