U17 Greece – Hungary 2-2: First and undefeated in the next stage, the National Children’s National Team

The National Children’s National Team drew 2-2 with Hungary and ended their obligations undefeated in the 6^the group of the first qualifying phase of Euro U17. The blue and white team was the first to secure its presence in the second round.

Our representative group led with Siozio at 11^the however, the Magyars turned the game around with the goals of Lakatos in the 31st minute and Santa in the stoppage time of the first half. In the 48th minute, however, the newcomer Theocharis found the net for the final 2-2.

The National Children’s National Team now turns its attention to the draw for the second qualifying phase, which will take place on Thursday, December 5 at 11:45.

• GREECE (Vasilis Papadakis): Nikolaidis, Siozios, Mokris (73′ Krommidas), Bydra, Berdos, Nempis (86′ Avramoulis), Chnaris (46′ Theocharis), Moysiadis (62′ Ioannou), Gazis, Tsiokos (62′ Kapellas), Lavdas.
• HUNGARY (Andal Nemeth): Mark, K. Lakatos, M. Lakatos, Arnic, Ranko (59′ Militz), Rab, Santa (76′ Gulas), Zubor, Maditi (59′ Petrok), Galabos (76′ Niers), Magiariks (68′ Golic).

After the final whistle of the match, the national coach, Vassilis Papadakis, said: “It was a big challenge this tournament because the time we had at our disposal was minimal, however the preparation in terms of scouting and analysis of the opponents was excellent and helped us to formulate our game plan, which was executed to the absolute extent by the lads , who are especially happy about the first place.

Now we have our own competitive identity, we play aggressively and with courage and these elements helped us to win the first place and the qualification. Both with the results and with our performances, we fulfilled our promise before the start of the tournament, to represent the National Team worthily and I really want to congratulate everyone.

All in all, I think a fantastic job was done by everyone and the team staff and the players who were the protagonists of this success. It is important that the children gained important experiences from the official tournament, as supplies for the future, which will benefit them in their development as professional footballers. Even more important is the fact that by participating in the second qualifying phase they will gain more experience against more competitive and quality teams.”