OR National Greece She has completely changed her image late Ivan Jovanovic To… credited the big change.
After Nadir, which had arrived by National Greece with the defeats by the Faroe Islands, a… rebuilding with John Van Ship and the Gustavo Poget team who ‘touched’ the qualification at the last Euro, losing the qualification to the barracks. The arrival of Ivan Jovanovic, however, is the one that has formed a completely new setting for the “blue -white”, with the team filled with talent and taking it on the pitch, “winning” all Greek football fans.
The first place and rise in the Nations League, the big double in Wembley against the Euro 2025 finalist, England, as well as the “sweeping” appearances in the friendly of Crete, have “launched” expectations and anticipation for the next National Games of Greece.
The big win in Wembley
Following the historical 2004 and the period of Fernando Santos completed in 2014, National Greece found itself on a downward trend that removed it from Europe’s top teams, left it away from the big tournaments and made it “fight” with lower level teams.
Throughout the last decade, the “blue -white” has been looking for a big victory against a strong opponent who would give psychology to his team and his players, who came on November 11, 2024. The day after the sudden death of George Baldok, who “had” Their unjustified teammate and with a historical appearance, celebrated an unexpected victory against the “superpower” England, with the two goals by Vangelis Pavlidis.
The 3-0 defeat in the second match in Athens left Greece in second place, but the double in Wembley was a great “morale injection” for the team that the Serbian technician had started building.
The pivotal game with Scotland
Ivan Jovanovic had begun to put his … touches on National Greece, but the two games with Scotland last March were the focal point for the team to reach here today. Despite the good appearance in the first match, the “blue-white” lost 1-0 at home to the Scots and needed a great double to get the Nations League.
Taking advantage of the injuries to key players, Ivan Jovanovic made a series of changes to the eleven of his team, throwing into the … fire, all the new great talents of Greek football, investing in their offensive quality. The 17 -year -old Karetsas, 18 -year -old Mouzakitis, 22 -year -old Zafiris and Konstantelias and 23 -year -old Tzolis, along with “hot” Vangelis Pavlidis, fell into the “battle” in Scotland and came out in the most impressive way.
Ivan Jovanovic’s “Babies” offered an impressive performance in Glasgow’s “Hubden Park” and “mad” Europe with the … trio that gave them the rise to the League A of the Nations League.
Youth national ‘crazy’ the world
Greece seems to have a “golden” generation of footballers, who have also stood out in their teams from a very young age, with Ivan Jovanovic taking advantage of it from a very early age, creating expectations for 10 years of success for our national team. The whole eleven of the team is still at the start, but it seems to have more talent than ever, especially in the offensive track, where it is already scoring.
The federal coach has allowed the offensive talent of his players to emerge and the “blue -white” has scored at least two goals in her last 11 games, “scoring” 11 goals in his last three matches, with her … kids finding nets in the world. Even in friendly games in Pancreas, Greece has shown all its offensive characteristics and only the two “four” on Slovakia and Bulgaria are not accidental.
Management for applause by Jovanovic
In addition to the quality of national Greece players, the games in Pancreas have also shown the management of a … applause by Ivan Jovanovic. The experienced coach who proved his job in Panathinaikos also looks like the ideal man for the position of the federal technician.
On the one hand he was not afraid to trust the new promising generation of Greek football, and on the other it seems to have managed to keep “warm” the old national. In the two games of Crete, Ivan Jovanovic used two completely different eleven, with 22 different players, and everyone appeared ready for the challenge, even of these two friendly matches.
Karetsas, Konstantelias, Tzolis and Pavlidis made again … priests against Slovakia, but a thunderous “present” shouted a few days later, and Bakassetas, Pelkas, Massouras and Siopis in Bulgaria.
Jovanovic’s National Greece seems to be able to combine talent with experience to put an end to the “drought” of the big tournaments and to provide a new success in our country, with the first goal of the Mundial 2026.