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| − | On Thursday, [[December 12]], [[2002]], Austria and Switzerland were chosen by the UEFA Executive Committee to jointly host the final round of the UEFA European Football Championship in [[2008]].
| + | '''Paraskevas Antzas''' is a [[Greeks|Greek]] [[football (soccer)|football]] defender, currently on the roster of [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] [[Piraeus]]. |
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| − | '''Eight cities'''<br/>The decision followed a process which began formally in the autumn of [[2001]], and which culminated in the seven candidates (including a joint Greco-Turkish bid) giving brief final presentations of their bids to the joint Executive Committee and UEFA's National Teams Committee. Four stadiums in each country formed the basis of the bid - Basel, Berne, Geneva and Zurich in Switzerland, and Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Salzburg and Vienna in Austria.
| + | Antzas was born on [[August 18]], [[1976]]). He began his football career at [[Pandramaikos FC|Pandramaikos]] before joining [[SKODA Xanthi FC|Skoda Xanthi]] in [[1995]]. In [[1998]], he transferred to [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] where he played until [[2003]]. He quit after the season was over, citing "family reasons", to move back to [[Drama]] to play for [[Football C Division|C Division]] club [[Doxa Drama FC]]. The following year, he rejoined Skoda Xanthi and, in the summer of [[2007]], moved back to Olympiakos. |
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| − | ==Participants==
| + | On [[June 15]], [[2008]], he announced his retirement from international soccer -- hours after [[National Football Team|Greece's]] early exit from [[Euro 2008]]. Antzas's decision did come as a bit of a shock. The defender didn't give e reason for his decision. |
| − | The following teams qualified for the finals of Euro 2008:
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| − | ===Group A===
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| − | *Czechland
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| − | *Portugal
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| − | *Switzerland
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| − | *Turkey
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| − | ===Group B===
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| − | *Austria
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| − | *Croatia
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| − | *Germany
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| − | *Poland
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| − | ===Group C===
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| − | *France
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| − | *Holland
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| − | *Italy
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| − | *Romania
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| − | ===Group D===
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| − | *[[National Football Team|GREECE]]
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| − | *Russia
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| − | *Spain
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| − | *Sweden
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| − | ==Greek Squad==
| + | Antzas has been capped 25 times <!--June 15, 2008--> with the Greek [[National Football Team]]. |
| − | On [[May 27]], [[2008]], [[Otto Rehhagel]] announced his 23-player squad for [[Euro 2008]].
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| − | The Greek squad with shirt numbers:
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| − | '''Goalkeepers:''' 1 [[Antonis Nikopolidis]] ([[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos Piraeus]]), 12 [[Konstantinos Chalkias]] ([[Aris FC|Aris Saloniki]]), 13 [[Alexandros Tzorvas]] ([[OFI FC|OFI Crete]])
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| − | '''Defenders:''' 2 [[Giourkas Seitaridis]] (Atletico Madrid), 3 [[Christos Patsatzoglou]] ([[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos Piraeus]]), 4 [[Nikos Spyropoulos]] ([[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos Athens]]), 5 [[Traianos Dellas]] ([[AEK FC|AEK Athens]]), 11 [[Loukas Vyntra]] ([[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos Athens]]), 15 [[Vassilios Torosidis]] ([[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos Piraeus]]), 16 [[Sotirios Kyrgiakos]] (Eintracht Frankfurt), 18 [[Ioannis Goumas]] ([[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos Athens]]), 19 [[Paraskevas Antzas]] ([[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos Piraeus]])
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| − | '''Midfielders:''' 6 [[Angelos Basinas]] (RCD Mallorca), 8 [[Stylianos Giannakopoulos]] (Bolton Wanderers), 10 [[Georgios Karagounis]] ([[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos Athens]]), 20 [[Ioannis Amanatidis]](Eintracht Frankfurt), 21 [[Konstantinos Katsouranis]] (Benfica Lisbon), 22 [[Alexandros Tziolis]] ([[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos Athens]]),
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| − | '''Forwards:''' 7 [[Georgios Samaras]] (Glasgow Celtic), 9 [[Angelos Charisteas]] (FC Nuremberg), 14 [[Dimitris Salpingidis]] ([[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos Athens]]), 17 [[Theofanis Gekas]] (Bayer Leverkusen), 23 [[Nikolaos Liberopoulos]] ([[AEK FC|AEK Athens]])
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| − | ==Group Play - Group D==
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| − | ===Matchday 1===
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| − | [[June 10]], [[2008]]
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| − | *Spain - Russia 4-1
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| − | *Greece - Sweden 0-2
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| − | '''Greece:''' Nikopolidis, Seitaridis, Kyrgiakos, Antzas, Dellas (Amanatidis 70), Torosidis, Charisteas, Basinas, Katsouranis, Karagounis, Gekas (Samaras 46).
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| − | '''''Subs Not Used:''''' Chalkias, Goumas, Vyntra, Spyropoulos, Patsatzoglou, Giannakopoulos, Tziolis, Salpigidis, Liberopoulos, Tzorvas.
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| − | '''Booked:''' Charisteas, Seitaridis, Torosidis.
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| − | '''Sweden:''' Isaksson, Alexandersson (Stoor 74), Mellberg, Hansson, Nilsson, Wilhelmsson (Rosenberg 78), Svensson, Ljungberg, Andersson, Ibrahimovic (Elmander 71), Henrik Larsson.
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| − | '''''Subs Not Used:''''' Shaaban, Dorsin, Majstorovic, Granqvist, Kallstrom, Sebastian Larsson, Linderoth, Allback, Wiland.
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| − | '''Goals:''' Ibrahimovic 67, Hansson 73.
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| − | '''Ref:''' Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
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| − | '''Attendance:'''30,000
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| − | ===Matchday 2===
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| − | [[June 14]], [[2008]]
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| − | *Spain - Sweden 2-1
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| − | *Greece - Russia 0-1
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| − | '''Greece:''' Nikopolidis, Seitaridis (Karagounis 40), Dellas, Kyrgiakos, Torosidis, Katsouranis, Basinas, Patsatzoglou, Charisteas, Liberopoulos (Gekas 60), Amanatidis (Giannakopoulos 79).
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| − | '''''Subs Not Used:''''' Chalkias, Antzas, Goumas, Vyntra, Spyropoulos, Tziolis, Samaras, Salpigidis, Tzorvas.
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| − | '''Booked:''' Karagounis, Liberopoulos.
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| − | '''Russia:''' Akinfeev, Aniukov, Kolodin, Ignashevich, Zhirkov (Vasili Berezutsky 87), Semak, Torbinsky, Zyryanov, Semshov, Bilyaletdinov (Saenko 69), Pavluchenko.
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| − | '''''Subs Not Used:''''' Gabulov, Shirokov, Yanbaev, Alexei Berezutsky, Ivanov, Bystrov, Sychev, Adamov, Malafeev.
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| − | '''Booked:''' Saenko, Torbinsky.
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| − | '''Goals:''' Zyryanov 34.
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| − | '''Ref:''' Roberto Rosetti (Italy).
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| − | ====Sideline Events====
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| − | Goalkeeper [[Antonis Nikopolidis]] and defender [[Paraskevas Antzas]] both announced their retirement from international soccer after Greece's early exit from [[Euro 2008]].
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| − | ===Matchday 3===
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| − | [[June 18]], [[2008]]
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