Poget: “I call the players I need to win the specific matches – What happened to Fortuni”

At discussions which are often caused by his choices in national of Greece mentioned the Gustavo Poget.

In an interview with “Sun”, the federal coach explained that his only criterion in player calls is who can beat at specifically games.

So he emphasized that he will also be judged from the achievement or not of the goal, which is the qualification to Euro 2024while he also answered about his decision Kostas Fortunis to retire.

What Poget said in detail

For the criticism of his call options and Kostas Fortounis: “I have spoken in the past about my decisions in Greece. When you see the negativity around Chelsea and Manchester United in England, the same thing happens in Greece. In the last two national team assignments, the first question was always about the players who weren’t called up and I’m never asked about the players I called up, but that’s the way football works.

There are different reasons to leave players there, but now Kostas Fortounis retired from the National team and he was great with me because he called me to tell me his reasons. It was a personal decision and I will always support the decisions of the footballers. I don’t like to push players one way or the other with my opinion.”

About Tasos Douvikas and the call criteria: “Leaving Tasos Douvikas out is a different situation. I’m one of those federation coaches who don’t pick all the players who are performing well at the moment, to disrupt the team. At the moment we have five strikers who are scoring in their leagues and I have to pick the ones I need for two games. I don’t need five strikers when we usually play with one up front.

Sometimes you will play deeper and you will want more pace, in other games you will be in the opponent’s half of the field and you will need more presence in the area. In the end, I don’t call up players to make some people happy, I call up footballers when I’m sure they’re the best fit to help me win games.”