The belief that the National team will take the qualification against Georgia in Tbilisi and will return to a major tournament after ten years, expressed o Angel Charisteas. The scorer of the 2004 epic in Portugal believes that it is entirely up to the Greek team to get the ticket to the Euro of Germany.
“For me the important thing is that with Kazakhstan the team showed encouraging signs and gave us very good examples. I was on the field and the guys showed us that they have a strong momentum. It is important that the key players we have in the team are fit and I think mentally, the team is ready. I am sure that we will not have an easy time in Georgia. They are a team that has never been to the Euros, they are playing at home and our task will be very difficult. But on the other hand, I would say that watching the children, I saw that they have a very strong commitment. They are mentally ready for a final“, he told the Athenian-Macedonian News Agency.
“For me these games are always decided on the goal. Whoever scores will have the first say. I expect a close match. I certainly don’t expect what happened with Kazakhstan. It is a difficult test, because you are playing away from home, but on the other hand, Georgia is afraid that if we lead, it will be very difficult to turn it around. So the match is difficult, it will be decided on the goal“, he added.
“I think it is very important to be in the Euro. It is the best advertisement for a country when it is in the World Cup or Euro finals. I think the current team has understood that, they know that. I also think it’s… karmic that it’s 20 years after Euro 2004. If we go through we’ll have Portugal and Turkey in the group, teams we have a special… against and I think all this will work karmically. We also have strong Hellenism in Germany and in general we have many motivations“, he continued.
As for the message it sends to internationals? “They should consider playing the National Anthem before the game in the stadiums of Germany next summer. To understand how proud they and their families will be when they succeed“, he said.
Source: Sport Fm
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