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Samaras say It all Destiny ( Team Review )
Georgios Samaras was just a boy when Greece made their one and only FIFA World Cup appearance. IT does not count among his most vivd or treasured childhood memories. USA 1994 ended for Greece, after all, with three defeats, ten goals conceded and none scored; typical, some say, of the nation’s uneasy relationship with football’s premier competition.
Failing to reach Germany 2006 just two years after becoming European champions hardly helped to ease this tension and Samaras remembers only too well that it was a 1-0 home defeat by Ukraine that effectively sealed their fate. Now , four –and –a –half years on, that same fixture is set to be replayed in Athens as the two sides square off in the first leg of their player-off a place at south Africa 2010. As the Celtic striker, a key member of Greece’s flourishing attacking line-up said, “Maybe its destiny” Samara said,” Being this close to a world Cup is a huge thing, especially for Greece because we have only qualified once before. Sixteen years is a long time and everyone wants to make sure that we are back at this big football party again. It would mean a lot for the country, the people and, of course, for us as players. It would be something that I am sure we would remember for the rest of our lives. What we definitely don’t want is to look back after a play-off like this and think, If only I had run more, put in the tackle, won that header or passed that back better.” It’s important we don’t come away with any regrets.
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