Without Cimika – Baldock and the suspended Mandalo – Kourbelis against France, the national team

The preparation ahead of the great match with France in OPAP Arenacontinued with morning training at the stadium of Nea Smyrni National team.

The “blue and white” players will have a free schedule and will gather in the evening outside the hotel, following the relevant initiative of the federal coach Gustavo Poget who is even expected to host a dinner for all the members of the mission on the occasion of his birthday which was in the previous days.

Four footballers who played in the friendly against New Zealand were released from the national team. Specifically, Mr Petros Mandalos and Dimitris Kourbelis they are suspended and will not be counted by the Uguruan coach for the match with the “tricolors”.

In addition, in the match on Tuesday (21/11) they will not compete, o Kostas Tsimikas and George Baldockwho after consultation with the Federation, with Liverpool and Sheffield United are expected to return to England, since there is no scoring incentive in the last match of the Euro 2024 qualifiers.

It should be noted that on Monday (20/11) the usual press conference will be held, in view of Greece-France, with Gustavo Poget speaking at 12:00 and the team training at 17:00 in Nea Smyrni, while Didier Deschamps will speak at 18:00 with the world runners-up training taking place an hour later.