Greece-Ireland: With loads from England for Georgi…

With the soul of Georgie… A few days after the triumph at Wembley, the National hosts in the packed “Georgios Karaiskakis” the Ireland (9:45 p.m., Novasports, Alpha TV, bwinSPORT FM, www.sportfm.gr), looking for the 4/4 that will consolidate her alone at the top of the 2nd group of League B of the Nations League. A match in which hearts are expected to break, since the memory of the deceased will be honored for the first time within the borders George Baldock.

The group score

Her appearance National at “Wembley” on Thursday was legendary and at the same time shocking. The players of the “blue and white” managed to transform sadness into momentum. It was clear that everyone was playing for their friend and former teammate. THE Jovanovic he had an even shot, which was executed to perfection and both of his goals Pavlidis they brought the first victory of Greece in its history against England. It was such a spirited but also convincing display, that they did not chew the boys in blue and white in Bellingham’s equalizer in the 87th minute and found the end of the London rout in the 90th minute + 4th minute.

Now, the National they top the group, are +3 from England and hold their luck in their own hands regarding the top spot. If he succeeds, we will talk about a huge achievement, since he will be promoted to League A of the Nations League and will also significantly increase his chances of participating in the 2026 World Cup. For today’s game, Jovanovic certainly does not count on Ioannidis as well as punished Koulierakis, but saw them yesterday Constantelia, Tsimika to train and make themselves available to him. A treacherous match, since they will have to find their courage and manage to unlock the Irish defense in order to get another three points.

OR Ireland for her part, she appeared improved on Thursday. They picked up their first win, winning 2-1 at home to Finland, and are now looking for another positive result, which will mainly move them out of fourth and final place in the group. They have managed to keep a clean sheet just twice in their last ten away games. And these were in friendly matches, against Malta and Gibraltar. One realizes that they are not the best team in terms of suspension, something that our national team must take advantage of. He has 2 losses and 1 win. He did not score in the defeats, after being defeated 2-0 by Greece and England at home. This is a team that relies on its athleticism, puts power and speed into its game and tries to strike both from static phases and with various set pieces.

In the games between them, Greece absolutely excels. Specifically, in six matches, the blue and white have five wins and only one draw, which came in a friendly in 2022 (0-0).

POSSIBLE ELEVENS:

Greece (Ivan Jovanovic): Vlachodimos – Rota, Mavropanos, Hatzidiakos (Retsos), Tsimikas – Kourbelis, Mandalos – Masouras, Bakasetas, Tzolis – Pavlidis.

Ireland (Helmir Hallgrimson): Kelleher – O’Shea, Collins, Scales, Brady – Cullen, Knight – Ogbene, Azaz, Smodics – Parrott.

Referee: Yoey Kui (Netherlands)

Assistants: Just Van Zuilen (Netherlands), Patrick Inia (Netherlands)

Fourth: Yannick Van Der Laan (Netherlands)

VAR: Clay Ruperti (Netherlands), Jeroen Mansot (Netherlands)