Greece reshuffle team v Russia
Enlarge imageSALZBURG (Reuters) - Greece coach Otto Rehhagel reshuffled his team for Saturday’s Euro 2008 finals Group D match against Russia at Wals-Siezenheim stadium.
He decided against a five-man defence in favour of a three-pronged attack in a 4-3-3 formation, bringing in attacking defender Christos Patsatzoglou in place of midfielder Giorgios Karagounis and leaving Paraskevas Antzas out of the side.
Striker Nikos Liberopoulos starts in place of Fanis Gekas and Yannis Amanatidis joins him in attack alongside Angelos Haristeas. Greece lost their first match 2-0 to Sweden.
Russia coach Guus Hiddink made two changes to the team torn to shreds in a 4-1 defeat by Spain, bringing in defender Sergei Ignashevich for Roman Shirokov and midfielder Dmitry Torbinsky for Dmitry Sychev in a 4-5-1 formation.
Striker Roman Pavlyuchenko was named in the starting lineup after recovering from a thigh problem, a relief for the Russians who were already without suspended playmaker Andrei Arshavin and injured striker Pavel Pogrebnyak, who is out of the tournament.
Greece: 1-Antonis Nikopolidis; 2-Giourkas Seitaridis, 5-Traianos Dellas, 16-Sotiris Kyrgiakos, 15-Vassilis Torosidis; 21-Costas Katsouranis, 6-Angelos Basinas, 3-Christos Patsatzoglou; 9-Angelos Haristeas, 23-Nikos Liberopoulos, 20-Yannis Amanatidis
Russia: 1-Igor Akinfeyev; 22-Alexander Anyukov, .....continued below
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8-Denis Kolodin, 4-Sergei Ignashevich, 18-Yuri Zhirkov; 11-Sergei Semak; 7-Dmitry Torbinsky, 17-Konstantin Zyryanov, 20-Igor Semshov, 15-Diniyar Bilyaletdinov; 19-Roman PavlyuchenkoReferee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
(Compiled by Patrick Johnston; editing by Ken Ferris)
SALZBURG (Reuters) - Greece coach Otto Rehhagel reshuffled his team for Saturday’s Euro 2008 finals Group D match against Russia at Wals-Siezenheim stadium.
He decided against a five-man defence in favour of a three-pronged attack in a 4-3-3 formation, bringing in attacking defender Christos Patsatzoglou in place of midfielder Giorgios Karagounis and leaving Paraskevas Antzas out of the side.
Striker Nikos Liberopoulos starts in place of Fanis Gekas and Yannis Amanatidis joins him in attack alongside Angelos Haristeas. Greece lost their first match 2-0 to Sweden.
Russia coach Guus Hiddink made two changes to the team torn to shreds in a 4-1 defeat by Spain, bringing in defender Sergei Ignashevich for Roman Shirokov and midfielder Dmitry Torbinsky for Dmitry Sychev in a 4-5-1 formation.
Striker Roman Pavlyuchenko was named in the starting lineup after recovering from a thigh problem, a relief for the Russians who were already without suspended playmaker Andrei Arshavin and injured striker Pavel Pogrebnyak, who is out of the tournament.
Greece: 1-Antonis Nikopolidis; 2-Giourkas Seitaridis, 5-Traianos Dellas, 16-Sotiris Kyrgiakos, 15-Vassilis Torosidis; 21-Costas Katsouranis, 6-Angelos Basinas, 3-Christos Patsatzoglou; 9-Angelos Haristeas, 23-Nikos Liberopoulos, 20-Yannis Amanatidis
Russia: 1-Igor Akinfeyev; 22-Alexander Anyukov, 8-Denis Kolodin, 4-Sergei Ignashevich, 18-Yuri Zhirkov; 11-Sergei Semak; 7-Dmitry Torbinsky, 17-Konstantin Zyryanov, 20-Igor Semshov, 15-Diniyar Bilyaletdinov; 19-Roman Pavlyuchenko
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
(Compiled by Patrick Johnston; editing by Ken Ferris)
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