Greece To Use Nigeria Friendly To Fine- tune Strategies Before Facing Ivory Coast
Published: June 03, 2014
Hellas Verona center back and Greece National Teamer, Vangelis Moras,
has commented on Tuesday’s friendly against the Super Eagles scheduled
to take place in Philadelphia, United States.
The 2004 European champions have been drawn alongside Colombia, Japan and Africa powerhouse, Ivory Coast in Group C of the World Cup.Greece To Use Nigeria Friendly To Fine-tune Strategies Before Facing Ivory Coast
Moras reckons that the friendly against Nigeria will give them a hint of what to expect when they face the Elephants in their final Group C fixture on June 24 at Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza.
The 32 - year - old told gazzetta.gr : “Roughly selecting this team has to do with this purpose. Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire play in the same way. It’s an important friendly match and we want to find the rhythm for the first game in the World Cup against Colombia.”
The last time Nigeria met Greece, the Europeans defeated the Super Eagles 2 - 1 in the 2010 World Cup.
The 2004 European champions have been drawn alongside Colombia, Japan and Africa powerhouse, Ivory Coast in Group C of the World Cup.Greece To Use Nigeria Friendly To Fine-tune Strategies Before Facing Ivory Coast
Moras reckons that the friendly against Nigeria will give them a hint of what to expect when they face the Elephants in their final Group C fixture on June 24 at Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza.
The 32 - year - old told gazzetta.gr : “Roughly selecting this team has to do with this purpose. Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire play in the same way. It’s an important friendly match and we want to find the rhythm for the first game in the World Cup against Colombia.”
The last time Nigeria met Greece, the Europeans defeated the Super Eagles 2 - 1 in the 2010 World Cup.
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