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Giorgos Karagounis, speaking to the Sun ahead of the national team’s match against England, said among other things that our representative group should not compromise for victory.
The national team hosts England at OAKA for the fifth matchday of the Nations League. The legend of the National team, Giorgos Karagounis, in statements he gave to Sun he said among other things that the blue and white team should not settle for a draw because it is dangerous.
In detail what Giorgos Karagounis said to the Sun: “The game will be more important for Greece because topping the group would boost our chances for the World Cup. The statistics tell us that it is more difficult for Greece to qualify for the World Cup, while England should not have too many difficulties to succeed.
Beating England is always remarkable, especially in front of your home crowd. The win would also be huge in terms of confidence in the “real” World Cup qualifiers. Success in the Nations League is nice, but after 12 years we have to qualify for a major competition again.
Now there is more pressure on Greece after their excellent performance at Wembley. People’s expectations have risen and they now expect a similar result. The excitement is back and there will be 70,000 fans in the stadium.
A draw will do but we have to try and win because settling for a draw is dangerous as it increases the risk of losing. You always have to go into every game to win, it doesn’t matter if you’re playing against a top team like England.
But we have to have the same game plan as in England and show the same level of concentration and mentality. Players must believe in themselves, show respect but not fear.
It will not be easy for Greece because England may have underestimated us and not make the same mistake twice. But also it will be difficult for them to win in Greece, many of their players are missing…
The team is confident now and there are some young players who have raised the quality of the team. Winning at Wembley has helped the morale and confidence of the players a lot.
Greece plays very well and has the ability to play attacking football. They go for it, they create chances and they don’t just defend like they did in 2004.
Against England we scored five goals and they counted for two. This shows that we didn’t just defend, it was a super aggressive performance.
Tzolis is one of the new wave of players who have given the team the X-factor. He also has a good shot from distance and can repeat my goal against Portugal at Euro 2004. Bakasetas has also shown that he can score from outside the area.
Pavlidis has proven that he is a great footballer and plays for Benfica. But we should not compare him with Charisteas. They are different players with different characteristics. Pavlidis is a thoroughbred center forward while Angelos played as a winger at times and also defended“.
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