Goumas: “The effort of our internationals is touching – Through such victories come the qualifiers”

The effort of our internationals in the game with England praised the Yannis Goumas.

The veteran footballer spoke to Metropolis on the occasion of the great success at Wembley, speaking of a historic victory, pointing out that through such victories come honors for a team and qualification to major events.

The statements of Yannis Goumas:



for the victory of the Greek National Team against England



“It is a historic victory, not only because it was England’s first, but also because it will go down in memory of George Baldock. There were emotional moments, the expression of sadness, the emotional celebrations for the players, the shirt raised in the air at Wembley, all of this adds up to a special victory.”

for appearance:



“As I said, if the National Team wants to be in major competitions, it must win big, yesterday it did one of them. He scored a great victory, he didn’t steal the victory, he took it and through this victory is the beginning of something big and to experience moments that will give us the ticket for the final stages of Euro and World Cup.

England have world class players, they score a lot and the fact that we restricted them to the final two tries shows the extent of the sacrifice of the Greek players who all reached their peak performance, they made us rub our eyes with this performance. The national team scored four goals and both were briefly disallowed for offside, but this picture speaks volumes.”

for whether a player stood out:



“There is not a single player who has fallen behind, everyone was emotional and gave their heart, I can’t single out one player.”

for the upcoming game against Ireland:



“In football and in life, duration counts, we should not be satisfied with just this result, they should have the appropriate continuity against Ireland, having as a supporter the people who will be there. I would say that the future belongs to her…”

on how to manage the match:



“Step by step and game by game we must go along, the children must continue like this and manage the emotions that come from within them. I, for my part, want to express my condolences to Baldock’s relatives, let it be the last moment of sadness and through such situations we should be more human and not tarnish the memory of every dead person like some television journalists”.