Living in Crete Wannabes? (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Photo: Otto Rehhagel signing an autograph on an Adidas T-Shirt in Greece's National Colours for a Greek fan! Greece national Soccer Coach Otto Rehhagel: "We said no road should be too far but... [This is just a brief content summary of BritsinCrete. For the chatter about the real happenings on Crete, go to Or the serious stuff at
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Athens - German coach Otto Rehhagel is enjoying proving his sceptics wrong after Greece's national team scored their 1-0 win in the Ukraine on November 18, sending them through to next year's World Cup finals. Some observers had begun to question the...
The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
IT ISN'T all Greek to Georgios Samaras when it comes to reaching the World Cup finals.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The organisation instilled by coach Otto Rehhagel means that his Greece team will be hard to beat if not always good to watch at World Cup 2010.
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
ATHENS, Greece - Greece coach Otto Rehhagel stood by his defensive tactics after his team qualified for the World Cup - achieving his latest success in his 100th game in charge. The...
SoccerBlog.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Before Adebayor, Robinho and the other eight strikers at City, there used to be Georgios Samaras. Although highly touted by Stuart Pearce, he failed to make an impact in the two years while at the club. When Sven Goran...
ESPN (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Champagne corks flew and cigars were being lit on board the Greek charter flight as the players celebrated their qualification for next year's World Cup following their 1-0 win in Ukraine.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
UKRAINE 1 GREECE 1:GREECE coach Otto Rehhagel thanked the gods after their win in Ukraine sent them through to next year’s World Cup.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Slovenia v RussiaRussia were knocked out the World Cup last night as Slovenia's 1-0 win in Maribor meant Guus Hiddink's side, semi-finalists at the European Championship last year, went out on the away goals' rule.It was a traumatic night for the Russians, who went into the two-legged play-off as overwhelming favourites and were 2-0 up in the first leg in Moscow on Saturday before Nejc Pecnik's late...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
DONETSK, Ukraine - Greece advanced to its first World Cup in 16 years on Wednesday, beating Ukraine 1-0 after Dimitrios Salpigidis' first-half goal in the second leg. The...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Hamburg - There was controversy in Paris, an upset in Donetsk, drama in Maribor and Omdurman and disappointment in Zenica as France, Greece, Slovenia, Algeria and Portugal on Wednesday qualified for the finals of next year's World Cup in South Africa...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
A first-half goal from Panathinaikos striker Dimitrios Salpingidis ended Greece's 16-year wait to reach the World Cup finals. Otto Rehhagel's side were subject to intense pressure in the second-half as Ukraine pushed for an equaliser in front of a partisan crowd at the Donbass Arena in Donetsk but held their nerve to win 1-0 on aggregate after Saturday's 0-0 draw in Athens. Ukraine dominated the early...
TEAMtalk (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Angelos Charisteas toasted another significant chapter in Greek football after Otto Rehhagel's team beat Ukraine to make the 2010 World Cup.
FIFA - Latest News (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Greece edged Ukraine to reach South Africa 2010 with a 1-0 win in Donetsk, returning to the FIFA World Cup finals for the first time since USA 1994.
The 90th Minute Soccer Blog (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The UEFA 2010 World Cup Qualifying Playoffs wrapped up on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 with the second legs. Greece faced Ukraine in one of the matches with the score 0-0 on aggregate after the first leg. Here’s a recap of the match along with video highlights. Greece beats Ukraine 1-0 – Video Highlights Greece scored a first [...]
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