Hellas Football

THE CURRENT STATE OF WOMEN'S SOCCER IN GREECE VOL.2 By: Alexander Koutakos It’s been 8 months since vol.1 , so I thought it would be a good idea to give an update on women’s soccer and Greece. So here we are. Things have certainly changed for the better since volume 1 and this blog will be rundown of just why and will be divided into 4 sections.  #1 - The Women’s National Team #2 - Professional Clubs Being Formed #3 - PAOK WFC’s Run In The UEFA Women’s Champions League #4 - The Protathlima  The Women’s National Team The women’s national team was drawn in a world cup qualifying group with France, Slovenia, Wales, Estonia and Kazakhstan. 3 out of 10 games have been played so far and the team sits in 3rd place with 6 points. The first game ended in a 3-2 win over Kazakhstan in Patras, the second game was an embarrassing 10-0 loss to France and the most recent game was a 1-0 over Kazakhstan at the nul-sultan arena in Kazakhstan. Overall, it's been a mixed bag. The team looked soli...

Frankfurt vs Olympiakos:   Europa League Match Day 3 Preview By Stephen Kountourou  As another International break wraps up, it is time to once again focus on club football, and particularly for me writing this blog, European competition. The groups of all the major UEFA tournaments are starting to take shape now as we enter the halfway stage and sides who have started well will want to continue with their good momentum and qualify for the knockout round of their respective competition. Supporters of Greek champions Olympiakos will be particularly excited, with Thrylos sitting top of Group D with 6 points after 2 victories over Antwerp and Fenerbahce respectively.  Pedro Martins' men, however, now face probably the biggest test of their European campaign so far. They now have to compete in a doubleheader in Match Day 3 and 4 against 2nd place Frankfurt, which could make or break Thrylos aspirations of finishing top of their group. Arguably the harder of the two games agai...

Derby of The Eternal Enemies Preview: Panathinaikos By: Antoni   October 2, 2021   Panathinaikos is back again this weekend, and it won’t just be any old game, no this weekend  is the derby of the eternal enemies. The most anticipated match in Greek football and one that is always bound to be drama filled, intense, and exciting. This year the derby has come quite early. There have only been a handful of matches played and yet here we are on matchday five with the headline game already here.   Panathinaikos have started the season off in an odd fashion. Two wins and two losses, yet the performances in the wins at home were drastically different to the two losses that the team played away. At home Panathinaikos play a very attractive brand of football under Ivan Jovanovic, quick build up, high pressing football that exudes the “ooh’s” and “ah’s” from the home faithful.   Playing away from home though has been a bit of a different story, and that is what has me a l...