Articles tagged with "greece"
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 15th, 2008
I remember thinking in 2004 how great it was that Greece won the Euros. No one expected it, victory for the underdog, put the big ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 14th, 2008
Player of the Day: Another tough day, as no one really stood out. Tempted to say Zlatan, because one could make the argument that had ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 14th, 2008
It was the last day of the second round of group stage matches, and we have our four group winners. Spain joined Croatia, Holland ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 14th, 2008
GROUP D
June 14, 2045 CET, Salzburg (Austria)
Greece0
VS
Russia 1
Zyrianov 34'
Full time. Greece is done. Russia can beat Sweden and book their spot.
90+2': ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 14th, 2008
Greece
vs
Russia
Saturday, June 14, 2045 CET
Salzburg (Austria)
THE BIG PICTURE
The Greeks played their trademark defensive ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Takis | Jun 11th, 2008
Greece's title defense got off to a bad start last night in Salzburg. Greece opened their EURO 2008 campaign against Scandinavian side, Sweden. It appeared ...
Posted on: Sweden Euro 2008 Blog by Andrew | Jun 10th, 2008
Sweden win 2-0 against Greece in their opening match for the euro. Sweden played well and dominated the game in almost every fashion. Zlatan ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 10th, 2008
1. Guus Hiddink has a masterplan
He's figured that the sooner you get out of Euro 2008, the sooner you can get the Chelsea job. His ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 10th, 2008
GROUP D
June 10th, 2045 CET, Salzburg (Austria)
Greece0
VS
Sweden 2
Ibramovic 67', Hansson 72'
90' +2 : Almost all done here now. The second half got ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 10th, 2008
Greece
vs
Sweden
Tuesday, June 10th, 2045 CET
Salzburg (Austria) - Travel to Salzburg
THE BIG PICTURE
This is ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Takis | Jun 9th, 2008
Greece will kickoff its title defense with their opening Group D match against Sweden. Despite returning as defending champions, the Greeks are ranked heavy outsiders ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 6th, 2008
Group D isn't the Group of Death (if you don't which is, then get up to speed) but it is the Group of Hmm... Interesting.
You've ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 6th, 2008
All 16 Euro 2008 teams have nicknames, though some are more widely used than others. Many of the nicknames are simple reflections of the colour ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Takis | Jun 4th, 2008
Despite the recent poor performances by Greece, Greece's slump was not enough to see the Greeks slip in the FIFA rankings. With a 8th place ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Takis | Jun 4th, 2008
The defending champions will look for the form which saw them finish atop of Europe during the qualifying round, when they face off against Sweden ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Jun 3rd, 2008
Nickname: The Pirate Ship. (Would I make this up?)
Jersey: White with Blue (Home). Blue with White (Away.)
FIFA World Ranking (as of May ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 2nd, 2008
The final four teams enter our our Euro 2008 Jersey Poll Tournament today. We show you the national team jerseys in each group, you vote ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | May 30th, 2008
In our poll last week, the vote wasn't even close. The winner was...
CROATIA! With 44%(!!!) of the total votes. Poland was second ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | May 24th, 2008
Today, four of the sixteen teams going for Euro glory had warmup friendlies against sides that didn't manage to qualify for the big show in ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Takis | May 20th, 2008
The final whistle has blown, and Greece has come out 2-0 winners over Cyprus. It's the Greeks 7th consecutive victory in all competitions, while their ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | May 20th, 2008
This is Sotiris Ninis, the 18 year old Panathinaikos midfielder.
Greece coach Otto Rehhagel gave Ninis his international debut in yesterday's friendly against Cyprus, and within ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Takis | May 19th, 2008
It's halftime here in Patras; where the European Champions, Greece, are proving to be too much for the team from Cyprus. The game has provided ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | May 19th, 2008
The FIFA World Rankings for May were released recently, the final world rankings before Euro 2008 begins. So here's how FIFA ranks the Euro 2008 ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Takis | May 16th, 2008
Panathinaikos youngster has finally got the call from Greece Coach National Team coach, Otto Rehagel. The Greek coach announced today which players were included in ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Greg | May 16th, 2008
Photo: Getty Images If we ignore history, we shall be doomed to repeat it. If seeing this doesn't get you fired up, you don't ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | May 14th, 2008
This is part of ESPN's newest ad campaign, aimed at American audiences. There are five spots at present: Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, and ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | May 1st, 2008
Over at UEFA's Euro 2008 website, fans of all 16 teams have voted on which slogans to emblazon on the team buses. The results are ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Takis | Apr 22nd, 2008
Out of all the positions on Greece's National Team, the most secured falls in Greece's last line of defence: goaltending. The defending champions will have ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Takis | Apr 11th, 2008
Greece made history once again, when FIFA published its latest edition of the World Rankings this past Wednesday. Previously Greece's highest ranking was 10th, a ...
Posted on: Scotland World Cup Team Blog by Ian Rose | Apr 9th, 2008
No big surprises in the FIFA World Rankings announced today. Our draw with Croatia wasn't enough to keep up the good points average of ...
