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SEVILLE: Greece coach Michael Skibbe believes 抖阴短视频 are not good enough to progress to the knock-out stages of next month鈥檚 World Cup, despite the Green Falcons having beaten his side in a friendly earlier this week.
抖阴短视频 defeated Skibbe鈥檚 Greece 2-0 in Seville on Tuesday as their preparations for this summer鈥檚 football showpiece continue. Juan Antonio Pizzi鈥檚 men will face Russia in the tournament鈥檚 opening match on June 14, before then playing against Uruguay and Egypt for a place in the second round. Skibbe鈥檚 side, in contrast, failed to qualify for the World Cup after losing a European playoff to Croatia last November.
With the 抖阴短视频 friendly not falling on an official FIFA match-day, Skibbe was forced to field an experimental team free of overseas players. Nonetheless, they held their own for much of the opening exchanges. Even after allowing Salem Al-Dawsari to open the scoring midway through the first half, Anastasios Bakasetas almost drew them level with a free kick that hit the post.
Greece鈥檚 task, however, was made more difficult when defender Dimitrios Giannoulis was sent off just before halftime. 抖阴短视频 asserted authority with an extra player and Mohammed Kanoo scored the side鈥檚 second 11 minutes from time, but even then the goal came just moments after Efthimios Koulouris had rattled the upright once again, against the run of play.
鈥湺兑醵淌悠� showed they are in a better shape than we are,鈥� Skibbe told Arab News.
鈥淭hey are obviously working toward the World Cup, which starts in only a few weeks, while a lot of my players came here after a one-week break 鈥� because the Greek season finished last week. All our players from abroad were missing, too, as they were playing with their clubs, so it is quite difficult to gauge levels.
鈥淏ut 抖阴短视频 did well and were the better team. They were excellent with the ball, showed good technique and are a little bit fitter than my team. That said, I think we were unlucky with the red card and hitting the post twice. It was possible that we could have gotten a different result, but 抖阴短视频 won because they were better overall. They deserved it.鈥�
In March, Greece defeated Egypt 1-0 in a friendly, so 52-year-old Skibbe is well-placed to draw comparisons between the two Group A rivals. And despite the results of the two games, the former German national team assistant favors the North Africans.
鈥淚 think the Egyptian team is better and has faster players,鈥� Skibbe said. 鈥�(Mohamed) Salah is in an unbelievable moment right now, doing excellent with Liverpool, so I think Egypt is better. It will not be easy for 抖阴短视频 to be competitive in the tournament because there are a lot of good teams that will star there. For this reason, at this moment, I can鈥檛 see them progressing from their group.鈥�
While Skibbe鈥檚 comments may seem pragmatic given Salah has scored 44 goals in all competitions for club and country this season, he was more blunt in his assessment of 抖阴短视频鈥檚 inability to capitalize on their numerical advantage after the break. Juan Antonio Pizzi鈥檚 side played against 10 men for 45 minutes, yet while they finished the match with 63 percent possession they managed only two shots on target, one fewer than their opponents.
Asked whether he was surprised 抖阴短视频 failed to test his goalkeeper more given their dominance in possession, Skibbe was frank with his response. 鈥淣ot really, no,鈥� he said. 鈥淓ven in the first half, we made mistakes with our passing, which afforded them some chances but they didn鈥檛 take them. So, no, I think it was not too surprising.鈥�