All the good people gathered in Essen to honor him Otto Rehagel! The Legends of 2004 they put on the blue and white again and faced them UEFA All Starswho prevailed over the European champions, 2-1, with a twist.
What if she had a… galaxy of stars in front of her? The homogeneity of Rehagel’s players showed, with Charisteas threatening and Nikopolides invincible under the posts.
The Greek goal came in the 15th minute, when Giannakopoulos finished the phase perfectly after an exemplary cross from Karagounis. It was preceded a minute earlier by a terrible turn by Katsouranis, who sent the ball into the net but it was offside.
Charisteas squandered a great chance in the 25th minute, with James coming out the winner, as Nikopolidis later did with efforts from Figo and Materazzi. In the end, 1-0 was the score of the first half.
The second half started with the All Stars and especially him Figo to press, with the Portuguese legend finally finding the back of the net with a close range shot in the 53rd minute.
A terrific inspiration from long range by Karagounis went wide in the 58th minute, with Llorente having a goal disallowed in the 69th minute and Luis Garcia to complete the upset with a powerful shot two minutes later.
The teams’ lineups
Legends 2004: Nikopolidis, Fyssas, Kapsis, Dellas, Seitaridis, Dabizas, Zagorakis, Giannakopoulos, Katsouranis, Karagounis, Charisteas
Also competing were Goumas, Chalkias, Dambizas, Lakis, Tsiartas, Papadopoulos, Katergiannakis, Kafes, Vryzas, Venetidis
UEFA All Stars: James, Sylvester, Materazzi, Campbell, Keane, Makelele, Essien, Seedorf, Sania, Figo, Kluifert
Carrebe, Mendieta, Llorente, Luis Garcia, Thiago, Lehmann also competed
Source: Sport Fm
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