EURO 2008 INFO

If we look at the betting on who will win the Euro 2008, to find nine countries ahead of the current champion, Greece. But it is time for the screening Otto Rehhagel open his mouth to complain.

The odds were 100 to 1 against him when defeated Portugal and took up with the Euro in 2004. In addition, the friendly last week against lusos also showed that they are more than capable of beating the best teams in Europe again…

FROM AS HIGH

With a curriculum of 43 victories in 78 parties it is not surprising that Rehhagel, the first screening "foreigner" to win the Euro, showing relied on repeating the gesture, especially with a team that reaches the tournament in a great moment of form. With 10 wins and one defeat, Greece finished Group C leader with more points than any other selection (31). In addition, and perhaps this should not surprise us, six of its players appearing in the classification Performance Index Castrol.

EXPERIENCE IN ZAGA

In 2004, Greece cemented his victory in a big defense that only fit four goals. And it seems that this year they have no thought of changing strategy. The player of Eintracht Frankfurt Sotirios Kyrgiakos was the second best defense in the classification with 1,817 points (despite the fact that Greece was unable to match the spectacular defensive record of Germany in the qualifying round). Its total fell after the friendly face of Portugal last week, but after having played all parties classification with "pirate ship" and help maintain the goal to zero in two of the last six matches, got a good figure thanks to a good job overall and a double in the two crucial tie against Norway.

The experienced Trainos Dellas has all the numbers to accompany Kyrgiakos in a defensive line of four men who completed the player Atletico Madrid Giourkas Seitaridis on the right and left by Vassilis Torosidis. Seitaridis amount 1,120 points as a result of their defensive seriousness, its good passes and their ability to join the attack.

IF NOTHING IS BREAK…

The Greek center of the field has much of the components of the team that took the cup in 2004. The couple mediocentros Angelos Basinas and Konstantinos Katsouranis continues at the helm of the team, Georgios Karagounis behind the pair or trio attacker: This veteran of 31 2004 in the opening match against Portugal, while his two goals against the same lack of a rival last week show that remains just as dangerous. His distress at the balloon launchings to stand, his power and his tactical ability to help and send balls to the front led him to add 1,759 points that placed it in third place in the classification of centrocampistas.

WEAPONS OF ATTACK

With a total of six goals between the two in the last six matches of the classification, attacking duo formed by Theofanis Gekas and Ioannis Amanatidis is the favourite to fill the offensive line. Despite marking the dual goals of her partner, Gekas was behind him at the end of the qualifying round due to the fact that three of his goals were against weak selection of Malta, on the contrary, Amanatidis became a goal of great value against Turkey in Istanbul after breaking away from the game to control a good pass in depth and lifting the ball over goalkeeper turkish.