Looking for Ties to Greece in the World Cup?
It’s upsetting that Greece is not in the World Cup this year; heart-breaking actually. And the two runner-up teams I root for, USA and Italy, aren’t in the cup either! So this made me dig for some Greek connections that I could possibly root for. Here they are…
Australia
- Dimitris Petratos, Greek origins
Egypt
- Am Warda, player on PAOK
Iran
- Karim Amsarifard, player on Olympiacos
- Ehsan Hajsafi, player on Olympiacos
- Masoud Shojaei, player on AEK
Serbia
- Aleksandar Prijovic, player on PAOK
Portugal
- Head Coach Fernando Santos, former head coach of Greek clubs and the Greek National Soccer Team