Antzas in, Anatolakis out for Greece
Thursday, August 16, 2007
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Olympiacos CFP defender Paraskevas Antzas is back in the Greece squad but Georgios Anatolakis drops out for the friendly against Spain on 22 August.
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Olympiacos CFP defender Paraskevas Antzas is back in the Greece squad but Georgios Anatolakis drops out for the friendly against Spain on 22 August.
Zagorakis tribute
These are the main changes in coach Otto Rehhagel's 22-man party for the game at the Toumba Stadium in Thessalonika, which will serve as a testimonial for the recently retired Theodoros Zagorakis, captain of the UEFA EURO 2004™ winners. Stelios Giannakopoulos and Ioannis Amanatidis are missing because of injuries.
Greece squad
Goalkeepers: Antonios Nikopolidis (Olympiacos CFP), Konstantinos Chalkias (Aris Thessaloniki FC).
Defenders: Giourkas Seitaridis (Club Atlético de Madrid), Sotirios Kyrgiakos (Eintracht Frankfurt), Traianos Dellas (AEK Athens FC), Nikolaos Spyropoulos (Panionios NFC), Loukas Vintra (Panathinaikos FC), Ioannis Goumas (Panathinaikos FC), Michalis Kapsis (APOEL FC), Vassilios Torosidis (Olympiacos CFP), Paraskevas Antzas (Olympiacos CFP), Christos Patsatzoglou (Olympiacos CFP).
Midfielders: Angelos Basinas (RCD Mallorca), Alexandros Tziolis (Panathinaikos FC), Georgios Karagounis (Panathinaikos FC), Konstantinos Katsouranis (SL Benfica).
Forwards: Dimitrios Salpingidis (Panathinaikos FC), Angelos Charisteas (1. FC Nürnberg), Nikolaos Liberopoulos (AEK Athens FC), Theofanis Gekas (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Georgios Samaras (Manchester City FC), Dimitrios Papadopoulos (Panathinaikos FC).