Quebrando os Jornazistas: Formações da Euro 2004

Grécia de 2004 escolhida como "o time tático da década"

Para começar, já avisei ao Stelios pra me informar de malakies escritas pela tourkotypia. Vamos ao que interessa:



Remember them as negative, defensive, cycnical and unimaginative if you like, but it’s interesting that this only became the prevailing mood when Greece actually looked like winning the thing. In the opening game, where they beat Portugal, they were widely praised for their football. Slick passing, plenty of players attacking and generally positive play, the first game upset was treated like the Senegal victory two years previously, a great start to a tournament.


 Sim! Pesquisemos (ainda não achei nada) sobre artigos após a abertura da Euro 2004, e vejamos como tudo mudou pra merda.


For a side painted as rigid and boring, Greece did brilliantly to adapt their shape to suit different opposing formations – the only constant was to make sure they had a spare man at the back

A Grécia variava entre três e quatro defensores, sempre com um na sobra.

Para a maioria da turcaiada que acha que nome ganha jogo, veja isso:


Firstly, he played to his own side’s strengths. They had solid, reliable defenders and a hard-working midfield, with little attacking talent. To play open football would have been suicidal. They defended solidly, then countered at speed with numbers – and their set-piece organisation was superb.

O forte do time era a defesa e o meio-campo raçudo. E esperar proezas infinitas artísticas de Charisteas e Vryzas é como esperar que o Kerkyra ganhe o campeonato grego: IMPOSSÍVEL.