Germany-Greece: Tough friendly test for the National Team

He could be getting ready for it Euro, but… he is forced to give amicably! THE Hellas is tested at “Borussia Park” against the organizer of the European Championship, Germanyin a demanding friendly (21:45, Alpha TV, Novasports, www.sportfm.gr).

A difficult test for the blue and white team, which will line up with Nikos Papadopoulos as a clerk on the bench after the end of the collaboration with him Gustavo Poget. Of course, the Greek coach is not going to make big changes. He wants to maintain the plan and philosophy of his predecessor, lining up a tight team that will have its lines close to limit the “punchers”.

The blue-and-whites wronged themselves weeks ago, when they were defeated on penalties at the home of Georgia and were left out of the European Championship. Somehow and despite the great effort made, he failed to qualify for the final stage of the event. Now, the new administration of EPO will have to find the new coach who will lead Greece to its return to Euro or World Cup.

“I think there is disappointment that we are not in the Euro but it is important for the game with Germany to be competitive, to pass our philosophy on to the children. Not to be passive, to create problems for the opponent and to get a good result. I am sure that all the footballers are focused on the team, they love it, they are trying hard, they have left behind the heartbreak at the Euros and we will have a good image”Nikos Papadopoulos said, among other things, about the friendly.

THE Germany on the other hand, it participates as an organizer in the Euro, with its audience having great demands for a distinction after several years. It has a roster with experienced footballers, but also several young ones, with Nagelsmann proceeding to renewal. “Of course we would have liked to have won 2-0, 3-0, but I think we played a good game. And I saw the desire to win”he said after the friendly with Ukraine that ended without a score.

The recent home record of the German national team in their official and friendly matches is 2-2-4, while against Greece they are unbeaten with a 6-3-0 record in friendly and official matches. After today’s friendly, Nagelsmann is expected to make the final cuts, announcing the final 26.

POSSIBLE ELEVENS:

Germany (Julian Nagelsmann): Neuer – Kimmich, Riedinger, Tha, Mittelstadt – Kroos, Andrich – Musiala, Guidogan, Wirtz – Havertz.

Greece (Nikos Papadopoulos): Vlachodimos – Rota, Mavropanos, Hatzidiakos, Giannoulis – Kourbelis, Siopis – Masouras, Bakasetas, Tzolis – Ioannidis