At the SOCCA WORLD CUP 2024, the Greek Team yesterday met France in a friendly game, one of the most difficult teams in the tournament, and coach Bastakis had the opportunity to see some new tests on the mat. Djibril Cisse played 18 out of 40 minutes for France and despite his 43 years, he shows that art is not forgotten!
In the first half, Greece had possession and with its pressure wanted to make it difficult for the French, while in the second half the goalkeeper Velissarios Pappas, who got playing time for the first time, scored a goal that no one would have ever imagined from one home to the other in unsuspected time. Towards the end of the game, the Greek coach tested Mourtzakis as a flying goalkeeper, a condition that we will probably see in games where the Greek team will be behind in the score. After repeated tragic refereeing errors within 1 minute where Greece was punished with two two-minute suspensions after not indicating a clean penalty and then canceling Dermisis’s goal and with a numerical disadvantage of 2 players, Cisse with a great spot gave his team the friendly victory (2 -1).
A day earlier the Greek team started their official journey to this year’s Socca World Cup in Oman with a point, as the derby against Belgium ended in a 1-1 draw. The game was characterized by good defense and limited chances, but with Greece having most of the possession & control.
There are now two “final” for the Greek team with Iraq and Cyprus to be among the 16 best teams in the world for the third year in a row. Next game of the Greek team today at 19:00 with Iraq in a live broadcast from Cosmote Sport 8HD.
Source: Sport Fm
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