After a less than encouraging display against England, Heimir Hallgrímsson’s Ireland side go again on Tuesday as they welcome Greece to the Aviva in a crucial Nations League clash. Here’s all you need to know about Ireland v Greece.
On Saturday evening, with England dominating proceedings from early on, the pre-match buzz around the Aviva slowly faded as Lee Carsley’s men took control and gave the home crowd very little to cheer about.
Two fine goals scored by former Irishmen Declan Rice and Jack Grealish topped off a miserable evening for the Boys in Green.
The Icelandic head coach and his players have a huge opportunity to redeem themselves however as Greece come to the Aviva in a massive match in the context of this group.
On the back of their 3-0 defeat of Finland on Saturday evening, Ivan Jovanovic’s Greek side will come to Dublin full of confidence having easily defeated the boys in green in the same venue 11 months ago.
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When Is Ireland v Greece
The game will take place this Tuesday September 10th at the Aviva Stadium with a 7:45pm kick off.
What Channel Is Ireland v Switzerland on?
RTÉ2 will live broadcast the game with coverage beginning from 7.20pm.
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Ireland Captain Seamus Coleman will return to Everton after being forced off due to injury in the 58th minute in Ireland’s 2-0 defeat to England due with Festy Ebosele coming into the squad in his place.
Irish fans will be happy to have seen Evan Ferguson make his first appearance since March when he was introduced in the final 8 minutes and he could be trusted to start on Tuesday evening.
Greece come to Dublin with a full deck to choose from with no injuries to report following their opening victory over Finland.
New Greek manager Ivan Jovanovic surprised many by choosing Fotis Ioannidis up font against Finland, he rewarded the faith shown by his manager by bagging two goals in an impressive display by the Panathinaikos forward, he is likely to retain his place in Dublin.
Despite not playing at club level, Odysseas Vlachodimos retained his place in goal ahead of young Olympiacos stopper Konstantinos Tzolakis in the win over Finland and by clinching a clean sheet, he is tipped to retain his place between the sticks.
Many regulars were left out of the Greek squad by the manager and it’s rumoured that there may be a huge overturn of players in the squad over the coming months.