Final in Tbilisi with the background of Euro 2024 for Hellas.
The blue and white faces (19:00, News Bulletin 247, sport-fm.gr, Alpha, NovasportsPrime) Georgia in “Boris Paithatze”, aiming for the victory that will send it to the finals of the pan-European championship. In the event of a draw at 90 minutes, there will be half-hour extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out.
The national team will be guided by the dominant appearance in 5-0 last Thursday against Kazakhstan at the OPAP Arena for the semi-finals of the Euro 2024 playoffs, knowing he has a higher hurdle to overcome this time. In addition, she will find opposite Kvaratshelia, who needs no introduction.
The stadium (with a capacity of around 54,000 seats) will be full, as the Georgians sold out the tickets they got in no time, while on the side of the National team there will be approx. 600 fans.
It seems that Gustavo Poget will follow the successful recipe, probably choosing the same line-up as compared to the previous match. The blue and white will not have any absence, as his problem did not prove to be serious Hatzidiakouwho was changed in the previous match, while returning o Koulierakis.
“We know in such games how determined the players must be in mind. We are working on it to get it in the game. We’ll see how it turns out. Let’s have a normal game because both teams want to win», he reported the federal coach of Greece.
“When we heard that we had to play against Greece, we already knew how difficult the game would be. They have good players. This is a final, so both want to win. A winning mindset means you want to win», he stated the coach of Georgia, Willy Shaniol and added: “We are ready for 120 minutes and I believe we will win».
The important difference for Georgia is that he returns Kvaratsheliawho did not compete against Luxembourg, as he was punished.
The two teams have met nine times, with the tradition being overwhelmingly in Greece’s favor with seven wins, while two matches have ended in draws. The National team is 4/4 in Tbilisi, with 9-3 goals. The two ties were recorded on Greek soil. It is about the 1-1 on 3/9/2010 for the qualifiers of Euro 2012 in “G. Karaiskakis”, while the score was the same in Toumba on 3/31/2021 for the World Cup qualifiers.
Possible lineups
Georgia (Willy Chaniol): Mamardashvili – Kvirkvelia, Kashia, Dvali – Kakabatze, Kiteisvili, Kakvetatze, Kotsorashvili, Sengelia – Kvaratshelia, Zhivzhivantze
Greece (Gustavo Poget): Vlachodimos – Baldok, Mavropanos, Hatzidiakos, Tsimikas – Kourbelis, Bakasetas, Mandalos – Masouras, Pelkas, Ioannidis
Referee: Simon Marciniak (Poland)
Assistants: Pawel Sokolnicki, Tomas Listkiewicz (Poland)
4th: Ivan Kruzliak (Slovakia)
VAR: Tomas Kwiatowski (Poland)
Source: Sport Fm
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