The 52-year old dismisses the claims that Fernando Santos’ side are the Chelsea of the Mediterranean.
The Greeks clinched qualification to the quarter-finals at the expense of co-hosts http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-c13609 Santos’ side are one of the most unattractive sides to watch, having scored only three goals in
the group stage. Their style of football is not easy on the eye and they are known for grinding out results.
The Germans, on the other hand, have played their usual solid and almost free flowing football. Ahead of the two sides’ last eight encounter, the German media labelled Hellas as “the Chelsea of the Mediterranean.’
Joachim Low however, dismissed the tag, he believes the Ethniki have a distinct style of football, and they are very good at it. The German tactician knows the style is deeply rooted in the Greek football, and they make use of
their defensive prowess, and are very talented at counter attacking.
“http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Greece-c2908 play good combination football. Their defence is strong, they are strong in the tackle and defending and countering is in their blood,” he is quoted as saying in an interview.
The 52-year thinks that it is not just a recent phenomenon, the Mediterranean has been play with this style of football for a few years, and this brand of football won them the 2004 European Championship. So it would be illogical
to abolish this system.
"They have been playing that way for years. It was similar or practically the same in 2004,” he added.
Low further states that the Hellas get written off a lot, and this has been their biggest strength. The underdogs tag takes the pressure off them. In his opinion the comparison is pointless because he thinks Chelsea actually play
a different brand of football to the one they adopted in the Champions League final.
"They get written off sometimes, but then they are always there. But anyway, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 play a different [style of] football to what we saw in the final or semi-finals of the Champions League," he further added.
Joachim Low is spot on when he said Greece and Chelsea cannot be compared. The Ethniki are very good at utilizing the resources they have at their disposal i.e. they have a strong defensive set up, so they utilize it to its fullest.
Chelsea, on the other hand, have a wealth of attacking talent at their disposal but choose to rely on negative tactics to win trophies.
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