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Λένε πως η ελπίδα πεθαίνει τελευταία, όμως, εάν θέλουμε να είμαστε ρεαλιστές, πιθανότητες πρόκρισης της Εθνικής Ελλάδας στα τελικά του Ευρωπαϊκού πρωταθλήματος 2016, δεν υπάρχουν. Ακόμη και αν απόψε (21:45, ΕΡΤ1, OTE Sport1) οι διεθνείς κάνουν το χρέος τους και νικήσουν τη Φινλανδία στο πλαίσιο της 7ης αγωνιστικής του 4ου ομίλου, το όνειρο απέχει πολύ.

Ακόμη και στην περίπτωση του απόλυτου των νικών (12 βαθμούς ως το τέλος), η «γαλανόλευκη» είναι σχεδόν βέβαιο πως δεν προλαβαίνει το «τρένο», καθώς βρίσκεται στην τελευταία θέση του ομίλου με 12 βαθμούς διαφορά από την πρωτοπόρο Ρουμανία και 11 από τη Β. Ιρλανδία.

Μετά την απογοητευτική πορεία με ήττες ακόμη και από τα Νησιά Φερόε, η ΕΠΟ ήταν αναγκασμένη να προχωρήσει σε αλλαγές, προσώπων, όπως την αντικατάσταση του Ρανιέρι στον πάγκο, με τον Μαρκαριάν και αυτός στη συνέχεια αποχώρησε για να πορευτούμε ως το τέλος με υπηρεσιακό τεχνικό τον Κώστα Τσάνα. Ακόμη και ο εμβληματικός αρχηγός, Κώστας Καραγκούνης που είχε αναλάβει πόστο τεχνικού διευθυντή στην Ομοσπονδία, δεν κατάφερε να παραμείνει βλέποντας τη μη αναστρέψιμη κατάσταση.

Από άποψη στόχων λοιπόν, η αναμέτρηση δεν προσφέρει σχεδόν τίποτα. Αγωνιστικά, όλοι περιμένουν να δουν μία καλύτερη εικόνα, έχοντας αρκετούς νέους παίκτες στη σύνθεση της ομάδας. Ωστόσο, υπάρχουν και «τραυματισμοί». Ο Σωτήρης Νίνης τέθηκε νοκ άουτ, εκτός είναι ο Βασίλης Τοροσίδης και την στην τελευταία προπόνηση προστέθηκε και ο Θανάσης Πέτσος.

Αναφορικά με την πιθανή ενδεκάδα, ο Τσάνας αναμένεται να επιλέξει τους: Καρνέζη, Μανωλά, Παπασταθόπουλο, Βύντρα, Χολέμπας, Τζιώλη, Σάμαρη, Φορτούνη, Κονέ, Μήτρογλου και Καρέλη σε σχήμα 4-4-2.

Το πανόραμα των ομίλων:

1ος ΟΜΙΛΟΣ
09/09/2014 Καζακστάν-Λετονία 0-0
09/09/2014 Τσεχία-Ολλανδία 2-1
09/09/2014 Ισλανδία-Τουρκία 3-0
10/10/2014 Λετονία-Ισλανδία 0-3
10/10/2014 Ολλανδία-Καζακστάν 3-1
10/10/2014 Τουρκία-Τσεχία 1-2
13/10/2014 Καζακστάν-Τσεχία 2-4
13/10/2014 Ισλανδία-Ολλανδία 2-0
13/10/2014 Λετονία-Τουρκία 1-1
16/11/2014 Ολλανδία-Λετονία 6-0
16/11/2014 Τσεχία-Ισλανδία 2-1
16/11/2014 Τουρκία-Καζακστάν 3-1
28/03/2015 Καζακστάν-Ισλανδία 0-3
28/03/2015 Τσεχία-Λετονία 1-1
28/03/2015 Ολλανδία-Τουρκία 1-1
12/06/2015 Καζακστάν-Τουρκία 0-1
12/06/2015 Ισλανδία-Τσεχία 2-1
12/06/2015 Λετονία-Ολλανδία 0-2
03/09/2015 Τσεχία-Καζακστάν 2-1
03/09/2015 Ολλανδία-Ισλανδία 0-1
03/09/2015 Τουρκία-Λετονία 1-1
06/09/2015 Λετονία-Τσεχία
06/09/2015 Τουρκία-Ολλανδία
06/09/2015 Ισλανδία-Καζακστάν
10/10/2015 Ισλανδία-Λετονία
10/10/2015 Καζακστάν-Ολλανδία
10/10/2015 Τσεχία-Τουρκία
13/10/2015 Λετονία-Καζακστάν
13/10/2015 Ολλανδία-Τσεχία
13/10/2015 Τουρκία-Ισλανδία

ΒΑΘΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ
Αγ. Ν-Ι-Η Τερμ. Β.
1. Ισλανδία 7 6-0-1 15-3 18
2. Τσεχία 7 5-1-1 14-9 16
3. Ολλανδία 7 3-1-3 13-7 10
4. Τουρκία 7 2-3-2 8-9 9
5. Λετονία 7 0-4-3 3-14 4
6. Καζακστάν 7 0-1-6 5-16 1

2ος ΟΜΙΛΟΣ
09/09/2014 Ανδόρα-Ουαλία 1-2
09/09/2014 Βοσνία/Ερζεγοβίνη-Κύπρος 1-2
10/10/2014 Βέλγιο-Ανδόρα 6-0
10/10/2014 Κύπρος-Ισραήλ 1-2
10/10/2014 Ουαλία-Βοσνία/Ερζεγοβίνη 0-0
13/10/2014 Ανδόρα-Ισραήλ 1-4
13/10/2014 Βοσνία/Ερζεγοβίνη-Βέλγιο 1-1
13/10/2014 Ουαλία-Κύπρος 2-1
16/11/2014 Βέλγιο-Ουαλία 0-0
16/11/2014 Κύπρος-Ανδόρα 5-0
16/11/2014 Ισραήλ-Βοσνία/Ερζεγοβίνη 3-0
28/03/2015 Ανδόρα-Βοσνία/Ερζεγοβίνη 0-3
28/03/2015 Βέλγιο-Κύπρος 5-0
28/03/2015 Ισραήλ-Ουαλία 0-3
31/03/2015 Ισραήλ-Βέλγιο 0-1
12/06/2015 Ανδόρα-Κύπρος 1-3
12/06/2015 Βοσνία/Ερζεγοβίνη-Ισραήλ 3-1
12/06/2015 Ουαλία-Βέλγιο 1-0
03/09/2015 Βέλγιο-Βοσνία/Ερζεγοβίνη 3-1
03/09/2015 Κύπρος-Ουαλία 0-1
03/09/2015 Ισραήλ-Ανδόρα 4-0
06/09/2015 Ουαλία-Ισραήλ
06/09/2015 Βοσνία/Ερζεγοβίνη-Ανδόρα
06/09/2015 Κύπρος-Βέλγιο
10/10/2015 Ανδόρα-Βέλγιο
10/10/2015 Βοσνία/Ερζεγοβίνη-Ουαλία
10/10/2015 Ισραήλ-Κύπρος
13/10/2015 Βέλγιο-Ισραήλ
13/10/2015 Κύπρος-Βοσνία/Ερζεγοβίνη
13/10/2015 Ουαλία-Ανδόρα

ΒΑΘΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ
Αγ. Ν-Ι-Η Τερμ. Β.
1. Ουαλία 7 5-2-0 9-2 17
2. Βέλγιο 7 4-2-1 16-3 14
3. Ισραήλ 7 4-0-3 14-9 12
4. Κύπρος 7 3-0-4 12-12 9
5. Βοσνία 7 2-2-3 9-10 8
6. Ανδόρα 7 0-0-7 3-27 0

3ος ΟΜΙΛΟΣ
08/09/2014 Λουξεμβούργο-Λευκορωσία 1-1
08/09/2014 Ισπανία-ΠΓΔΜ 5-1
08/09/2014 Ουκρανία-Σλοβακία 0-1
09/10/2014 Λευκορωσία-Ουκρανία 0-2
09/10/2014 ΠΓΔΜ-Λουξεμβούργο 3-2
09/10/2014 Σλοβακία-Ισπανία 2-1
12/10/2014 Ουκρανία-ΠΓΔΜ 1-0
12/10/2014 Λευκορωσία-Σλοβακία 1-3
12/10/2014 Λουξεμβούργο-Ισπανία 0-4
15/11/2014 Λουξεμβούργο-Ουκρανία 0-3
15/11/2014 ΠΓΔΜ-Σλοβακία 0-2
15/11/2014 Ισπανία-Λευκορωσία 3-0
27/03/2015 ΠΓΔΜ-Λευκορωσία 1-2
27/03/2015 Σλοβακία-Λουξεμβούργο 3-0
27/03/2015 Ισπανία-Ουκρανία 1-0
14/06/2015 Ουκρανία-Λουξεμβούργο 3-0
14/06/2015 Λευκορωσία-Ισπανία 0-1
14/06/2015 Σλοβακία-ΠΓΔΜ 2-1
05/09/2015 Λουξεμβούργο-ΠΓΔΜ
05/09/2015 Ουκρανία-Λευκορωσία
05/09/2015 Ισπανία-Σλοβακία
08/09/2015 Λευκορωσία-Λουξεμβούργο
08/09/2015 ΠΓΔΜ-Ισπανία
08/09/2015 Σλοβακία-Ουκρανία
09/10/2015 ΠΓΔΜ-Ουκρανία
09/10/2015 Σλοβακία-Λευκορωσία
09/10/2015 Ισπανία-Λουξεμβούργο
12/10/2015 Λευκορωσία-ΠΓΔΜ
12/10/2015 Λουξεμβούργο-Σλοβακία
12/10/2015 Ουκρανία-Ισπανία

ΒΑΘΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ
Αγ. Ν-Ι-Η Τερμ. Β.
1. Σλοβακία 6 6-0-0 13-3 18
2. Ισπανία 6 5-0-1 15-3 15
3. Ουκρανία 6 4-0-2 9-2 12
4. Λευκορωσία 6 1-1-4 4-11 4
5. ΠΓΔΜ 6 1-0-5 6-14 3
6. Λουξεμβούργο 6 0-1-5 3-17 1

4ος ΟΜΙΛΟΣ
07/09/2014 Γεωργία-Ιρλανδία 1-2
07/09/2014 Γερμανία-Σκοτία 2-1
07/09/2014 Γιβραλτάρ-Πολωνία 0-7
11/10/2014 Ιρλανδία-Γιβραλτάρ 7-0
11/10/2014 Σκοτία-Γεωργία 1-0
11/10/2014 Πολωνία-Γερμανία 2-0
14/10/2014 Γερμανία-Ιρλανδία 1-1
14/10/2014 Πολωνία-Σκοτία 2-2
14/10/2014 Γιβραλτάρ-Γεωργία 0-3
14/11/2014 Γεωργία-Πολωνία 0-4
14/11/2014 Γερμανία-Γιβραλτάρ 4-0
14/11/2014 Σκοτία-Ιρλανδία 1-0
29/03/2015 Γεωργία-Γερμανία 0-2
29/03/2015 Σκοτία-Γιβραλτάρ 6-1
29/03/2015 Ιρλανδία-Πολωνία 1-1
13/06/2015 Ιρλανδία-Σκοτία 1-1
13/06/2015 Πολωνία-Γεωργία 4-0
13/06/2015 Γιβραλτάρ-Γερμανία 0-7
04/09/2015 Γεωργία-Σκοτία
04/09/2015 Γερμανία-Πολωνία
04/09/2015 Γιβραλτάρ-Ιρλανδία
07/09/2015 Πολωνία-Γιβραλτάρ
07/09/2015 Ιρλανδία-Γεωργία
07/09/2015 Σκοτία-Γερμανία
08/10/2015 Γεωργία-Γιβραλτάρ
08/10/2015 Ιρλανδία-Γερμανία
08/10/2015 Σκοτία-Πολωνία
11/10/2015 Γερμανία-Γεωργία
11/10/2015 Γιβραλτάρ-Σκοτία
11/10/2015 Πολωνία-Ιρλανδία

ΒΑΘΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ
Αγ. Ν-Ι-Η Τερμ. Β.
1. Πολωνία 6 4-2-0 20-3 14
2. Γερμανία 6 4-1-1 16-4 13
3. Σκοτία 6 3-2-1 12-6 11
4. Ιρλανδία 6 2-3-1 12-5 9
5. Γεωργία 6 1-0-5 4-13 3
6. Γιβραλτάρ 6 0-0-6 1-34 0

5ος ΟΜΙΛΟΣ
08/09/2014 Εσθονία-Σλοβενία 1-0
08/09/2014 Σαν Μαρίνο-Λιθουανία 0-2
08/09/2014 Ελβετία-Αγγλία 0-2
09/10/2014 Αγγλία-Σαν Μαρίνο 5-0
09/10/2014 Λιθουανία-Εσθονία 1-0
09/10/2014 Σλοβενία-Ελβετία 1-0
12/10/2014 Εσθονία-Αγγλία 0-1
12/10/2014 Λιθουανία-Σλοβενία 0-2
14/10/2014 Σαν Μαρίνο-Ελβετία 0-4
15/11/2014 Αγγλία-Σλοβενία 3-1
15/11/2014 Σαν Μαρίνο-Εσθονία 0-0
15/11/2014 Ελβετία-Λιθουανία 4-0
27/03/2015 Αγγλία-Λιθουανία 4-0
27/03/2015 Σλοβενία-Σαν Μαρίνο 6-0
27/03/2015 Ελβετία-Εσθονία 3-0
14/06/2015 Εσθονία-Σαν Μαρίνο 2-0
14/06/2015 Σλοβενία-Αγγλία 2-3
14/06/2015 Λιθουανία-Ελβετία 1-2
05/09/2015 Εσθονία-Λιθουανία
05/09/2015 Σαν Μαρίνο-Αγγλία
05/09/2015 Ελβετία-Σλοβενία
08/09/2015 Αγγλία-Ελβετία
08/09/2015 Λιθουανία-Σαν Μαρίνο
08/09/2015 Σλοβενία-Εσθονία
09/10/2015 Αγγλία-Εσθονία
09/10/2015 Σλοβενία-Λιθουανία
09/10/2015 Ελβετία-Σαν Μαρίνο
12/10/2015 Εσθονία-Ελβετία
12/10/2015 Λιθουανία-Αγγλία
12/10/2015 Σαν Μαρίνο-Σλοβενία

ΒΑΘΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ
Αγ. Ν-Ι-Η Τερμ. Β.
1. Αγγλία 6 6-0-0 18-3 18
2. Ελβετία 6 4-0-2 13-4 12
3. Σλοβενία 6 3-0-3 12-7 9
4. Εσθονία 6 2-1-3 3-5 7
5. Λιθουανία 6 2-0-4 4-12 6
6. Σαν Μαρίνο 6 0-1-5 0-19 1

6ος ΟΜΙΛΟΣ
07/09/2014 Ουγγαρία-Β. Ιρλανδία 1-2
07/09/2014 Ν. Φαρόε-Φινλανδία 1-3
07/09/2014 ΕΛΛΑΔΑ-Ρουμανία 0-1
11/10/2014 Ρουμανία-Ουγγαρία 1-1
11/10/2014 Φινλανδία-ΕΛΛΑΔΑ 1-1
11/10/2014 Β. Ιρλανδία-Ν. Φαρόε 2-0
14/10/2014 Ν. Φαρόε-Ουγγαρία 0-1
14/10/2014 Φινλανδία-Ρουμανία 0-2
14/10/2014 ΕΛΛΑΔΑ-Β. Ιρλανδία 0-2
14/11/2014 ΕΛΛΑΔΑ-Ν. Φαρόε 0-1
14/11/2014 Ουγγαρία-Φινλανδία 1-0
14/11/2014 Ρουμανία-Β. Ιρλανδία 2-0
29/03/2015 Β. Ιρλανδία-Φινλανδία 2-1
29/03/2015 Ρουμανία-Ν. Φαρόε 1-0
29/03/2015 Ουγγαρία-ΕΛΛΑΔΑ 0-0
13/06/2015 Φινλανδία-Ουγγαρία 0-1
13/06/2015 Β. Ιρλανδία-Ρουμανία 0-0
13/06/2015 Ν. Φαρόε-ΕΛΛΑΔΑ 2-1
04/09/2015 Ν. Φαρόε-Β. Ιρλανδία
04/09/2015 ΕΛΛΑΔΑ-Φινλανδία
04/09/2015 Ουγγαρία-Ρουμανία
07/09/2015 Φινλανδία-Ν. Φαρόε
07/09/2015 Β. Ιρλανδία-Ουγγαρία
07/09/2015 Ρουμανία-ΕΛΛΑΔΑ
08/10/2015 Ουγγαρία-Ν. Φαρόε
08/10/2015 Β. Ιρλανδία-ΕΛΛΑΔΑ
08/10/2015 Ρουμανία-Φινλανδία
11/10/2015 Ν. Φαρόε-Ρουμανία
11/10/2015 Φινλανδία-Β. Ιρλανδία
11/10/2015 ΕΛΛΑΔΑ-Ουγγαρία

ΒΑΘΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ
Αγ. Ν-Ι-Η Τερμ. Β.
1. Ρουμανία 6 4-2-0 7-1 14
2. Β.Ιρλανδία 6 4-1-1 8-4 13
3. Ουγγαρία 6 3-2-1 5-3 11
4. Νησιά Φαρόε 6 2-0-4 4-8 6
5. Φινλανδία 6 1-1-4 5-8 4
6. Ελλάδα 6 0-2-4 2-7 2

7ος ΟΜΙΛΟΣ
08/09/2014 Ρωσία-Λιχτενστάιν 4-0
08/09/2014 Αυστρία-Σουηδία 1-1
08/09/2014 Μαυροβούνιο-Μολδαβία 2-0
09/10/2014 Λιχτενστάιν-Μαυροβούνιο 0-0
09/10/2014 Μολδαβία-Αυστρία 1-2
09/10/2014 Σουηδία-Ρωσία 1-1
12/10/2014 Αυστρία-Μαυροβούνιο 1-0
12/10/2014 Ρωσία-Μολδαβία 1-1
12/10/2014 Σουηδία-Λιχτενστάιν 2-0
15/11/2014 Αυστρία-Ρωσία 1-0
15/11/2014 Μολδαβία-Λιχτενστάιν 0-1
15/11/2014 Μαυροβούνιο-Σουηδία 1-1
27/03/2015 Λιχτενστάιν-Αυστρία 0-5
27/03/2015 Μολδαβία-Σουηδία 0-2
27/03/2015 Μαυροβούνιο-Ρωσία 0-3 α.α.
14/06/2015 Λιχτενστάιν-Μολδαβία 1-1
14/06/2015 Ρωσία-Αυστρία 0-1
14/06/2015 Σουηδία-Μαυροβούνιο 3-1
05/09/2015 Ρωσία-Σουηδία
05/09/2015 Αυστρία-Μολδαβία
05/09/2015 Μαυροβούνιο-Λιχτενστάιν
08/09/2015 Λιχτενστάιν-Ρωσία
08/09/2015 Μολδαβία-Μαυροβούνιο
08/09/2015 Σουηδία-Αυστρία
09/10/2015 Λιχτενστάιν-Σουηδία
09/10/2015 Μολδαβία-Ρωσία
09/10/2015 Μαυροβούνιο-Αυστρία
12/10/2015 Αυστρία-Λιχτενστάιν
12/10/2015 Ρωσία-Μαυροβούνιο
12/10/2015 Σουηδία-Μολδαβία

ΒΑΘΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ
Αγ. Ν-Ι-Η Τερμ. Β.
1. Αυστρία 6 5-1-0 11-2 16
2. Σουηδία 6 3-3-0 10-4 12
3. Ρωσία 6 2-2-2 9-4 8
4. Μαυροβούνιο 6 1-2-3 4-8 5
5. Λιχτενστάιν 6 1-2-3 2-12 5
6. Μολδαβία 6 0-2-4 3-9 2

8ος ΟΜΙΛΟΣ
09/09/2014 Αζερμπαϊτζάν-Βουλγαρία 1-2
09/09/2014 Κροατία-Μάλτα 2-0
09/09/2014 Νορβηγία-Ιταλία 0-2
10/10/2014 Βουλγαρία-Κροατία 0-1
10/10/2014 Ιταλία-Αζερμπαϊτζάν 2-1
10/10/2014 Μάλτα-Νορβηγία 0-3
13/10/2014 Κροατία-Αζερμπαϊτζάν 6-0
13/10/2014 Μάλτα-Ιταλία 0-1
13/10/2014 Νορβηγία-Βουλγαρία 2-1
16/11/2014 Αζερμπαϊτζάν-Νορβηγία 0-1
16/11/2014 Βουλγαρία-Μάλτα 1-1
16/11/2014 Ιταλία-Κροατία 1-1
28/03/2015 Αζερμπαϊτζάν-Μάλτα 2-0
28/03/2015 Κροατία-Νορβηγία 5-1
28/03/2015 Βουλγαρια-Ιταλία 2-2
12/06/2015 Κροατία-Ιταλία 1-1
12/06/2015 Μάλτα-Βουλγαρία 0-1
12/06/2015 Νορβηγία-Αζερμπαϊτζάν 0-0
03/09/2015 Αζερμπαϊτζάν-Κροατία 0-0
03/09/2015 Βουλγαρία-Νορβηγία 0-1
03/09/2015 Ιταλία-Μάλτα 1-0
06/09/2015 Μάλτα-Αζερμπαϊτζάν
06/09/2015 Νορβηγία-Κροατία
06/09/2015 Ιταλία-Βουλγαρία
10/10/2015 Αζερμπαϊτζάν-Ιταλία
10/10/2015 Νορβηγία-Μάλτα
10/10/2015 Κροατία-Βουλγαρία
13/10/2015 Βουλγαρία-Αζερμπαϊτζάν
13/10/2015 Ιταλία-Νορβηγία
13/10/2015 Μάλτα-Κροατία

ΒΑΘΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ
Αγ. Ν-Ι-Η Τερμ. Β.
1. Ιταλία 7 4-3-0 10-5 15
2. Κροατία 7 4-3-0 16-3 14
3. Νορβηγία 7 4-1-2 8-8 13
4. Βουλγαρία 7 2-2-3 7-8 8
5. Αζερμπαϊτζάν 7 1-2-4 4-11 5
6. Μάλτα 7 0-1-6 1-11 1
* Η Κροατία έχει -1 βαθμό

9ος ΟΜΙΛΟΣ
07/09/2014 Δανία-Αρμενία 2-1
07/09/2014 Πορτογαλία-Αλβανία 0-1
11/10/2014 Αρμενία-Σερβία 1-1
11/10/2014 Αλβανία-Δανία 1-1
14/10/2014 Δανία-Πορτογαλία 0-1
14/10/2014 Σερβία-Αλβανία 0-3 α.α.
14/11/2014 Πορτογαλία-Αρμενία 1-0
14/11/2014 Σερβία-Δανία 1-3
29/03/2015 Αλβανία-Αρμενία 2-1
29/03/2015 Πορτογαλία-Σερβία 2-1
13/06/2015 Αρμενία-Πορτογαλία 2-3
13/06/2015 Δανία-Σερβία 2-0
04/09/2015 Δανία-Αλβανία
04/09/2015 Σερβία-Αρμενία
07/09/2015 Αρμενία-Δανία
07/09/2015 Αλβανία-Πορτογαλία
08/10/2015 Αλβανία-Σερβία
08/10/2015 Πορτογαλία-Δανία
11/10/2015 Αρμενία-Αλβανία
11/10/2015 Σερβία-Πορτογαλία

ΒΑΘΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ
Αγ. Ν-Ι-Η Τερμ. Β.
1. Πορτογαλία 5 4-0-1 7-4 12
2. Αλβανία 4 3-1-0 7-2 10
3. Δανία 5 3-1-1 8-4 10
4. Αρμενία 5 0-1-4 5-9 1
5. Σερβία 5 0-1-4 3-11 -2

* Η Σερβία έχει -3 βαθμούς

ΣΥΣΤΗΜΑ ΠΡΟΚΡΙΣΗΣ: Στην τελική φάση που θα διεξαχθεί στη Γαλλία (10/6-10/7 2016) θα συμμετάσχουν 24 ομάδες. Οι δύο πρώτες των εννέα ομίλων προκρίνονται απευθείας, μαζί με την καλύτερη τρίτη. Οι υπόλοιπες οκτώ ομάδες που θα κατακτήσουν την τρίτη θέση στον όμιλό τους, θα σχηματίσουν τέσσερα ζευγάρια που θα αναμετρηθούν σε αγώνες πλέι οφ (εντός-εκτός). Χωρίς προκριματικούς θα συμμετάσχει και η διοργανώτρια, Γαλλία.

Πηγή:madata.gr

Στην 44η θέση της παγκόσμιας κατάταξης με 661 βαθμούς παρέμεινε η Ελλάδα.

Το αντιπροσωπευτικό μας συγκρότημα χρειάζεται βαθμούς στα ματς με την Φινλανδία και τη Ρουμανία, για τα προκριματικά του Euro 2016 για να ανέβει πιο ψηλά.

Η Αργεντινή παρέμεινε στην κορυφή, ενώ ακολουθεί το Βέλγιο. Την πρώτη πεντάδα συμπληρώνουν οι Γερμανία, Κολομβία και Βραζιλία.

Αναλυτικά η πρώτη δεκάδα:
1. Αργεντινή 1.442 β.
2. Βέλγιο 1.269
3. Γερμανία 1.226
4. Κολομβία 1.218
5. Βραζιλία 1.186
6. Πορτογαλία 1.177
7. Ρουμανία 1.166
8. Χιλή 1.124
9. Ουαλία 1.155
10. Αγγλία 1.157

Πηγή:zougla.gr

The Socceroos made it two wins out of two in qualifying as they cruised to a comfortable victory over Bangladesh.

Ange Postecoglou’s rebuild of the Socceroos has taken another small step forward, with Australia cruising to an easy win over Bangladesh in Perth. It makes it two wins from two outings for the Socceroos in this early stage of Asia’s World Cup qualifiers.

It was the champions of Asia against one of the confederation’s lowest-ranked teams, and it was a mismatch from the start. Mathew Leckie, who plays in the Bundesliga for FC Ingolstadt, needed just six minutes to find the net. Tom Rogic followed suit two minutes later.

Desperate to make the most of his recent call up to the national squad, 28-year-old Tarek Elrich controlled the right side of the pitch, and played a large part in both early goals. QPR’s Massimo Luongo – the player of the Asian Cup – was also involved in plenty of Australia’s key moves.

But it was Rogic running the show in his long-awaited return to the midfield. And on 20 minutes, the Celtic man had found the net again, though this time it came via a deflection. Rogic looked almost apologetic when the ball went in.

Tim Cahill – the only member of this Australia squad with more than three international goals to his name – was left on the bench. Instead, Leckie, Rogic and Nathan Burns were given the chance to open or double their accounts. Within half an hour, all had. On 29 minutes, Burns swooped on a loose ball for his debut international goal.

It looked like Bangladesh were heading for their first ever double digit loss, but Thursday night was not to be that night. The scoring slowed up considerably from that point on, thanks in part to some tardiness from the home side and some good saves by Tigers keeper Sahidul Alam.

Then on the hour mark, the industrious Aaron Mooy trapped the ball outside the area, turned and curled the ball past Sahidul for Australia’s fifth. There were shades of Luongo’s goal in the Asian Cup final about it.

There were many more chances to come for the Socceroos, but none of them were taken. Perhaps the best of those efforts came from Chris Ikonomidis, who headed the ball on to the crossbar shortly after replacing Rogic. Ikonomidis came close to scoring again in injury time, this time with his foot. More importantly though, the substitution means the Lazio youngster is now cap-tied to Australia.

Leckie resembled Cahill at times with his heading, especially in the first half. Jackson Irvine – a late substitution for Elrich – also had his moments.

In the absence of Mat Ryan and Mitch Langerak, the gloves were handed to the only member of the squad ‘playing’ in the Premier League, Adam Federici. He is yet to get off the bench at Bournemouth this season, and was only marginally more involved here. One of his rare touches drew one the biggest cheers of the match. Another almost turned into a howler.

Postecoglou rejected suggestions he was preparing his side for life without Cahill.
“We’re not looking at a post-anyone era,” he said. “At the moment what we are looking at is a team that is continually evolving and will continue to evolve until we get to the place where we feel that we can challenge for the World Cup. [Tonight] was our first home game since the Asian Cup final and the players enjoyed it out there.”

A crowd of 19,495 turned out for Australia’s first outing in Perth in a decade. It’s a record for this venue.

Australia need to finish top of the group to guarantee progression to the deciding stage of these qualifiers. They may come to regret not making more of their opportunities.

The next stop on their mystery tour is Dushanbe, where they face Tajikistan on Tuesday. They’re the third team in the group that the Socceroos have never played before. Bangladesh return home to face the group’s other big name, Jordan.

Australia face the reverse fixture to this one in November, in what may be the biggest logistical nightmare for the Socceroos in this leg of qualifiers. In June’s qualifiers in Dhaka, it apparently took Jordan hours to navigate the busy streets between their hotel and the ground.

source:theguardian

The Socceroos have played just one game in their World Cup Qualification Asia group and know they need to finish top of the standings to automatically enter the next stage of qualifying.

Goals from Crystal Palace midfielder Mile Jedinak and Ipswich Town winger Tommy Oar helped Australia kick-off their road to Russia with a 2-1 win over Kyrgyzstan back in June.

Socceroos manager Ange Postecoglu is looking forward to leading his team out in Perth and although three points is a must he also wants to entertain the supporters.
Postecoglu told FootballAustralia.com:

“There’s always a little bit of excitement amongst the players. It’s their first home game since the Asian Cup and we haven’t been to Perth for a long time.

“We had a great turnout at the fan day and I’m sure there will be a buzz in the stadium. A perfect night for us would be to play well and also entertain the crowd but the most important thing is we keep progressing our football.

“We want to put on a show. It’s three important points and the more points you get earlier in this campaign, the less likely of a banana-skin down the track.”

Postecoglou has revealed he will not name his full starting line-up until the morning of the game, although he has said young goalkeeper Alex Cisak will not be starting the match, while former Everton star Tim Cahill is expected to captain the side in place of Jedinak.
The Greece born coach knows talk is cheap and results are the only thing that matters in football. He added:

“This is a World Cup qualifier, it’s not a friendly game and the sole focus is on the game and that’s it.

“We’re under no illusions if it doesn’t go well tomorrow night, no-one’s going to care about anything that’s been discussed over the last 48 hours, all they are going to care about is how come we didn’t win a game of football in a World Cup qualifier. That ain’t going to happen on my watch.”

Bangladesh have played two World Cup qualifiers already in Group B with just one point from a possible six and they cannot really afford to drop many more points.
They opened up their campaign with a 3-1 home defeat at the hands of Kyrgyzstan in June, while their last qualifier saw them held to a 1-1 draw at home to Tajikstan.
Bangladesh are ranked 170 in the world and manager Lodewijk de Kruif is well aware his side have already been written off, but he is adamant they will not go to Perth and lie down.
He said:

“We know [Australia] is number one in Asia, a good team, a lot of good players that are playing in Europe so we are absolutely the underdog.

“Of course we have our tactics. We will start the match very motivated and very eager to get a good result. It’s a wonderful experience for my team and anything can happen in football. My players are not afraid. They have respect but they are not coming as a tourist here.”

Australia versus Bangladesh lock horns in Group B of their World Cup Qualifying group at the nib Stadium in Perth with a kick-off time of 1200 BST.

source:football-news.com

On a near perfect Sunday afternoon at Arthur Eden Oval, Hamilton Olympic came from 0-2 behind, to record a 2-2 draw against Lambton Jaffas and march into the 2015 NPL Grand Final with an aggregate 4-3 score-line.

Both teams spent the opening quarter of the game with physical exchanges and few chances, as you would expect in a game of this level of importance.

The first sniff at a goal scoring opportunity came in the 17th minute with a header by Luke Remington which didn’t appear to trouble Danny Ireland. Ten minutes later, Michael Bridges followed this up with a long range effort which went well over the Olympic goal.

The first opportunity to Olympic didn’t come until the 34th minute when Kane Goodchild weaved his way through a number of bodies, passed to Pat Brown who sent a great shot crashing onto the cross bar with Brad Swancott well beaten.

Seconds before half time, Luke Remington was given too much space and time on the ball on the left and from what appeared a harmless position, he sent Lambton Jaffas with a 1-0 lead into the break!

The second half began with the Jaffas team putting pressure on the Olympic goal which culminated in a 2-0 lead from a volley by Riley McNaughton, after Danny Ireland failed to clear a cross. It could have been curtains for Olympic when a long range effort from outside the box rebounded off the crossbar!

Olympic replied with a great through ball to Pat Brown who forced a great save from an outstretched Brad Swancott.

The urgency on the Olympic bench becomes apparent when they bring into the game Mathew Swan in place of Simon Mooney and Jason Korotkich in place of Ben Koina, with the later partnering Jacob Bailey in the midfield and Reece Cooper moving further forward, just behind Kane Goodchild.

Mason Campbell chips a delightful ball from the back to Mathew Swan on the left who sends in a ball across the face of the Jaffa’s goal and eventually to the head of Pat Brown who buries it into the net for a 1-2 score-line!

Olympic are enjoying a good attacking spell with the Swan brothers combining well and forcing a great save from Brad Swancott while an effort by a Reece Cooper – Kane Goodchild combination results in the Jaffa’s goalie clearing with his feet.

Olympic continue to press for the equaliser which will avoid the game going into extra time with Jacob Baley forcing Brad Swancott to finger-tip the ball out and Jason Korotchich firing a shot onto the body of the Jaffa’s goalie.

Despite the efforts of the Olympic players the game goes into extra time.

During this period, Olympic continue their attacking momentum but Jaffas attack too! We have an extra half an hour of open ended football with goal mouth action at both ends.

During an Olympic counter attack, Reece Cooper gets behind the Jaffa’s defence and with the keeper to beat, pushes the ball through Brad Swancott’s legs to record a final 2-2 scoreline!

Hamilton Olympic win 4-3 on aggregate and join Edgeworth Eagles next week in 2015 EPL Grand Final.

Earlier in the day U19s lost 3-0 to Broadmeadow Magic and were eliminated with a 4-2 aggregate score while U22s crashed out to Emerging Jets 2-0 for an elimination and an 8-1 aggregate score.

Source: Tom Tsamouras

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – SEPTEMBER 01: Nicholas Hegarty, captain of Hume City and his teammates celebrate with the Westfield FFA Cup Quarter Finalist Banner after winning the FFA Cup Round of 16 match between Hume City and Sydney Olympic at ABD Stadium on September 1, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

The magic of the Westfield FFA Cup was back on Tuesday night. Here’s what happened in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and the Gold Coast in the Round of 16 match day two.

Hume City 3

(Ingham 34’, Schroen 42, Markelis 83’)

Sydney Olympic 1

(Hatzimouratis 63’)

Hume City booked a place in the FFA Cup quarter-finals courtesy of a comprehensive 3-1 victory at home to Sydney Olympic on Tuesday night.

The hosts took the lead at ABD Stadium in the 34th minute when Jai Ingham’s driving run and shot was only parried by goalkeeper Paul Henderson, Daniel Clark arriving to poke home the rebound.
Hume doubled their advantage three minutes before the break, Nick Hegarty advancing down the left flank and finding Marcus Shroen in the middle of the penalty area for the midfielder to tuck home a simple finish.

The visitors from New South Wales refused to give up without a fight, Dimtri Hatzimouratis seizing on a rebound to beat Chris Oldfield from the edge of the area in the 63rd minute.

The result was put beyond doubt though with seven minutes to go when Shaun Timmins found space down the right and cut the ball back to Theo Markelis, who dispatched an emphatic strike past Henderson, sending the Victorian outfit into the quarter-finals.

Rockdale City Suns 2

(Jesic 53’, Broxham OG 86’)

Melbourne Victory 3

(Makarounas 45’, 65′, Berisha 50′)

Melbourne Victory avoided what would have been a huge upset by holding off a gallant Rockdale City Suns to win 3-2 away from home in a memorable FFA Cup round-of-16 encounter on Tuesday night.

A first half of stout resistance and no little enterprise from Rockdale at Kogarah Oval was broken a minute before half-time when Daniel Georgievski exchanged a neat one-two with Fahid Ben Khalfallah before bursting into the penalty area and getting the ball to Jesse Makarounas, who picked out the far corner of the net expertly.

The visitors made it 2-0 five minutes into the second half following a well-worked move from a set-piece, Ben Khalfallah’s scooped pass finding the head of Besart Berisha, who made no mistake from close range.
The Suns got one back from the penalty spot on 53 minutes, Marko Jesic stroking the ball home from the spot after Thomas Deng was penalised – perhaps somewhat harshly – for handball.

The hosts’ hopes of a comeback took a big blow in the 65th minute when Makarounas curled home another well-taken finish from just outside the area, the attacker completing his brace and restoring Victory’s two-goal advantage.

The team coached by former A-League player Paul Reid refused to lie down, Nicholas Petrillo heading a deep corner back across goal and Leigh Broxham turning it into his own net to make it a nervy last four minutes for the league champions.

MetroStars 0

Oakleigh Cannons 1

(Pavlovic 66’)

A well-taken goal by Mirjan Pavlovic midway through the second half proved enough for Oakleigh Cannons to progress to the FFA Cup quarter-finals at the expense of MetroStars.

With a strong breeze at their backs at Elite Systems Football Centre it was the home side that dominated the first half arm-wrestle, but they were unable to turn their dominance into a goal.

Winger Rocky Callisto went closest to breaking the deadlock before the break, his close-range header superb clawed away by Cannons ‘keeper Lajos Hun.

Whatever Arthur Papas said to his side at half-time worked as they Cannons came out breathing fire, with Pavlovic and Dean Piemonte both squandering great chances.

But the breakthrough came on 66 minutes after shocking error by experienced MetroStars ‘keeper Daniel Godley.
The gloveman came racing out of his box to deal with a hopeful long-ball but it bounced over his head, allowing ex-Hyundai A-League attacker Pavlovic to race onto it and slam it home from a tight angle.

Despite a frenetic finish as the home side pushed for an equalizer, the Cannons held on for a superb victory much to the delight of the travelling fans on a fantastic night for the Melbourne club.

Palm Beach Sharks 0

Western Sydney Wanderers 2

(Delgado 26’, Hamill 86’)

The A-League powerhouse ended the Sharks’ FFA Cup run with a solid 2-0 win at Cbus Stadium on the Gold Coast.

The Sharks started confidently but Wanderers settled and soon eased past the Sharks. New signing Mitch Nichols released Sotirio on the right side of the box, and the youngster shimmied then crossed to the far post for Delgado to head home unmarked on debut.

Federico Piovaccari and Nichols had efforts on goal but the visitors weren’t able to add to their tally by the break.
Brendon Santalab came on in the second half for Piovaccari while another substitute Josh McDonald came close to making it 2-0 in a tight second half.

Jack Boxell, last year’s Cup hero for the Sharks, was introduced as the home side stepped up their efforts to equalise in front of the almost 1800 fans.

But in the final minutes Wanderers saw off the Sharks with a second after a corner wasn’t cleared and Brendan Hamill guided it home low past the keeper to make it 2-0 and book the red and black an FFA Cup quarter-final spot.

source:theffacup.com.au

A Jesse Makarounas brace has helped Melbourne Victory to a 3-2 win in their FFA Cup round of 16 match against Rockdale City Suns.

The victory was anything but comfortable for the A-League champions though as Rockdale took the match right to them on Wednesday night at Jubilee Oval.

Victory looked good for the opening 10 minutes of the match before an inspired Rockdale featuring former A-League starters Dylan Macallister, Marko Jesic, Paul Reid and Ivan Necevski showed their wares.

Macallister was instrumental early on, linking up with fellow forwards Toufic Alameddine and Hristijan Tanoski to cause the Victory defence several problems.

But it took 17 minutes for them to trouble Victory keeper Danny Vukovic for the first time when Alameddine had a skimming shot saved.

From there they piled on the pressure, but couldn’t find the final touch – the best chance falling to Tanoski who headed wide of the Victory goal when unmarked at the far post.

Victory found the net in the 20th minute through Besart Berisha but he saw that effort disallowed due to offside.

The Victorians made the most of a counter late in the half with Makarounas smashing a strike home after good lead up work from Daniel Georgievski and Fahid Ben Khalfallah.

The second half saw a fired-up Victory extend their lead through a diving header to Berisha, who took advantage of a great ball from Ben Khalfallah before Rockdale hit back through a penalty.

Tanovski’s strike hit the outstretched arm of Thomas Deng and Katie Patterson gave the penalty.

Former Newcastle Jet Jesic calmly stroked it into the bottom left corner of Vukovic’s goal, sending him the wrong way.

Minutes later the Suns had a penalty shout turned away when Carl Valeri slid at the legs of Jesic right on the edge of the area – replays showing he made contact just inside the box.

Makarounas made it 3-1 in the 64th minute when a superb curling strike beat the diving Necevski, bursting the side-netting.

Rockdale did not give up though and with a few minutes left chaos ensued when Leigh Broxham deflected one past Vukovic.

From there Rockdale went up a gear and had repeated corners in the last minute but just couldn’t beat desperate Victory defenders.

Wanderers overcome Palm Beach Sharks

Meanwhile Western Sydney Wanderers continued to put their inaugural FFA Cup blunder behind them by winning 2-0 over Palm Beach Sharks thanks to goals from Brendan Hamill and Delgado Morgado.

Hume City beat Sydney Olympic 3-1 with former Victory and Valencia attacker Theo Markelis stroking home the key goal.

The last team into the final eight were Oakleigh Cannons, who took advantage of a goalkeeping blunder from MetroStars keeper Daniel Godley to win 1-0, with Mirjan Pavlovic scoring the goal.

Victory now face Adelaide United in the quarter-finals but coach Kevin Muscat thinks they would have to improve significantly when they take on the Reds.

“It wasn’t great tonight,” he said.

“It should be an entertaining game (against Adelaide), now that both teams have got something to lose. There was only one team with something to lose tonight and in the end we just hung on.”

Victory striker Berisha was equally unhappy with the effort but gave plenty of praise to the Suns.

“We can play much better – but full credit to Rockdale – they played really good and I have respect for their performance,” he said.

Rockdale captain/coach, former Sydney FC player Reid was very happy with the effort of his team, even if they were unlucky.

“We went into halftime 1-0 down and I think we had the better chances. At the end of the day we can take a lot of pride in the performance,” he said.

“A bit of luck towards the end we might have got a draw and forced it into extra time.”

source:abc.net.au

Vidmar names 10 A-League players and six Socceroos for qualifiers against Turkey and FYROM

Olyroos coach Aurelio Vidmar has named a bolstered squad ahead of two matches against Turkey U21 and FYROM U21 in September.

The matches scheduled in Istanbul and Skopje are in preparation for January’s Olympic Games qualifiers and the AFC U23 Championships in Doha next year.

“These two matches against quality strong opposition are an important part of our preparations leading into next January,” Vidmar said.

“It will be a difficult challenge for us, with the players in the squad at various stages of preparation ranging from being in season, in pre-season or in some cases uncontracted, but we are confident that these issues will be resolved by October.

“There are a number of new faces included as well and this will be their chance to see if they can fit into the playing group.

“There are only a limited number of opportunities left for the players to claim a place in the final squad before we head to Doha in January and these matches will be a critical part of that process.

Present will be recent PAOK FC signing Terry Antonis, who made the switch from Sydney FC in the off-season, and Chris Ikonomidis, who is about to embark on his first full-season on Serie A club SS Lazio’s senior list.

The matches will feature on 4 September against Turkey U21, and September 7 against FYROM U21.

Squad:

Jack Duncan (Randers FC, Denmark), Jason Geria (Melbourne Victory FC), Giancarlo Gallifuoco (Swansea FC, England), James Donachie (Brisbane Roar FC), Milos Degenek (1860 Munich, Germany), Joshua Brillante (Empoli, Italy), Andrew Hoole (Sydney FC), Ryan Edwards (uncontracted), Jamie Maclaren (Brisbane Roar FC), Mustafa Amini (Randers FC, Denmark), Connor Pain (Melbourne Victory FC), John Hall (Adelaide United FC), Brandon Borrello (Brisbane Roar FC), Terry Antonis (PAOK FC, Greece), Scott Galloway (Melbourne Victory FC), Steven Ugarkovic (NK Osijek, Croatia), Daniel De Silva (Roda JC Kerkrade, Netherlands), Paul Izzo (Central Coast Mariners FC), Cameron Burgess (Fulham FC, England), Riley Woodcock (Sydney FC), Chris Ikonomidis (SS Lazio, Italy), Adam Taggart (Fulham FC, England), Brad Smith (uncontracted).

Source: SBS/FFA