The 33-year old wants his side to beat Germany so they can give the people back home something to cheer about.
The 2004 European Champions face Germany in the quarter-finals of this year’s European Championships. Die Mannschaft however, have been in tremendous form, they picked up nine points from their Group B encounters, and conceded
only two goals.
Joachim Low’s side were placed in a very difficult group which was dubbed as the ‘Group of death’ included the likes of Portugal, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denmark-c2884.
Fernando Santos’ side, on the other hand, surprised an in form Russian side, who were tipped to qualify for the knock outs, instead they succumbed to a 1-0 loss at the hands of the Ethniki.
The political significance of this fixture will add some spice to it. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 for bringing their economy to its knees through the austerity
measures.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984. In his opinion, he along with his teammates should give their best and beat Germany,
in order to make the people back home something to celebrate.
"There is this feeling of self-sacrifice in the team, just like in 2004. We are here to represent our country, which is going through a lot,” he is quoted as saying in an interview.
Although the Panathinaikos midfielder considers Die Mannschaft to be clear favourites to win the tie, but he thinks his side has a chance of springing a surprise and upsetting the odds. The 33-year old downplays the political significance
of the match, and insists that politics will pave way for Football.
"The Germans are the favourites while we are the outsiders, but we do have some small chances of pulling of another minor miracle. For any political questions you have, we have a new prime minister who you can call."
Die Nationalelf will be wary of this Greek side, who have shown their resilience in the past by winning the European Championship in 2004. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-c13609 Santos’s men are very good when it comes to defending and hitting teams on the
break.
So no matter how organized or attack minded the Germans are they cannot afford to underestimate their opponents.
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