Away mission for the Greece K21which faces (13:30) its counterpart Belarus for the 7th matchday of his qualifiers EuroU21 and aims only for the three points of victory, in order to stay alive for the qualification to the final stage.
The “blue and white” is in the second place of the 7th group with 11 points and -4 behind the leader, Portugal (12b.), which defeated the Faroe Islands yesterday with 4-0, as a result of which the “three points” today is a one-way street.
Let’s remember here that the top of each group, as well as the top three runners-up, advance directly to the final stage. The remaining six runners-up will compete in the play-offs for the last three tickets.
His team Nikos Papadopoulos will play their first match for the qualifying phase in 2024, while coming from two consecutive home wins against Faroe Islands (3-0) and Portugal (2-1).
“These are 2 extremely important matches for our course in the group. If we want to have any hopes of qualifying we will have to win both, starting with the away match against Belarus. Of course, we are not concerned with the ranking position of our opponents because in football there is no easy game, as was seen in the 1st match against Belarus, in which we drew 1-1.
In fact, in their last game they were defeated in the final (1-0) by Croatia, and this shows how difficult and competitive a team they are and at the same time reinforces our obligation to give everything for the 3 points. It is a given that 100% seriousness and combativeness is needed from all of us to achieve the goal of 2 wins that will keep us on track for qualification and I believe that by sticking to our regular plan we will succeed.
It is important that we do not face injury problems but also that the group of players that started the qualifiers last year has managed to become a team. We believe in each other, while there is absolute faith in the team’s potential. With the required concentration and seriousness from all of us in the 2 matches in March, I am convinced that the positive results will come“, were the words of the Greek coach ahead of the two matches.
In the last training before the game on Friday (21/03) all the players participated and Papadopoulos had absolutely no problem. The options for the matches with Belarus and Andorra: Kostas Tzolakis, Nikos Grammaticakis, Kostas Balomenos, Panagiotis Panagiotou, Kostas Chrysopoulos, Apostolos Konstantopoulos, Nikos Kanelopoulos, Apostolos Apostolopoulos, Fotis Kitsos, Alexis Kalogeropoulos, Nikos Zouglis, Christos Kryparakos, Christos Belevonis, Michalis Panagidis, Thos Mas Kamberas, Thanasis Karamanis, Dimitris Metaxas , Giannis Apostolakis, Titos Koutentakis, Vassilis Sourlis, Christos Kourfalidis, Giannis Niarchos, Marios Sofianos, Stefanos Tzimas, Michalis Kosidis.
Source: Sport Fm
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