Greece 1, Czech check out....
Jul 1, 2004 16:57:19 GMT -5
Post by Cranky on Jul 1, 2004 16:57:19 GMT -5
And those dastardly Greeks keep on rolling......
I will post pictures as soon as they are available.
The tradition........
The players.....
The brain......
The Greek world BURNS with passion........
Athens......
Thessalonika.....
Cyprus.....
Germany.....
Toronto....
The dedication of fans in Portugal......
But no dancing in the streets for these guys.....
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Greeks hail 'miracle'
Greece coach Otto Rehhagel described his side's 1-0 silver-goal victory over the Czech Republic in the second Euro 2004 semi-final as a "miracle".
He said: "The fairytale continues, it's unbelievable what they did.
"It's a true miracle. The Czechs were technically better but the passion and the will was on our side.
"We had nothing to lose, we could risk everything. We could play for all or nothing. We worked hard for this for three years, step by step."
Rehhagel's men, 100-1 outsiders at the start of the tournament, will meet hosts Portugal in Sunday's final, the team they defeated in their first group match.
Rehhagel added: "The team has won tremendous confidence. We've made some fortunate decisions and they've worked out.
"I believe we played very intelligently in freezing out the Czech Republic," he said.
"We beat the Portugese in the first match and they managed to stay in the tournament and now it's the dream final against us - a chance for them to get revenge for the first match.
"We're the underdogs but we have nothing to lose.
"In football everything is possible, we don't have anything to lose.
"Portugal are very strong. We beat them in the opening match but a lot has changed since then and the final will be competely different. They're stronger now, but they'll find out that we are too," he added.
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Dellas thanks divine aid
Match report
Greece's goalscorer Traianos Dellas, who headed home the silver goal against the Czech Republic, thanked God for their semi-final victory in Euro 2004.
He said: "We did an unrepeatable thing. We deserve to be in the final, we proved we have an organised and good team. At the end God gave us the win.
"I realised when we were given the corner that exactly 14 minutes, 36 seconds of extra time had been played.
"I said to myself that now we must do it. Someone heard me."
Dellas added: "And after that I scored. I thank from the bottom of my heart the Greek fans who were here and those back home. I think we have done something historic."
Midfielder Stelios Giannakopoulos admitted that the team was living a dream.
"It was a very good, a brilliant day for us and a black day for the Czechs. We live in a dream, it's wonderful and we don't want to wake up."
fun.diadiktyo.net/junk/upload/CZECH-HELLAS-0-1.mp3
I will post pictures as soon as they are available.
The tradition........
The players.....
The brain......
The Greek world BURNS with passion........
Athens......
Thessalonika.....
Cyprus.....
Germany.....
Toronto....
The dedication of fans in Portugal......
But no dancing in the streets for these guys.....
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Greeks hail 'miracle'
Greece coach Otto Rehhagel described his side's 1-0 silver-goal victory over the Czech Republic in the second Euro 2004 semi-final as a "miracle".
He said: "The fairytale continues, it's unbelievable what they did.
"It's a true miracle. The Czechs were technically better but the passion and the will was on our side.
"We had nothing to lose, we could risk everything. We could play for all or nothing. We worked hard for this for three years, step by step."
Rehhagel's men, 100-1 outsiders at the start of the tournament, will meet hosts Portugal in Sunday's final, the team they defeated in their first group match.
Rehhagel added: "The team has won tremendous confidence. We've made some fortunate decisions and they've worked out.
"I believe we played very intelligently in freezing out the Czech Republic," he said.
"We beat the Portugese in the first match and they managed to stay in the tournament and now it's the dream final against us - a chance for them to get revenge for the first match.
"We're the underdogs but we have nothing to lose.
"In football everything is possible, we don't have anything to lose.
"Portugal are very strong. We beat them in the opening match but a lot has changed since then and the final will be competely different. They're stronger now, but they'll find out that we are too," he added.
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Dellas thanks divine aid
Match report
Greece's goalscorer Traianos Dellas, who headed home the silver goal against the Czech Republic, thanked God for their semi-final victory in Euro 2004.
He said: "We did an unrepeatable thing. We deserve to be in the final, we proved we have an organised and good team. At the end God gave us the win.
"I realised when we were given the corner that exactly 14 minutes, 36 seconds of extra time had been played.
"I said to myself that now we must do it. Someone heard me."
Dellas added: "And after that I scored. I thank from the bottom of my heart the Greek fans who were here and those back home. I think we have done something historic."
Midfielder Stelios Giannakopoulos admitted that the team was living a dream.
"It was a very good, a brilliant day for us and a black day for the Czechs. We live in a dream, it's wonderful and we don't want to wake up."
fun.diadiktyo.net/junk/upload/CZECH-HELLAS-0-1.mp3
