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Greece Boosts Defence Against Turkey for March Meeting


Greece national team coach Otto Rehhagel has released the names of the players that make up the squad that will go up against Turkey (3/24/07) and Malta (3/28/07) for the EURO 2008 qualifiers resuming next week.


Rehhagel has brought in Panathinaikos pair Dimitris Papadopoulos and Dimitris Salpingidis who have scored 23 times in the league this season, dropping fellow Panathinaikos striker Vasilis Mantzios.

Squad

Goalkeepers: Antonis Nikopolidis (Olympiakos Piraeus), Kostas Halkias (Aris Salonika)

Defenders: Yannis Goumas (Panathinaikos), Loukas Vyntra (Panathinaikos), Giorgos Anatolakis (Olympiakos), Vassilis Torosidis (Olympiakos), Sotiris Kyrgiakos (Eintracht Frankfurt), Takis Fyssas (Hearts), Yourkas Seitaridis (Atletico Madrid), Traianos Dellas (AEK Athens), Michalis Kapsis (APOEL)

Midfielders: Stelios Giannakopoulos (Bolton Wanderers), Giorgos Karagounis (Benfica), Kostas Katsouranis (Benfica), Alexandros Tziolis (Panathinaikos), Angelos Basinas (Mallorca)

Strikers: Yannis Amanatidis (Eintracht Frankfurt), Nikos Liberopoulos (AEK Athens), Angelos Haristeas (Feyernoord), Fanis Gekas (VFL Bochum), Dimitris Papadopoulos (Panathinaikos), Dimitris Salpingidis (Panathinaikos), Giorgos Samaras (Manchester City)