4 hours agoThe media in Greece: Kosovo thwarted plan for Qatar
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Greek media have cried out their national team's poor performance in drawing Kosovo to Pristina on Sunday, which almost gave Greece hopes of qualifying at the World Cup. Greece had victory in hand, although it played weaker than Kosovo, but failed to keep it by [...]
Greece had victory in hand, though it played weaker than Kosovo, but failed to hold it by taking advantage at the extra time at the Fadil Vokri Stadium.
This draw practically dampens Greece's hopes of qualifying, which has only three points in the pre-end country. Better still, S dealt not with Kosovo, since it has only four points.
Group B leads Spain with 10 points followed by Sweden by 9. The leader of the group goes directly to Qatar 2022 while second place plays play-off.
“Kosovo 1:1 Greece: Tragicly, the National lost the train to Qatar”, was the title of the match report in the Greek daily Ethnos.
“Greece will try to remain in the race mathematically on Wednesday (against Sweden), however, the Qatar train has fled and the national team never boarded at”, says Ethnos's report.
Van Sip's <x0 plan for Qatar failed in Pristina”, was the title of the next Greek daily, Tovima.
Greece will face Sweden on Wednesday in Athens, while Kosovo hosts Spain in Pristina.
These two matches will eventually decide the fate of Group B, with Kosovo and Greece remaining mathematically only in the race.
