Greece U-19 in Quarterfinals of Austria

[plato-ny]

Greece U-19 team in first place in its division and is heading to the Quarterfinals in Austria. Greece won in Italy 2-0, tied in Croatia 2-2 (a game where Croatia tied at the 89th minute), and defeated Sweden at home 4-0 today.

Qualifying teams
Greece Portugal Spain France Russia Romania Serbia Austria

Tournament resumes in July

[Hellas40]

Great to hear the youngsters are doing well. Makes the future seem promising for Greek soccer.

ELLADA OMADA!!!!!

[plato-ny]

2007 UEFA European Under-19 Championship finals group stage draw

Group A
Austria
Spain
Greece
Portugal

Group B
Germany
Russia
France
Serbia

16/7/2007: Greece-Portugal
18/7/2007: Αustria-Greece
21/7/2007: Spain-Greece

[OCFP]

2007 UEFA European Under-19 Championship finals group stage draw

Group A
Austria
Spain
Greece
Portugal

Group B
Germany
Russia
France
Serbia

16/7/2007: Greece-Portugal
18/7/2007: Αustria-Greece
21/7/2007: Spain-Greece


Portugal and Spain just like the Euros :croc:

Portogali portogali, etimasou gia tin tsonda tin megali

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http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/news/kind=1/newsid=557200.html

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http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/news/kind=1/newsid=560080.html

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http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/news/kind=1/newsid=556611.html

Top scorers of U-19 so far:
Mitroglou is second.

5 Juan M Mata (ESP)
4 Kostas Mitroglou (GRE)
4 Bjarni Thor Vidarsson (ISL)

[plato-ny]

aye aye captain

Understood, private.

[plato-ny]

Off topic post!

He's bored and does not know what to do with himself. I guess there is nothing going in the Bosnia forum and he ruined this thread....

[poutismalakas]

He's bored and does not know what to do with himself. I guess there is nothing going in the Bosnia forum and he ruined this thread....
I have deleted the off topic posts! ALL I want is IF you have a issue with someone PLEASE take it to PM or ask a mod to get involved!

[PAO_HELLAS]

Greece-Portugal 1-0 today

The goal was scored by Kostas Mitroglou in the 52th minute.

[OCFP]

Greece-Portugal 1-0 today

The goal was scored by Kostas Mitroglou in the 52th minute.


And his transfer to Olympiakos is complete. Nice pickup. Congrats to Greece's youngsters.

[poutismalakas]

Greece-Portugal 1-0 today

The goal was scored by Kostas Mitroglou in the 52th minute.
NICE!

[plato-ny]

Greece beat Portugal again. Benfica64 must be losing his mind right now...

16/07/07 Grp A Greece 1 - 0 Portugal
16/07/07 Grp B Germany 3 - 2 Russia
16/07/07 Grp B France 5 - 2 Serbia
16/07/07 Grp A Austria 0 - 2 Spain

Group A Pld Pts
Spain 1 3
Greece 1 3
Portugal 1 0
Austria 1 0

Group B Pld Pts
France 1 3
Germany 1 3
Russia 1 0
Serbia 1 0


http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/fixturesresults/round=15066/match=300898/index.html

[plato-ny]

Greece-Portugal 1-0 today

The goal was scored by Kostas Mitroglou in the 52th minute.

He scored 5 goals in the whole tournament so far...

[poutismalakas]

Greece beat Portugal again. Benfica64 must be losing his mind right now...

16/07/07 Grp A Greece 1 - 0 Portugal
16/07/07 Grp B Germany 3 - 2 Russia
16/07/07 Grp B France 5 - 2 Serbia
16/07/07 Grp A Austria 0 - 2 Spain

Group A Pld Pts
Spain 1 3
Greece 1 3
Portugal 1 0
Austria 1 0

Group B Pld Pts
France 1 3
Germany 1 3
Russia 1 0
Serbia 1 0


http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/fixturesresults/round=15066/match=300898/index.html

I know! He must be in one of the other forums screaming bloody murder!?

[plato-ny]

I know! He must be in one of the other forums screaming bloody murder!?

Greece had more shots and more shots on goal than Portugal. They also had a higher ball possesion...

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GREECE 1-0 PORTUGAL

Nikolaos Nioplias, Greece coach
It was a fair result; Portugal were very dangerous from crosses, especially in the first half and we lost our way a bit after the goal but that's normal. We wanted to protect the result and it's natural you become more nervous then while some players picked up yellow cards so they had to be more careful and were a bit afraid. It's good to start with a win, it gives the team confidence; they knew they were a good team and now they have more evidence of that. We played well today but we'll have to do so again on Wednesday if we want another win.

Edgar Borges, Portugal coach
My players are heroes to play in such warm weather. The match was very even, we both had chances and Greece played as we expected - they're a very strong team. Our first-half strategy was to calm the match and to play harder in the second half, make the ball do the work. However, we had to try everything to win the match after falling behind; Greece had more luck than us in the end but the fairest result would have been a draw. Small details made the difference today; Greece are a good team but they had more luck in the final third of the pitch because they scored a goal and we didn't even though the teams had the same amount of chances. Their goalkeeper made two great saves and we have to underline that.

Rehhagel will be at the Wednesday match with Austria...

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/news/kind=1/newsid=561680.html

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/news/kind=1/newsid=561976.html

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Mitroglu scores another as Greece take a 1-0 lead in the 15'. A penalty tied the game in the 61'. The game ended as a draw as each team ended with 10 players 2 mins from time. Spain drew as well so the standings look as

Spain 4
Greece 4
Portugal 1
Austria 1

Greece wont qualify if they lose and only if Austria wins with better goal difference, which greece is +1, and Austria -2.

Looks like France, Germany, Spain, and Greece in the final four. Its just an honor to be mentioned in those class teams.

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Spain 4 3-1
Greece 4 2-1
Portugal 1 1-2
Αustria 1-3

France 4 6-3
Germany 4 4-3
Serbia 3 8-7
Russia 0 4-9

Mitrouglou now has 6 goals in the tournament.

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/fixturesresults/round=15066/match=300901/report=rp.html

[Hellas40]

Greece wont qualify if they lose and only if Austria wins with better goal difference, which greece is +1, and Austria -2.

Looks like France, Germany, Spain, and Greece in the final four. Its just an honor to be mentioned in those class teams.

I was worried about the competition format, so i checked it........your right Greece will only get knocked out if they lose and Austria win by at least 3 goals.
Good to see the youngsters doing well, i have been reading that ninis is carving them up.

Oh yeah.......its de ju vu for Benfica64, he must be crying just like ronaldo was 3 years ago....lol....

[PAO_HELLAS]

Androutsos injured - he is losing the rest of the tournament: http://www.contra.gr/Soccer/Europe/Euro/Greece/161044.html

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AUSTRIA 1-1 GREECE

Hermann Stadler, Austria coach
Both sides fought hard. I was really happy with our spirit but for the first 25 minutes we were terrible, too slow and launched too many high balls. We didn't want to play like this because we knew the Greece defence are very strong in the air. We had a good chance to score at the end of the first half and we would have deserved an equaliser then but as it was we went in a goal down. Our two changes at half-time improved us a lot and we prevented Greece from creating any good chances in the second half. We didn't have many either but with a bit more luck we could have got another goal and perhaps won the game. The atmosphere in the stadium was sensational. I've been here for other games but it was never as good as it was today.

Nikolaos Nioplias, Greece coach
Austria were the better team in a physical sense but we started very well and could have killed off the match if we would have gone 2-0 ahead. We played very well for 45 minutes, and had two great chances at the end of the first half, but the game changed in the second half. Austria knew they would be out if they lost and their coach did a good job. They altered their approach and pressed forward to create more chances but although they had lots of the ball, they didn't create many openings. I'm very happy with the result, it's a good result for us and qualification for the semi-finals is in our own hands. That's all you can ask.

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Greece lost starting goalkeeper for rest of tournament
http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/news/kind=1/newsid=562636.html

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/news/kind=1/newsid=563010.html

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/news/kind=1/newsid=563042.html

Mitroglou's goal against Austria
http://youtube.com/watch?v=maVmODLx-Ps

[PAO_HELLAS]

Greece-Spain 0-0

After this result, our U-19 NT qualifies to the semi-finals of the tournament. The next opponet will be France, Germany or Serbia.

[plato-ny]

Greece will play against Germany and Spain will play against France. All 4 teams automatically qualified for the FIFA U-19 WC next year. Mitroglou missed a penalty at the 58' and the game ended 0-0. Anyway of changing the title of the thread?

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/fixturesresults/round=15066/match=300906/report=rp.html

SPAIN 0-0 GREECE

Juan Santisteban, Spain coach
We struggled to get going in the first half, although Greece did not allow us to play the way we know we can. Greece did not attack too much and we knew we would win the group with a point so it was a bit strange we were the ones who had to push forward to get the win. They were happy to drop back a lot and made it hard for us to play. They didn't show much in attack; they didn't really try to score or get men forward. This type of match can be dangerous because you're invited to attack but at the same time you don't want to concede yourself.

Nikolaos Nioplias, Greece coach

It's very important to be in the semi-finals but we won't have any chance if we start that game with the same mentality we showed here, although the second half was a big improvement. Once we learned Portugal were winning 2-0, both teams dropped off and tried to protect the result. In my experience I understand that even if you don't really want to play for a draw, your mentality is to do that because in this case we knew it was enough to qualify. We always want to win games but both sets of players knew beforehand one point would be enough so it was natural they settled for that in the end.

[plato-ny]

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/news/kind=1/newsid=563566.html

[PAO_HELLAS]

Greece-Germany 3-2. Greece in the final!

Ninis, Mitroglou and Lambropoulos scored the goals. In the final we will play against the winner of the Spain-France game.

http://www.contra.gr/Soccer/Europe/Euro/Greece/161634.html

[poutismalakas]

Greece-Germany 3-2. Greece in the final!

Ninis, Mitroglou and Lambropoulos scored the goals. In the final we will play against the winner of the Spain-France game.

http://www.contra.gr/Soccer/Europe/Euro/Greece/161634.html
NICE Our future LOOKS VERY PROMISING!!!!!!

[OCFP]

Very Nice.

[plato-ny]

Spain beat France in penalties. Greece meets Spain on Friday. Greece played with 10 players when Greece was winning 2-1 and without its starting goalie. Spain will play without its #2 and #9 player against Greece. Greece showed lots of heart and spirit. Avoiding defeat to host, beating Portugal, tying Spain, beating a Germany team that was like the Czechs of Euro 2004, an Iberian team in the final. Shades of Euro 2004, indeed.

http://www.epo.gr/photos/ethnikes/hellenic/mu19/match/gre_team_celebr_b.jpg

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/f.../report=rw.html (http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/fixturesresults/round=15067/match=300909/report=rw.html)

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/f.../report=rp.html (http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/fixturesresults/round=15067/match=300909/report=rp.html)

Anyway of changing the title thread?

[plato-ny]

Germany-Greece 1-0 (Ben-Hatira - 25') (http://youtube.com/watch?v=FZGWDhpJMm4)
Germany-Greece 1-1 (Ninis - 40') (http://youtube.com/watch?v=iQfSZfp5xkE)
Germany-Greece 1-2 (Mitroglou - 58') (http://youtube.com/watch?v=3yViDDZa91o)
Germany-Greece 2-2 (Penalty: Ben-Hatira - 65') (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OOjhrlREAU)
Germany-Greece 2-3 (Lambropoulos - 90') (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygPIN71C5B4)

This link has better quality:
http://www.sport.gr/football/hellas08/070724/greger3.asp#

Greek commentary:
http://www.goal4replay.net/GoalWatch.asp?ID=2344&Ln=En

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Previous Youth Finals History:

Spain-Greece 1-0 u21 1998
France-Greece 3-0 u21 1988
USSR Greece 4-0 u17 1985

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http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/news/kind=1/newsid=563973.html

http://www.norskefans.com/image/1/25910.jpg

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http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/news/kind=1/newsid=564555.html

Excerpts from the above link:

"I've been impressed defensively with the set-ups of them all. All have played with a flat back four, Greece are the only team that have been able to adapt; they played one game in a 3-5-2, and in the semi-final they switched from their normal 4-3-3 to 4-4-2..."

"Sotiris Ninis has been excellent for Greece..."

Suspensions for the match
http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/news/kind=1/newsid=564534.html

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/news/kind=1/newsid=564624.html

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/fixturesresults/round=15068/match=300911/report=pr.html

Bring it home, Niko.
http://www.uefa.com/multimediafiles/photo/competitions/under19/564609_biglandscape.jpg

Rehhagel will be at the match

[PAO_HELLAS]

Spain-Greece 1-0

The defeat doesn't matter. These guys still deserve congratulations because with their good appearance in this tournament they gave us a pleasant surprise and they proved Greek Football has a future.

[OCFP]

Yup. Congrats guys. Hopefully this wasnt a fluke.

[plato-ny]

Bravo to the young Greeks of U-19. Their making the final, along with the u-19 team making the quarterfinal in 2005, shows that Greek soccer has a solid future.

http://media.feed.gr/filesystem/images/20070728/engine/goalnews_LARGE_t_1041_425181_type11444.jpg

In 1998, Greece lost to Spain, the same team in the u-19 final, in the U-21 final with the same score and the same kind of goal and Greece would win Euro 2004 with most of those same players. Omen, perhaps?

Best players of U-19 according to uefa.com

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/news/kind=1/newsid=564734.html

[OCFP]

I would have thought Mitroglu would have been there as well since he shared the golden boot. Good things are to come from these 4 players.