Scotland -Greece: A critical exit in… welcoming Glasgow – Niki for George

Difficult and critical exit for Greece. National faces (21:45, BWINSPOR FM 94.6, Sport-fm.gr, Alpha) Scotland for the 7th Group of the World Phase of the Mundial at “Hampden Park”. Where seven months ago he got a great “double” in an emphatic manner (0-3).

Then secured the rise to the 1st category of Nations League. Now he wants to take the lead for 2nd place and … he sees something better. Since it is currently 3rd and -1 from Scotland and Denmark.

This is how fate and the match are made just a year after the loss of George Baldok, in which Greek internationals want to dedicate the victory. “Every game has been feeling next to us since then. It’s hard to answer something about George. Everyone is missing, he was a very good character and a friend. We will definitely play for him too‘, reported Vangelis Pavlidis at the press conference.

It is recalled that in the World Cup qualifiers in the event of a tie criteria are the… below:

Goal difference

Better attack

More points in the games between each other

Better difference difference between them

Better attack between them

Best of each other’s home attack

Fair Play Score

Draw

OR Greece It landed abnormally with a 3-0 home defeat from Denmark in “G. Karaiskakis ”, a few days after the emphatic 5-1 over Belarus on the same stadium. Almost nothing worked properly for Jovanovic’s team in this particular match, which had only a good time at the start of the second half, but overall it was below the circumstances. Greece is therefore called upon to react and increase its chances to find itself in America, returning after 12 years in a big event.

OR Scotland He was drawn (0-0) at Denmark’s headquarters in the premiere, while in the 2nd match he passed 2-0 from Belarus then with Adams’ goal (43 ‘) and Volkov’s own goal (65’).

THE Dimitris Giannoulis He returned to the calls, having lost the two previous games due to an injury with Augsburg, while Pelkas, who is in the … pits, is absent. The 29 -year -old Buck has a serious chance of getting Tsimika’s place on the left.

“It’s a very important match. Due to the last result with Denmark, it becomes even more important. A team that has goals, each game will be of particular importance. For us above because of the last result and the dynamics of the opponent. It is a serious group, it is of great importance for the continuation of the qualifiers‘, he stressed at the press conference, adding in relation to the match against Denmark: ‘We have to change everything and when I say everything, I mean everything”

First call for Pavlos Pantelidis, who received … an invitation after the problem with Konstantinos Karetsa, who was suffering from a healing in the past. Genk’s ace has very good memories of this stadium, as she made a very good appearance last March. Like Constantiles, who will fight with Bakassetta for one place.

The mission of Greece: Vlachodimos, Mandas, Tzolakis, Mavropanos, Hatzidiakos, Retsos, Koulierakis, Rotas, Vagiannidis, Giannoulis, Tsimikas, Siopis, Zafiris, Mandalos, Mandalos, Kourbelis, Douvikas, Pantelidis

Hiam and Johnston is out, while Gordon was called, although the 42 -year -old goalkeeper has recently returned from injury and has not played this season with Harts. Outside is Sakland, though he scores seven goals with Harts in the league.

Scotland’s mission: Gordon, Kelly, Gunn, Hanley, Hendri, Hii, MacKena, Ralston, Robertson, South, Tirney, Christie, Ferguson, Doak, Gilmur, Maktominey, McGin, Maclin, Miller, Miller

Delivery:

Four times the two groups have been confronted. Two wins each has each. In Greece he won 1-0 in Athens and lost with the same score in Glasgow for the Euro 1996 qualifiers. The two games followed last March for the Nations League playoffs, with Scotland 1-0 in Faliro, while the blue-white responded with 3-0 to Glasgow.

The compositions

Greece (Ivan Jovanovic): Tzolakis (Vlachodimos) – Vagiannidis, Mavropanos, Koulierakis, Giannoulis (Tsimikas) – Kourbelis, Zafiris – Massouras, Konstalias (Bakassetas), Tzolis – Pavlidis

Scotland (Steve Clark): Gunn – Ralston, South, MacKena, Robertson – Gilmur, McGin, Ferguson – Maktominei, Doak, Adams

Referee: Esken Eskas (Norway)

Assistant: Jan Eric Engnan, Isaak Elias Bassevkin (Norway)

4th: Mohamanda Usman Aslam (Norway)

VAR: Paul Van Bekel (Netherlands), Avar: Christopher Hagen (Norway)