Greece and Ireland face each other again tonight (10/13, 9:45 pm), just over a month after the game at the Aviva Stadium (Dublin), this time at “G. Karaiskakis” for the 4th round of the Nations League.
At the time, the National Team tied with the English for first place, but tonight they will welcome their “cousins” as undefeated, definitive and only leaders of the 2nd group of League B, after the victory at Wembley.
A great success, a tribute to the late George Baldock, whose memory will be duly honored tonight, away from home, in a packed Faleri stadium.
The National Team is called upon to manage a success that went around the world with a lot of noise, to show character, determination and to follow through on the immediate objective, which can only be other than first place and promotion to the football elite of the Europe, League A.
Competitively, Koulierakis has been left out for England and is unavailable, with Retso and Hatzidiakos vying for a place alongside Mavropanos.
The expectation is that Mandalos will return to the starting lineup, while Masouras will also start.
With these data, the National Team should start with Vlachodimos, Rota, Mavropano, Retso, Giannoulis, Kourbelis (or Mandalo), Siopi (or Mandalo), Masoura, Bakaseta, Tzoli and Pavlidis.
For Ireland, Heimir Hallgrimsson should line up Kelleher, O’Cee, Collins, Scales, Brady, Cullen, Knight, Smodiks, Ogbene, Azaz and Ferguson.
The blue and whites have five wins and a draw in the last games against the national team, and it should be noted that away from home, Greece has four wins in the same number of visits to Dublin.
The match will be led by Dutchman Joey Coy.