Her close group National team of Greece opens its curtain with an extremely interesting game!
At 19:00 at “Singnal Induna Park” in Dortmund h Turkey will face the “Cinderella” of the event Agriculturewho got the ticket for the tournament by excluding Greece.
The two teams will clash for the first time in the final phase of a major tournament, since Georgia is debuting in a tournament after many years of trying.
Only twice have the two teams faced each other in official matches. It was his qualifier 2006 World Cupin a group in which Greece also participated, with the first match ending in a 1-1 draw in Istanbul, while in the equivalent of the second round, Turkey passed Tbilisi with emphatic 5-2.
In tonight’s match, however, things are different. The typically home team, Turkey is looking to its sixth appearance in Euro a course similar to his 2008 when he had reached the top four, where he was eliminated by the then finalist Germany.
The leader in this effort will be this time the Vincenzo Modela. The Italian coach, after a long tenure in the stadiums of his homeland, as well as a presence on the benches of Spain and Turkey, took over the national team of our neighboring country, helping it to reach this year’s Euro and indeed in an impressive way.
He finished in first place in the 4th qualifying group with 17 points. It left behind Croatia (16 points), Wales (12 points), Armenia (8 points) and Latvia (3 points) with a record 5N-2I-1H and goal collection 14 for – 7 against.
The talent data is overflowing, since its roster includes experienced footballers such as Tsalhanoglou, Arturkoglou and Kahvetsibut also… wonderkids, like him Arda Guler of Real Madrid and Kenan Yildiz of Juventus.
On the opposite bank the “protara” Agriculture. They have never, since 1991 when they broke away from the Soviet Union, managed to qualify for the finals of the competition. A team that no one thinks can stand out, but they traveled to Germany to defy all predictions.
The “crusaders” they have two points of reference in their team. Their big “star”, Hvitsa Kvaratshelia, but also the coach of the team, Willy Saniol, who has a lot of experience from such appointments, but as a football player.
On the one hand, her star Naples, is the best and highest quality Georgia has. On the other hand, French technician wants in his second appearance on the bench to overcome his threshold and make history with the team that eliminated our National Team.
Obviously, as Greeks, we don’t want to remember how Georgia got to the Euros, but if nothing else, its course was remarkable.
Initially, it failed to make it past the 1st group of the qualifying phase, as it finished 4th and penultimate, with a record of 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. It finished below Spain, Scotland and Norway, while above only Cyprus. However, they made the most of their second chance, which came via the play-offs, as they knocked out Luxembourg in the semi-finals, winning 2-0 at home, while beating Greece in the final, winning 4-2 on penalties.
POSSIBLE ELEVENS:
Turkey (Vicenza Modela, 4-2-3-1): Gounok – Ayhan, Demiral, Bardaksi, Candioglu – Kioccu, Calhanoglu – Guler, Yildiz, Yazici – Yilmaz
Georgia (Willy Chaniol, 3-5-2): Mamardashvili – Kakabatze, Dvali, Kasia – Kverkvelia, Kosorasvili, Kvekveskiri, Hakvetatze, Sengelia – Kvaratshelia, Mikautatze
Referee: Facundo Tejo (Argentina)
Field: Signal Induna Park (81,365)
Source: Sport Fm
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