Greece vs Turkey, 24th March

The Kop · Post by **The Kop** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:15 pm

21:30 in Athens, which makes it a 5am kick off here on Sunday morning 25th March (with daylight saving changes).

Rosemont will broadcast it. Interesting for this tie, venues accross Australia have been split up into Greek supporter only venues and Turkey supporter only venues by the broadcaster Setanta. Rosemont is listed as a Greek supporter only venue. Cost of entry will likely be $20
Tickets can be pre-purchased through tickitek venues or online, otherwise first in best dressed at the Rosemont.

Group C
------------------------------Pld-W-X-L-GD-Pts
1. Turkey----------------3 3 0 0 8 - 0 9
2. Greece----------------3 3 0 0 6 - 0 9
3. Norway----------------3 2 0 1 6 - 2 6
4. Bosnia-Herzegovina--4 1 1 2 8 - 11 4
5. Hungary---------------4 1 0 3 5 - 8 3
6. Malta-------------------3 1 0 2 4 - 8 3
7. Moldova--------------- 4 0 1 3 2 - 10 1

Results thus far

Moldova 0 Greece 1
Turkey 2 Malta 0
Hungary 0 Turkey 1
Greece 1 Norway 0
Bosnia-Herz 0 Greece 4
Turkey 5 Moldova 0

Both sides have 100% record, both sides are yet to conceed a goal.

Greece squad::
Gkekas (Bochum), Kyriakgos, Amanatidis (Frankfurt), Cahristeas (Feyenoord), Samaras (Manchester City), Fyssas (Hearts), Seitaridis (Atletico Madrid), Basinas (Mallorca), Katsouranis, Karagounis (Benfica), Giannakopoulos (Bolton), Kapsis (APOEL).
Foreign players only, domestic players to be named in the coming days.

Translator · Post by **Translator** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:31 pm

where can the Turk supporters go to watch the game :?

The Kop · Post by **The Kop** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:38 pm

I have no idea. They havent listed a Turkish venue for WA, SA or ACT.
Im guessing they will just rock up regardless and Rosemont will put them in the back room. Depending on how many Greek supporters there are.

olympiakos · Post by **olympiakos** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:22 pm

u can also watch it through setanta on the net, pay per view, i think its around 15

The Kop · Post by **The Kop** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:03 pm

yep there are a few places on the net you can see it for free too.
Also, anyone with GreekNetTV game will be on Mega.

But quality will never be the same as TV.

The Kop · Post by **The Kop** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:19 pm

Domestic players added::

Nikopolidis, Anatolakis, Torosidis (Olympiakos), Chalkias (Aris), Papadopoulos, Salpiggidis, Vyntra, Goumas, Tziolis (PAO), Dellas, Lymberopoulos (AEK)

Good to see Torosidis in the squad, he has been brilliant since his move from Xanthi.
Tziolis too has been in good form for PAO.
2 good youngsters who should be a part of the Greek midfield for years to come.

Dissapointed to see Vyntra there (who cant even make the XI at PAO) and Chalkias (a younger keeper should have been chosen for the experience).

Would like to see: Illiaidis,Balafas, Ninis and Papastathopoulos integrated soon too.

The Kop · Post by **The Kop** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:30 pm

Likely lineup::

-----------------Nikopolidis------------

Seitaridis----Dellas--Kyrgiakos--Fyssas

-------------------Basinas---------------
-----------Katsouranis--Karagounis----

--------Stelios--------------------Samaras
---------------------Gkekas-------------

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Personally would prefer to see Torosidis in for Basinas, and Lymbe in for Stelios or Samaras (we always play well when he plays).

The Kop · Post by **The Kop** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 12:53 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Nl2rwd8QU

olympiakos · Post by **olympiakos** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 1:51 am

i remember that game, i had it on video, the look on the russian keepers face is priceless, i dont care what anyone says greek fans are the most passionate in the world, u will never see scenes like that anywhere else in the world

olympiakos · Post by **olympiakos** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 1:54 am

The Kop wrote:Likely lineup::

-----------------Nikopolidis------------

Seitaridis----Dellas--Kyrgiakos--Fyssas

-------------------Basinas---------------
-----------Katsouranis--Karagounis----

--------Stelios--------------------Samaras
---------------------Gkekas-------------

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Personally would prefer to see Torosidis in for Basinas, and Lymbe in for Stelios or Samaras (we always play well when he plays).

i agree, lymbe is a better option, the greek forward line is now looking a little better than it used to, i think charisteas is better used off the bench, gkekas is in form and samaras is quality, basinas has done his dash and its time for him to go, lymbe in that line up, defence looks good too although i think dellas is injured, id prefer to see someone else instead of fyssas too, other than that i think we are heading in right direction after the failure of reaching the WC

arxidi · Post by **arxidi** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 4:24 am

interesting, although our attack looks pretty good, i think salpiggidis deserves to be somewhere in there...

or at the very least used off the bench...

on this note though, greek attack looks pretty promising - we have plenty of options..

-samaras
-charisteas
-salpiggidis
-gkekas
-amanatidis
-stelios
-lyberopoulos

surely our problems of the past (of not being able to score) should not continue to haunt us.... surely!!!

i agree though... time for fyssas to go and also (as kop said) we need a young keeper to come through the ranks... surely nikopolidis doesnt have too long left in him..

olympiakos · Post by **olympiakos** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 10:52 am

yes i forgot about salpi, out attack is much better than it was when we won euro so thats a good sign, whats happened to vryzas? is he at xanthi still? he has dropped off the radar, has he officially retired from the national team?

The Kop · Post by **The Kop** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:20 am

yeh he is retired from the the NT.
1 goal in 14 for Xanthi. But Xanthi are the bore draw kings.

Fyssas' time is surely up, but the problem is theres no natural left fullback to replace him. Lagos and Leonitou can play left full back but are both midfielders. Id be interested to see if Torosidis or a fit Patsasoglou can do the job there.

nickfahey · Post by **nickfahey** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:25 am

Its on sbs

Translator · Post by **Translator** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:28 am

can someone post the Turkish line up?

Is Emre playing?

Karagounis v Emre (torn between them)

The Kop · Post by **The Kop** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:48 am

Emre is out i believe. As to are German based midfielders Basturk and Halil Altintop. Number 1 keeper Rustu and highly rated Besiktas Gokhan Zan central defender are also out.
They are missing quite a few important players.

Likely Turkish lineup::
Volkan, Mehmet Topuz, Servet, ??, Uzulmez, Tugay, Nuri Sahin, Aurelio, Tuncay, Fatih Tekke, Hamit Altintop

The 6 in midfield and attack are quality. Tugay may be getting a little old, but still very good. Nuri Sahin is 18 and starting for Dortmund, Aurelio is the Brazilian Fenerbache player that was naturalised. Tuncay is a gun, but always injured. Tekke was leading scorer in Turkish league for many seasons and recently moved to Zenit St Petersburg for â‚¬9m (replacement for Kerzakov), and the other Altintop twin plays regularly for Shakle.

Id say on paper Turkey have a better squad.
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Nickfahey, wont be on SBS. Setanta pay per view channel (@ Rosemont) only on TV, otherwise plenty of free streams on the net if you have a quick enough connection.

olympiakos · Post by **olympiakos** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 5:28 pm

turkey are definetely a quality side, but something tells me at home we will win this one, it will be a highly emotional game, i dont need to tell the greeks why

arxidi · Post by **arxidi** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 5:30 pm

i reckon this will be another 0-0 draw

hope im wrong and we kick their asses..

gamst · Post by **gamst** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:08 pm

will be watching on the net most likely.

go turkiye

Red Soldier · Post by **Red Soldier** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:09 pm

ZHTO ELLAS

H TOURKIA MA LAKIA! H TOURKIA MA LAKIA! H TOURKIA MA LAKIA! H TOURKIA MA LAKIA!

HELLAS OLE! OLE! HELLAS OLE! OLE! HELLAS OLE! OLE! HELLAS OLE! OLE! HELLAS OLE! OLE!

SIKOSETO TO GAMIMENO, THEN BORO, THEN BORO NA PERIMENO!
SIKOSETO TO GAMIMENO, THEN BORO, THEN BORO NA PERIMENO!
SIKOSETO TO GAMIMENO, THEN BORO, THEN BORO NA PERIMENO!

http://www.adam.com.au/pagrati/greek.mp3

olympiakos · Post by **olympiakos** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:46 pm

u idiot, why post crap like that one here?

The Kop · Post by **The Kop** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:00 pm

Surprisingly Gokhan Zan and Emre are in!!!!!!
hmmmmm

Full squad of Turkeys...
Goalkeepers: Volkan Demirel (FenerbahÃ§e SK), Hakan Arıkan (Ankaraspor AŞ), Orkun Uşak (Kayseri Erciyesspor).

Defenders: Emre Aşık (Galatasaray SK), İbrahim Toraman (Beşiktaş JK), GÃ¶khan Zan (Beşiktaş JK), Servet Ã‡etin (Sivasspor), Bekir İrtegÃ¼n (Gaziantepspor), Hamit Altıntop (FC Schalke 04).

Midfielders: Arda Turan (Galatasaray SK), Sabri Sarıoğlu (Galatasaray SK), TÃ¼mer Metin (FenerbahÃ§e SK), Tuncay Şanlı (FenerbahÃ§e SK), Mehmet Aurelio (FenerbahÃ§e SK), İbrahim ÃœzÃ¼lmez (Beşiktaş JK), GÃ¶kdeniz Karadeniz (Trabzonspor), HÃ¼seyin Cimşir (Trabzonspor), Ferdi Elmas (Rizespor), Nuri Şahin (BV Borussia Dortmund), Emre BelÃ¶zoğlu (Newcastle United FC), Tugay Kerimoğlu (Blackburn Rovers FC), Mehmet Topuz (Kayserispor).

Forwards: Fatih Tekke (FC Zenit St. Petersburg), Hakan ŞÃ¼kÃ¼r (Galatasaray SK), GÃ¶khan Ãœnal (Kayserispor), Mehmet Yıldız (Sivasspor).

Red Soldier · Post by **Red Soldier** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:53 pm

olympiakos wrote:u idiot, why post crap like that one here?

Am i supposed to hide the fact that it is Greek National day on the 25th March, The day we officially took arms and fought for our independance against the turks in 1821 eh!. Ti ellinas eisai esi. This is our history it is not crap, and it will never be forgotten.

olympiakos · Post by **olympiakos** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:20 pm

Red Soldier wrote:
olympiakos wrote:u idiot, why post crap like that one here?
Am i supposed to hide the fact that it is Greek National day on the 25th March, The day we officially took arms and fought for our independance against the turks in 1821 eh!. Ti ellinas eisai esi. This is our history it is not crap, and it will never be forgotten.

not asking u to forget it but why bring politics into it? thats all im saying, by crap i meant the politics not the history

Red Soldier · Post by **Red Soldier** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:07 pm

olympiakos wrote:
Red Soldier wrote:
olympiakos wrote:u idiot, why post crap like that one here?
Am i supposed to hide the fact that it is Greek National day on the 25th March, The day we officially took arms and fought for our independance against the turks in 1821 eh!. Ti ellinas eisai esi. This is our history it is not crap, and it will never be forgotten.
not asking u to forget it but why bring politics into it? thats all im saying, by crap i meant the politics not the history

To fire everyone up!

olympiakos · Post by **olympiakos** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:40 pm

Red Soldier wrote:
olympiakos wrote:
Red Soldier wrote:
olympiakos wrote:u idiot, why post crap like that one here?
Am i supposed to hide the fact that it is Greek National day on the 25th March, The day we officially took arms and fought for our independance against the turks in 1821 eh!. Ti ellinas eisai esi. This is our history it is not crap, and it will never be forgotten.
not asking u to forget it but why bring politics into it? thats all im saying, by crap i meant the politics not the history
To fire everyone up!

fair enough but i think people are fired up enough about this without politics making an appearance, dont u think?

Red Soldier · Post by **Red Soldier** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 11:42 pm

olympiakos wrote:
fair enough but i think people are fired up enough about this without politics making an appearance, dont u think?

True, iv'e been reading up on the 'Greek Independance' lately and im getting strongly fired up on the history of the hellenic republic.

ZHTO ELLAS!

olympiakos · Post by **olympiakos** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:55 am

Red Soldier wrote:
olympiakos wrote:
fair enough but i think people are fired up enough about this without politics making an appearance, dont u think?
True, iv'e been reading up on the 'Greek Independance' lately and im getting strongly fired up on the history of the hellenic republic.

ZHTO ELLAS!

thats fine, im just making a point, u know what they say, politics and sport dont mix, i think we will win this game at home

Red Soldier · Post by **Red Soldier** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:03 pm

ZHTO ELLAS!

HELLAS OLE OLE! HELLAS OLE OLE! HELLAS OLE OLE! HELLAS OLE OLE!

EINAI ENA XORTOOO MAGIKOOOOOOO
DOSE MOU LIGO GIA NA PIOOOOOO
GIA THN ELLADA MOU NA ONIREFTOOOO KAI NA FONAKSO STO THEOO
ELLADA MOU
SE AGAPOOO
SAN IROINI SAN SKLIRO NARKOTIO
SAN TO XASIS
TO LSD
GIA SENA ELLADA MASTOURONI OLOI H GIOI

(RIGHT SIDE) ELLADA MOU
(LEFT SIDE) ELLADA MOU
(RIGHT SIDE)SE AGAPO
(LEFT SIDE)SE AGAPO
(RIGHT SIDE)OPOU KAI AN PAIZIS PANDA THA SE AKOLOUTHO
(LEFT SIDE)SE AKOLOUTHO
(RIGHT SIDE)ELLADA EDW
(LEFT SIDE)ELLADA EDW
(RIGHT SIDE)ELLADA EKI
(LEFT SIDE)ELLADA EKI
(RIGHT SIDE)OPOU KI AN PAIZIS PANDA THAMASTE MAZI
(LEFT SIDE)PANDA MAZI

COLOSSUS · Post by **COLOSSUS** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:35 pm

Look i dont like to bring politics into FOOTBALL because it does ruin it but on this occassion i hope we SKISI the crap out of those disrespectful KOLOPETHA, why u ask??? Because of independance day??? NO.

But because those turkish maggots (and calling them maggots is being nice to them the way i feel) have had the audacity to say ELLAS does not exist. Your probably thinking what is the COLOSSUS on about, well here it is. A few weeks back the European Union asked all the Countries of Europe including Turkey to give the EU what it thought its borders were and to give the EU what it thought its country should look like on the MAP. Well the Turks, smartassssses that they are pulled the biggest malaaaakia in modern day history by not even recognising that ELLAS existed and to add insult to the wound by claiming that all of ELLAS and its NISIA were turkeys land.

Now fuken stupid are these people, seriously??? Lets not forget that a few years back when Turkey had that massive Earthquake it was ELLAS who sent the biggest contingent of RESCUERS to help them. Lets not forget that half of Turkey has GREEK named Cities and that if Alexander really wanted too, he would of wiped them off the map with no problems whatsoever. I cant believe these guys would even begin to start up on their old tricks again but alas, the true turko in them just couldnt resist. I hope we smash them and i hope they limp back all the way to that scumbag country of theirs. Sorry but im pissed off, the Audacity of these people is amazing, just to think i was starting to give them alittle time of day after recent happenings, what the hell was i thinking???

H ELLAS POTE THEN PETHENI

ZITO H ELLAS

H TOURKIA, MPORI, NA PA NA GAMITHI