Greece international Sokratis Papastathopoulos has said that Laurent Koscielny remains an influential player for the club and he is hopeful that the Frenchman stays for many more years to come. The former France international has been speculated to be heading through the exit door this summer with reports emerging that the club are keen pursuing…
Read More Papastathopoulos backs KoscielnyAs the Euros are usually held about the same time every year, it is easy to reminisce the kind of games that were witnessed years back among the participating countries. For instance, on June 12th in 2004 Portugal had been a host to an opening match and their opponent team was in Greece. The latter…
Read More Giorgios And The Role He Played For GreeceFormer Fulham midfielder Giorgos Karagounis has announced his retirement from the game in order to focus on his role as the football director with the Greece national team. The Europeans recently appointed former Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri as their new manager. This was after Fernando Santos stepped down from his role after the World Cup…
Read More KARAGOUNIS RETIRESFernando Santos guided the Greek national football team to the Round of 16 which was the furthest that the squad had reached in their history. Greece faced off with Costa Rica and ultimately lost on a penalty shoot-out. Despite having made it so far, the contract of Santos expired the next day of his team’s…
Read More RANIERI REPLACES SANTOSGreek star Giorgos Karagounis has announced his retirement from international football after Greece were knocked out of the World Cup 2014 at the last 16 stage. Greece came into the match against Costa Rica looking to reach the quarter-finals. After getting a late equaliser to keep their hopes alive and take the match into extra…
Read More Karagounis Announces Retirement From International FootballFormer Fulham midfielder Giorgios Karagounis has claimed that people will be proved extremely wrong if they write of Greece even before the start of the World Cup 2014. Greece go into the competition as one of the least favourites to reach the knockout stages. They were faced with a similar expectation when they took part…
Read More Karagounis Has Belief That Greece Can Perform Well