The Portuguese soccer federation (FPF) on Tuesday appointed former Greece coach Fernando Santos as head coach. Santos led the Greeks to the last 16 of last summer’s World Cup inBrazil, where they lost on penalties to Costa Rica. The 59-year-old replaces Paulo Bento in the wake of Portugal’s disastrous start to Euro 2016 qualifying, which […]
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Simeone: Atletico Spurned Chances in UCL Loss
Spanish champ Atletico Madrid on Tuesday slumped to a surprise 3-2 defeat at Olympiakos on the opening day of UEFA Champions League group play. Atleti coach Diego Simeone, who guided theSpanish champ to the competition’s final last year, blamed the loss on poor finishing, especially in the first half. Croatia international Mario Mandzukic, brought in […]
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Olympiakos does a lot of things right
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Tuesday] Making it back to the UEFA Champions League final after coming tantalizingly close to winning in 2014 will be tough for AtleticoMadrid. How tough was evident as it dropped a 3-2 decision to Olympiakos on Tuesday in the opening of the group stage. UEFA Champions League,Results: GROUP A Tuesday, September 16 […]
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Ranieri Named Greece Coach
Claudio Ranieri on Friday signed a two-year deal to manage Greece. The 62-year-old Italian replaces Fernando Santos, who quit after guiding Greece to the round of 16 at the World Cup.Ranieri, 62, had been out of work after parting ways with AS Monaco at the end of last season. Ranieri has formerly been coach of […]
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Greek Players Waive Bonuses to Build Training Center
In stark contrast to the Cameroonian or Ghanaian players, who nearly refused to play until they received their World Cup bonuses, the Greek national team has asked that its soccer association usethe money from their World Cup bonuses to build a new training center for the team. After qualifying for the round of 16 for […]
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Concacaf keepers all in demand
[WORLD CUP: Spotlight] Mexico and Costa Rica could meet in the first match of Concacaf teams in the World Cup quarterfinals or later, but first they’ll have to getpast Greece and the Netherlands. El Tri will face one of the tournament’s top teams in the Dutch; the Ticos will be favored against Greece. In their […]
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Greek Win Marks End of an Era for Ivory Coast
Greece is once again improbably through to the second phase of a major competition after beating the Ivory Coast, 2-1, in Fortaleza on Tuesday. Giorgios Samaras’ 93rd-minute penaltymost certainly spells the end of the African giant’s golden generation featuring Didier Drogba, Soloman Kalou and possibly Yaya Toure, who are all on the wrong side of […]
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Colombia is cruising and Greeks make history
By Mike Woitalla (@MikeWoitalla) Colombia continued its brilliant run with a 4-1 win over Japan to finish first inGroup C while Greece became the tournament’s biggest underdog — along with Costa Rica – to reach the second round, thanks to a 2-1 win over Ivory Coast. Here’s what we think about the latestknockout round qualifiers. […]
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Tuesday's Winners & Losers
[BRAZIL 2014] On day when Colombia put on another devastating display of attacking play, Costa Rica became only the third Concacaf to win its group, and Greece andUruguay became just the fifth and sixth teams to advance at 32-team Worlds Cups after losing their first game, everything was overshadowed by a moment of madness from […]
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World Cup Today: Saturday
[BRAZIL 2014] Ivory Coast became the fourth team in three days to come back from a 1-0 deficit to win at the World Cup — one more than at the entire 2010tournament — beating Japan, 2-1, on second-half goals by English-based stars Wilfried Bony and Gervinho two minutesapart. Ivory Coast-Japan Ivory Coastbecame the fourth team […]