The trials of the Greek National Team took place during the last weekend as they was scheduled. The coach of the team, Apostolis Gkaifilias took the opportunity to check his players and their physical condition before taking the vital decision of which of them are closer to his plans and to the playing style that he wants to implement.
Nobody should forget that miniEURO 2013 is taking place in Greece and everybody in the country expects that this team will make them proud. Of course it is not something easy, as the team has a completely new roster and the administration of the GCMFA has changed the way of the selection of the players in comparison to 2012. The only one who was member of the team in 2012 and continues to be in 2013 is Alexis Karatis. All the others are new members. They are all very skillful and extremely excited by the fact that they will represent their country in front of thousands of passionate spectators. For these players it will be a dream that no one will ever take from them!
After all, the final selection took place and Apostolis Gkaifilias announced the18 players who will follow all trainings of the National Team. They come from many different cities and even more teams and there is a great challenge for the coach: To transform them into a team, to connect their talent and make them play one for all and all for one.
The 18 selected players of the Greek Team are the following:
Chatziminas George (GK) – Thessaloniki
Ksanthos Paschalis (GK) – Athens
Pomonis Panos (GK) – Heraklion
Atzouris Yiannis – Volos
Bessiris George – Athens
Gkiatis Vaggelis – Athens
Kammenos Nikos – Athens
Karatis Alexis – Athens
Karavidas Dimitris – Athens
Kefakis Michael – Rethymno
Kountouris George – Heraklion
Lefkaritis Chrysanthos – Thessaloniki
Leventis Dimitris – Athens
Liosis Chris – Athens
Masaoutis Manos – Rethymno
Papadopoulos Leonidas – Thessaloniki
Stavropoulos Costas – Athens
Vandoros Nikos – Athens
In each match, the delegation will have only 15 players, so the coach Apostolis Gkaifilias will have to exclude 3 players (one goalkeeper plus two) each time.