Internationals round-up
Read about the exploits of the Double-headed Eagle’s internationals dring the October fixtures in paokfc.gr’s detailed review.
The Greek national team is now looking to qualify for EURO 2024, through the Nations League, as after the defeat by the Netherlands, the Greeks lie third in the group. Konstantinos Koulierakis played as a starter for 60 minutes in the 1-0 defeat by the Dutch, while in the 2-0 victory over Ireland, he came on as a substitute in the 87th minute of the match. On the contrary, Ioannis Konstantelias did not get any pitch time in the two games…
Just a breath away from EURO 2024, Serbia are in second place in their group after a 3-1 win over Montenegro. Andrija Živkovic was obviously in the starting XI, he also scored a goal and recorded an assist in the 2-1 defeat of the Serbians against the Hungarians.
Bulgaria did not have any success, as they were defeated 2-0 by Lithuania and remain winless in the qualifying phase, as well as in the friendly against Albania. Kiril Despodov started in both games.
The situation is also difficult for Tomasz Kedziora’s Polish side, which after the 1-1 draw with Moldova is in third place in their qualifying group. The PAOK defender played for 84 minutes in this game, and played for 90 minutes in the 2-0 victory over the Faroe Islands.
At Under-21 level, Greece were in action but Panagiotou and Tsopouroglou did not play in the 2-2 draw with Croatia, nor in the 2-0 defeat by Portugal. Argyris Darelas was used as a substitute in the 61st minute of the match against Croatia. Both matches were for EURO 2025 qualifying.
Ermis Selimaj didn’t get any playing time in the two Albania Under-21 matches in the EURO 2025 qualifiers, against Finland (4-1 loss) and Montenegro (2-0 win).
As for our six internationals in the Greece Under-19 team, Tzimas, Goumas, Kastidis, Deligiannis, Filon, and Kottas all took part in the friendly preparation tournament that took place in Zagreb, Croatia. The Greeks beat Bulgaria 4-0, Estonia 3-0, while they drew 1-1 with Croatia. Tzimas and Filon scored, while all our internationals played either as starters or substitutes.
Maximilian Scznauczner was also a key player in both friendly games for the Polish Under-17 side, who won 4-0 against Slovakia and 5-0 against the Czech Republic.
