Five changes for Greece
Wednesday, March 20, 2002
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Otto Rehhagel, Greece's coach, has made changes to his squad for the friendly against Belgium.
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Otto Rehhagel, the Greece coach, has made five changes to his squad for the international friendly against Belgium next Wednesday in Patras.
Recalls
The German has recalled the Olympiakos Piraeus FC midfielder Stelios Giannakopoulos and defender Giorgos Amanatidis, while Hertha BSC Berlin's Costas Konstantinidis returns to midfield after injury.
Halkias dropped
Iraklis FC goalkeeper Costas Halkias has been dropped in favour of FC Aris Thessaloniki's Fanis Kateryiannakis and there is still no place for the former Greece No 1 and Olympiakos keeper Dimitris Eleftheropoulos. Panathinaikos FC midfielder Angelos Basinas has earned a recall after missing the last two squads along with Vassilis Lakis of AEK Athens.
Chance to experiment
The game gives Belgium the chance to experiment prior to this summer’s FIFA World Cup and gives Greece the chance to start planning for the qualifiers for EURO 2004™.
Greece squad
Nikopolidis, Kateryiannakis, Kyrgiakos, Fyssas, Patsatzoglou, Amanatidis, Katsiambis, Dabizas, Konstantinidis, Karagounis, Liberopoulos, Basinas, Georgiadis, Kafes, Konstantindis, Zagorakis, Tsartas, Lakis, Giannakopoulos, Nikolaidis, Vryzas, Haristeas, Machlas.
