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The Euro 2020 is slowly but surely approaching! The finals will take place next year in eleven European and one Asian city (Baku). From the German point of view, Munich has applied as a venue. Three group games and a quarter-final will be held here. This week, the next qualifiers for this tournament will take place.
We take a look at the duel between Greece and the outsider from Liechtenstein. The favorite position is clear here to the Greeks who have to hurry, if it should work with the qualification. After all, one of the top two places in the group has to be reached. The competition from Italy, Finland, Bosnia and Armenia has so far scored much better, so that a victory against the football dwarf from the Principality is mandatory.
The guests are knocked off at the bottom of Group J and have been only points scorer for the opposing teams. This should not change on this day. Since it is already obvious that a bet in the three-way segment is absolutely uninteresting.
It’s really just about the level of Greek success. Will the guests be sent home with a swatter? All important information about this game can be found in the following analysis. The kick-off will take place on Sunday evening at 19:45 in the Athens Olympic Stadium Spiros Louis.
Greece:
What a success in 2004! Under coach Otto Rehhagel the Greeks achieved the biggest triumph in their football history. By a 1-0 victory over the host Portugal, the pirate ship secured the European title. A big surprise that even the biggest football experts had not expected. But the days of the Nikopolidis, Zagorakis and Charisteas are long gone and the reality of the present is quite different.
If we look at the last big tournaments, they took place without the blue-whites. Both at the European Championships 2016 and at the 2018 World Cup, the Greeks already failed in the qualification groups. At the World Cup in Brazil, they reached the knockout stages and at the 2012 European Championships the Ethniki defeated the German team 2-4 in the quarterfinals.
With the new coach Angelos Anastasiadis should now be linked to the successes of the old days. With him the responsible persons wanted to reach the qualification for the European championship 2020. But after four qualifying games, the Greeks had to realize that the plan did not work out.
The current 54th FIFA World Ranking only managed to kick off a 2-0 win at Fußballzwerg Liechtenstein. In Bosnia, the team fought a 2-0 draw still a 2-2 draw. The following home games against group favorites Italy (0: 3) and against Armenia (2: 3) were both lost.
Therefore, the association of coach Anastasiadis and the Dutchman John van, t Schip was presented in the summer as a successor. On Thursday, the first game under his direction took place. The Ethniki had to play in the important away game in Finland. But even under the new coach, the success did not set. With 0: 1 pulled the pirate ship in Tampere the short straw.
So the blue-whites are in the current table only on a disappointing fifth place in the table. The Finns in second place, which would be enough for participation in the final round, is now stately eight points. To outstrip the teams in front of them, the Greeks are only helping victories.
In the squad of the Greeks stands with Stafylidis an actor who earns his money in Germany at the TSG Hoffenheim. The defensive line Sokratis should be the most known by his long-term commitment to Borussia Dortmund.
Liechtenstein:
The team from the Principality is one of the football dwarves of international football. Right now, the Liechtensteiners are ranked 182 in the FIFA World Ranking, and thus in the company of nations such as Bangladesh and Macao. That gives us a sense of what we can expect from the team of head coach Helgi Kolvidsson.
The Icelander took over the Elf earlier this year and was, according to LFV President Hugo Quaderer, the preferred candidate for this post. Previously, he was co-coach of the Icelandic national team and earned the first spurs in the Austrian second division. The seriousness of the task should have been aware of him from the beginning and the successes have held up so far also very limited.
Under him, the Liechtenstein have completed their first five qualifying matches in Group J. It’s not really surprising that there have been five defeats so far. Especially in the away games in Italy (0: 6), Armenia (0: 3) and Bosnia (0: 5), the men from the Principality but came neatly under the wheels. Also in the remaining two games against Finland (0: 2) and Greece (0: 2) could be achieved no own goal.
Coach Kolvidsson’s men are at the bottom of the qualifying group and have to wait for their first participation in a big tournament. The last victory was celebrated by the Liechtensteiners in September of last year. They defeated Gibraltar 2-0 in the UEFA Nations League. After that, there was still a respectable victory in the same competition in 2-2 against Armenia.
Otherwise, eleven of the last thirteen games have been lost. In the last seven away games, the blue-red went always empty. Liechtenstein won just 15 games out of their total of 192 international appearances.
The players from the Principality should be known only by very specific football experts by name. They earn their money almost all in the lower Swiss leagues. Daniel Brändle plays for the Bayernligisten SV Pullach in the German 5th league. Can the 182th of the world rankings make a small sensation against the weakening 54th?
Many arguments for it can not be found. But the hope dies last and maybe they succeed at least the first goal in the European Championship qualification.
Greece vs Liechtenstein head to head matches
23.03.19 EUR Liechtenstein Greece 0 : 2
15.10.13 WC Greece Liechtenstein 2 : 0
06.09.13 WC Liechtenstein Greece 0 : 1
03.06.04 FI Liechtenstein Greece 0 : 2