On Friday, let's talk about a Euro qualifier, Greece vs Ireland.
Greece in the impression is also a representative of the anti-opposition team, regardless of the strength of the opponent, the former Dutch coach Van Thipp is more conservative, and even a little obscene. But after Shenhua's old coach Poyette took office, Greece has played a lot more openly, and the coach's leadership style is the same as when he was a player, with some all-offense and all-defense meaning, more emphasis on attack, more passionate, and on-the-field adjustments are also very bright.
However, to support his style of play, two key points need to be achieved. First, there needs to be a good back, and the current responsibility is Trabzon sports midfielder Theopis, a defensive midfielder who has done an excellent job of running and fighting for the ball, and his close keeping an eye on Pedri in the European Qualifiers against Spain is impressive, and he has fully secured his starting position since Poyet took over.
Second, efficient strikers who can score. This is not ideal, because Greece's current attacking state is still not very stable, efficient Eredivisie striker Pavlydes may not be wearing shooting boots in the national team, only one in the past 12 games, the only player in the team to play in the five major leagues, Limnios, this season in Cologne substitutes can not play, and this season the former Soviet Premier League golden boot Yakumakis has returned, but he has not played much in the national team.
Therefore, when encountering a defensive opponent, it is actually very difficult for Greece to open the situation. Ireland is such a defensive team, meeting France in the first round of the European Qualifiers, only one opponent scored, or defender Pavard broke the deadlock with a long-range shot from the world. When defending, they will even let 10 players stand in the box to defend, saying that it is not enough to put a bus, it is completely a leaky concrete wall.
In fact, Ireland's central midfield lineup is not bad, three goalkeepers are playing in the five major leagues, Collins is also very bright in Wolves, the defense is fierce, the header is also very threatening, Sheffield United's main defender Egan is also about to be promoted to the Premier League, and other central midfielders are almost all the main players of the Championship, and the strength is guaranteed.
What are the main problems in Ireland? In fact, the players in the forward line are not very powerful. In this list, the most talked about is Brighton youngster Evan Ferguson, everyone else is not efficient, Auba Fermi is not guaranteed to be on the bench at Burnley this season, and Guimaraes forward John Stone has scored only one in 25 games. To add insult to injury, Rotherham striker Ogburn is also missing this month's European qualifiers due to a hamstring injury, and the wing has another breaking point, the player is fast, and in the last game, the French defender needed to use fouls to defend him.
So Irish coach Stephen Kenny said that today to try to get the first point of the European preliminaries, the meaning is very clear, that is, try to do a good job of defense, attack or something, just give up for the time being, after all, there is no reliable attacker, before the friendly game played Greece, Ireland also did not score.
In particular, Greece's defense is strong. Greece has two main defenders, Zimikas and Mavropanos, who play in the five major leagues, and several others are almost all regular regulars in the Greek Premier League or the Eredivisie, and in last year's UEFA Nations League, they also used Bowdock, the Sheffield defender who is also returning to the Premier League this season, which is a great complement to Greece's defense.
Greece's home stadium is strong, how strong is it? In recent years, they have scored all but one defeat to Spain, during which they have also beaten hard-boned Sweden. Now they are in the same group as France and the Netherlands, and if they still want to qualify, then they must work hard to win the points that Ireland and Gibraltar deserve.
Such a contest between two defensive teams, Greece may not be easy to play the advantage, but it is still very worth looking forward to scoring one more at home, and we must also beware of the possibility of shaking hands and making peace, what is everyone's opinion?
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