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The national team got off to a dream start in the World Cup qualifiers on our national holiday. Few would have expected that he could get a result against mighty Spain, but he did. The final 1-1 justifies the game plan of John Van Seep, who brought down a team that was threatened on a few occasions by an anemic Spain, who paid for their arrogance.
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Bacacetas with a penalty in the 57th minute was the blue and white team’s top scorer, while Luis Enrique’s hosts had gone ahead in the 33rd minute with a very nice goal from Morata. Our internationals did some things up front, but behind them they get a very good note, as they did not allow the Spanish to threaten Vlachodimos in many cases. Now, Nacional wants to redeem this result with a victory over Georgia in Toumba (3/31).
WITH THE ENCOURAGEMENT TO DEFEND FROM THE BEGINNING
At 4-3-3, John Van Seep led the National without a purebred striker, clearly showing his intention to basically defend and watch a counterattack to threaten Spain. It was an opera and it was done in training, since from the first minute the internationals gave us the ball to Luis Enrique’s footballers and they defended en masse, with the aim of building … a wall in front of Vlachodimos. The truth is that in the first half hour the Blue and Whites were threatened only in the 14 minute phase, when Koke sent the ball twice to the Greek players and could not score. It was the first stroke of red furja, which, however, did not have much intensity in its game, but seeing that Greece advanced very little.
AN INACTIVITY AND THE GOAL ARRIVED
In minute 32 Olmo caught a great shot with the right from the height of the area, which shook the crossbar of Vlachodimos and where everyone would think that “it was phase and passed”, seconds later came the goal that put the hosts ahead. Koke made a great ball to Moratas, who moved very well on Bakakis’s back, controlled with his chest and executed with his left from the small area, taking advantage of the slow reaction of Vlachodimos.
Spain made it 1-0 without “scaring” our National Team, but it was the team that most deserved it. Now, John Van Seep would have to change things in the game for our representative band, if he wanted to close the game.
THE HOPED “GIFT” FROM MARTINETH
With the start of the second half, Van Sip made double change. Tzolis replaced Mandalos and Siopis replaced Limnios. The PAOK winger went to the left and Masouras played on the right, while the Alanyaspor player was on the side of Zeka and Bouhalakis, maintaining the 4-3-3 line-up. To arrive at minute 55 and without a final in the Spanish house, when in an apparently easy phase Martínez found Masura on the knee in an attempt to chase and the referee showed the white ball. Bacacetas took over the execution and drew 1-1 in the 57th minute against the flow of the match. The National Team found the coveted goal without any phase of suspicion.
IDEALLY DEFENDED IN THE LAST HOUR
There was still a long time left and it was a fact that Spain would chase the second goal and put pressure on our National Team. Everyone’s composure and absolute concentration were required to get a positive result. The Spanish had the ball at their feet, but that didn’t pose a real threat to Vlachodimos. We would say the opposite, since until the last whistle of the referee, his good moments in the game were few. Blue and white got the grade fairly, even if it failed to get creative from the middle and front. But the result is important and it came with constant dedication until the last second. The hosts were arrogant and paid for it with a loss of two points …
THE IDENTITY OF THE PARTY
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
Assistants: Ciro Carbone (Italy), Giorgio Peretti (Italy)
Four: Fabio Maresa (Italy)
Goal: 33 ‘Morata – Corral of 57’. Μπακασέτας
SPAIN (Luis Enrique): Simon, Marcos Giorente, Ramos (46 ‘Martines), García, Gaia, Olmo (65’ Pedri), Rodri, Koke (72 ‘Alcantara), Ferran Torres (72’ Oriathabal), Morata, Canales (65 ‘Salvatierra)
GREECE (John Van Sip): Vlachodimos, Bakakis, Papadopoulos, Tzavellas, Tsimikas (80 ‘Kyriakopoulos), Bouchalakis, Zeka, Mandalos (46’ Tzolis), Limnios (46 ‘Siopis), Masouras (65’ Fortounis), Bakasetas (78 ‘Giakoumakis)
Photo credits: Eurokinissi
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