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Ethniki deserved to beat Slovenia in Rizupoli, the final 0-0 is unfair with the effort of our internationals, but the result is what counts and in this case the triple was the only doubt, if he wanted to finish first in the third group. of League C of the League of Nations.
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The Blue and White team finished second with a difference of two points from their rival tonight, who got what they wanted and keep open the opportunity offered by the organization to qualify for the World Cup, in case they do not triumph in the qualifiers. Now our National Team can only go to Qatar through qualifying.
The course cannot be considered successful, when it does not start first in a group with Slovenia, Kosovo and Moldova and John Van Sip will have to improve many things later, if he wants to achieve the goal he has set, that is, qualify for the World Cup in two years.
WITH 4-2-3-1 AND TWO CHANGES
John Van Sipp preferred not to change his line-up in relation to the winning match against Moldova, preferring the 4-2-3-1, which works and takes advantage of all this time on the Blue and White bench. However, in relation to Chisinau, the Dutch elector made two changes. One was referring to the axis, where he preferred Kourbelis over Bouchalakis, while at the top of the attack he placed Giakoumakis instead of Pavlidis. We remind you that the Fenlo forward had scored on his debut with Ethniki in the friendly with Cyprus in Rizoupoli. The federal coach did not want to take risks and basically trusted those who contributed the three points in the previous game.
HAD THE PHASES FOR GOALS, WAS NOT THREATENED
The Slovenians entered with the intention of pushing high in the Greek area from the first minute, wanting to hinder the movement of the ball of our internationals, who from the beginning were in the mood, chased the goal and created opportunities to achieve it. The first half ended without scoring, but Ethniki can say it was worth a goal based on the image and could have scored it in 3-4 cases.
Up to five minutes he had two good moments with Bacaceta and Limnio (good energy and breaking Giakoumakis’s ball), in the 14th minute Giakoumakis’s head from a good position ended in a corner to get the best opportunity in the half hour, when Tsimikas crossed from the left, Fortounis caught a header on the second crossbar, but the ball moved just before the goal line, without the white tie changing until the end of the 45th minute. Vlachodimos was more in the role of spectator in the first half of the game.
HARD AT THE START OF PART TWO
Pavlidis came in for Giakoumakis at the beginning of the second half, but our National Team does not have the same image as at the beginning of the first half. A Zeka shot from outside the area on 57 ‘could not worry Oblak, with the internationals unable to approach the Slovenian goal with demands. The more the minutes passed the guests, the more they looked back, since the zero behind would assure them first place.
IN THE END, OBLAK “SPOKE”
Of course, whenever Slovenia needed help, Oblak was there. The very good opportunity came in the 70s, when Bacacetas fired a lightning bolt with his left outside the area, but the Atlético goalkeeper showed why he has a clause of more than 100 million euros, making a great intervention. In the 84th minute, he made another terrible rebound on Pavlidis scissors, with the ball also hitting the horizontal bar. In all the other moments it took, he held steady and kept his home intact, giving his team the coveted edge.
THE MATCH OF THE MATCH:
Stadium: Rizoupoli (Athens)
Hellas: Vlachodimos, Tsimikas (90 ‘Kyriakopoulos), Mavrias, Chatzidiakos, Tzavellas (79’ Masouras), Kourbelis, Zeka (67 ‘Tzolis), Limnios, Fortounis, Bakasetas, Giakoumakis (46’ Pavlidis)
Slovenia: Oblak, Balkovec, M. Mevlija, Blazic, Stojanovic, Bocar (67 ‘Verbic), Kurtic, Bigol (77’ Vetrich), Lovric (92 ‘Skubic), Vucic (77’ Sporar), Ilicic (92).
Objective:
Yellow: 6 ‘Bohar, 21’ Kurtic, 56 ‘Tzavellas, 81’ Vetrich, 85 ‘Bakasetas, 87’ Limnios, 88 ‘Balkovets, 94’ Kyriakopoulos
Red: 90 ‘Hatzidiakos
Referee: Carlos Del Thero Grande (Spain)
Assistants: Carlos Juste Jimenez (Spain), Alonso Fernandez (Spain)
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