He has a plan, he has a pace, he has a chance, but unfortunately he does not have an easy target. OUR National team yesterday it was 0:0 in a friendly match with Lithuania in its premiere at the Opap Arena in front of around 15,000 fans, showing exactly the same weakness as in the opening night of the Euro qualifiers against a weak Gibraltar, that is, to take advantage of the several phases that it creates.

OUR Gustavo Poje maintained a 4-3-3 formation for the national team and made three substitutions for the match against Gibraltar: Rota, Fortounis and Pavlidis took the places of Baldock, Pelkas and Jakoumakis respectively. Our representative group was clearly better than their opponent, who entered the field to “test” their own game plan, wanting to keep a clean sheet in their defense.

The national team fought hard, but none of its players who reached the final could become the anointed goalscorer. The start was made by Siopis in the 7th minute, followed by opportunities from Masouras (16′, 32′) and Mavropanos (45′, 45’+2′). A similar picture was in the second half, when the goalkeeper of the Lithuanian national team Zumbas stopped the shots of Bakaseta (50 minutes) and Mandala (52 minutes). The last good moment for the national team came in the 83rd minute, but Baravikas turned Giannoulis’s shot over the line.

On the positive side of yesterday’s friendly match, Dimitris Limniou appeared after eight months and after a cruciate ligament tear he suffered against Cyprus in the Nations League. On the contrary, Tsimikas came out injured in the 23rd minute, however, his condition did not inspire concern about the continuation of his obligations with Liverpool.

Now the national team is switching back to official games as they will face Ireland at the same stadium on June 16 before heading to Paris three days later to play against World Cup finalists France.

ELLAS (Gustavo Poget): Vlachomos, Rota, Mavropanos, Hatzidiakos, Tsimikas (Yannoulis, 23), Siopis, Mandalos, Bakasetas (Constantelias, 69), Masouras (Papanikolaou, 80), Fortounis (Limnios, 80), Pavlidis (Yakumakis, 69) ) ).