Greece’s coach Gus Poyet talks ahead of Euro 2024 qualifying match 

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On Friday, March 22 Greece’s national football team will go up again Kazakhstan as part of the Euro 2024 qualifiers.

The game will be held at OPAP Arena in Athens, Greece from 9:45 pm (Greece time) on Thursday night. In Australia, the match will begin from 6:45 am on Friday morning.

The Greek national team’s coach Gus Poyet spoke at a press conference ahead of the match, emphasising that there are no longer “excuses.”

“It’s in our hands now we are more united,” Poyet said.

Poyet shared that after two years of coaching Greece, the team is sure of what needs to be done.

Gus Poyet
Greece’s coach Gus Poyet: Photo Sam Barnes/Sportsfile.

“We have a specific way of playing that the players have embraced,” he said.

“I am a coach who reads matches, I try to act preventively, before something happens, the players know this. I think we are in good condition. We are ready.

“One of the biggest decisions I have to make for tomorrow is whether to play with those who have played more matches with the National Team and understand better what I want, or those who are in better form with their clubs; I want to check tonight as well, I have in mind the starting eleven but I want the training to be completed to decide.”

The coach revealed that the match is a great opportunity for both Greece and Kazakhstan.

“We won’t say much, we will play our system, I’m not one of those who drastically change their systems before big matches, the dilemma is what I said before, whether I will use the players who usually play or those who are in form in their clubs,” Poyet said.

“The Kazakhs have a specific way of playing, they are relentless. It’s hard to see this team have 20 bad minutes, we can’t afford to fall, if we do, they will punish us. We know it and we will be careful.”

Source: Zougla.gr.

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