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Yes it'd be weird

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Greece vs Turkey on the 24/03/07.
Top of the table clash, should be a ripper.

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Tziolis earns Rehhagel reward
Friday, 10 November 2006


Coach Otto Rehhagel has recalled Panathinaikos FC midfielder Alexandros Tziolis to the Greece squad for the friendly against France at the Stade de France next Wednesday.

Tziolis return
Tziolis won his only cap last January in a friendly against Korea Republic but has not featured since that 1-1 draw. However, the 21-year-old returns to the fold after impressing in Panathinaikos's recent league and UEFA Cup victories against Olympiacos CFP and FK Mladá Boleslav.

Dellas return
Rehhagel also welcomes back AEK Athens FC defender Traianos Dellas, who missed last month's UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifying wins against Norway and Bosnia-Herzegovina through injury. But Angelos Charisteas, Loukas Vintra and Christos Patsatzoglou remain sidelined, while Theodoros Zagorakis brought down the curtain on his international career in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Greece squad
Goalkeepers: Antonios Nikopolidis (Olympiacos CFP), Konstantinos Chalkias (Aris Thessaloniki FC).

Defenders: Giourkas Seitaridis (Club Atlético de Madrid), Sotirios Kyrgiakos (Eintracht Frankfurt), Panagiotis Fyssas (Heart of Midlothian FC), Georgios Anatolakis (Olympiacos CFP), Traianos Dellas (AEK Athens FC), Ioannis Goumas (Panathinaikos FC).

Midfielders: Stylianos Giannakopoulos (Bolton Wanderers FC), Angelos Basinas (RCD Mallorca), Georgios Karagounis (SL Benfica), Konstantinos Katsouranis (SL Benfica), Panagiotis Lagos (AEK Athens FC), Pantelis Kafes (Olympiacos CFP), Alexandros Tziolis (Panathinaikos FC).

Forwards: Ioannis Amanatidis (Eintracht Frankfurt), Dimitrios Salpingidis (Panathinaikos FC), Nikolaos Liberopoulos (AEK Athens FC), Theofanis Gekas (VfL Bochum 1848), Georgios Samaras (Manchester City FC), Dimitrios Papadopoulos (Panathinaikos FC).

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/EUR...Id=477712.html

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Panathinaikos trounces Atromitos 4-0 in Greek league



ATHENS, Greece: Alexandros Tziolis scored two goals Sunday to help Panathinaikos beat Atromitos 4-0 and retain second place in the Greek league.
Dimitris Salpingidis and Vangelis Mantzios also scored for Panathinaikos, which has 25 points, two behind Olympiakos and one ahead of AEK Athens. AEK beat Kerkyra 4-1 Saturday.
Tziolis gave his team the lead in the eighth minute with a powerful right-foot volley. Dimitris Papadopoulos almost added another in the 44th when he beat two defenders on the edge of the box but his shot was saved by Chrysostomos Michailidis.
Tziolis made it 2-0 with a splendid curling shot in the 70th before Salpingidis added another six minutes later. Mantzios scored in the 82nd.

Also Sunday, it was: Apollon 0, Ergotelis 0; OFI 1, Egaleo 0; Larissa 0, Iraklis 1; Panionios 0, Xanthi 2; and PAOK 3, Ionikos 0.

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