Hellas futebol

[Faliro]

I am not as worldly as you Benfiquistas! !

[Covenant]

Best keeper at world cup 94.

[Faliro]

Latest storm:

Remember the match fixing claims against Olympiacos? All those were instigated by Melissanidis. Many think he is worth around €3.7 billion now..

Anyways, he owns OPAP - the biggest gambling firm in Europe. Olympiacos pointed out last week - how can he own OPAP - who sponsors the Greek Super League - and AEK - who plays in the Super League..as obviously there is a conflict of interests.

So he was asked to drop one. He said no. So now it seems OPAP will not be allowed to take any bets concerning AEK! 

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Marco Paolo signed for Panaitolikos. He spent the last 5 years in Portugal. The club is managed by Pontes.

[Faliro]

PAOK beat Trnava 1-0 in the Toumba last night in the Europa League quals. PAOK went down to 10 when Vitor was sent off on 3'. They played the whole game with 10 men and scored late second half.

It was very hot last night. Apparently, Trnava - who wanted the game called off - returned to Slovakia and 5 players and 3 coaching staff were hospitalised due to heat exhaustion and fever.

https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=el&tl=en&u=http://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Paok/paiktes-ths-spartak-trnava-sto-nosokomeio.3598588.html&usg=ALkJrhgd1SJ6hxBJ-CF0lXiBetN_iU5Uzg

[Covenant]

Coming from Genoa, after half a season spent playing on loan for Chievo Verona, Greek international winger and half-forward Ioannis Fetfatzidis (24) has been signed by UAE side Al-Ahli on undisclosed terms.

[Faliro]

^^

[Covenant]

He isn't that good. At least he will have money and can play where his failures don't matter because the football there is too weak.

[Faliro]

He is one of only 5 footballers of Greek descent - globally - that can trap the football in less than 5 touches. 

Colossal waste. He is going for the money. Like Ninis and Samaras, he turned down Spanish clubs to stay in a shit club and rot. Real shame.

He is not very smart.

[Covenant]

He hás the talent, but don't have the brain.

[Faliro]

I agree. If he had gone somewhere other than Genoa - even to Turkey, he would have had a chance to be something. He is a precocious talent. It seems he is just another Vladamir Weiss. Just not very smart.

Most Greek footballers think Italy is the best place they can end up. What happens is the get sold into a type of human trafficking where they get loaned out every other month to someone new. This is the typical story of a Greek in Italy:

[Faliro]

Karagounis and Markarian sacked from the Greek national team (Markarian resigned, Karagounis had to be pushed):

http://www.gazzetta.gr/football/article/783197/telos-karagkoynis-markarian-apo-tin-ethniki

[H]

What a shame man. From what you told us, I always thought we would be witnessing Katsouranis and Karagounis on the Greek NT in their forties.

[Faliro]

There is still hope for Katsouranis. He wont leave the NT until someone has the guts to push him out. 

[keivy]

What is the Mitroglu's nickname?

[Faliro]

Pistolero