“We will have to do a lot of things well with Holland to be able to qualify.”

The Greek national team left the Aviva Stadium with three huge points, defeating Ireland 2-0 with two goals scored by Giakoumakis and Masouras, and now it has a difficult match against the Netherlands at the Opab Arena next Monday, where the victory will be taken very decisively to qualify directly for the final stage of the tournament. Euro 2024.

For his part, Gustavo Puget stressed that the blue and white team is a correct and integrated team in Dublin, and he focused in particular on the second goal at the end of the first half, which gave confidence to the foreigners and asked for the support of the Greeks. Fans in next Monday’s match against Oranje to take the aforementioned step on the road to Germany.

In detail, what he said:

“At first it was a surprise for us which system the opponent chose because it was not the familiar system we had prepared for. But in the end, the way the match goes, it is not the system that is important but how the team plays.” .

We knew the Irish were going to start out really strong in the first few minutes of the game. From there, once we got past that point, we tried to control the game, create chances and score goals.

The main goal in tonight’s match was the second goal, because a 2-0 lead in the first half is different from a 1-0 lead because we came out in the second half with more confidence and self-confidence.

“You always need to stop the goalkeeper’s shots as well, and we defended really well so we were able to get the result we wanted tonight.”

About the extent to which this victory has strengthened us qualitatively and to what extent it will strengthen us before the final with the Netherlands: “This match was very important. We had to win both matches against Gibraltar and we did that, and we also won against Ireland at home and tonight we needed to put in an extra effort because we lost the matches against Holland and France. I want to pay tribute to the players because they understood the situations, they knew How to move into spaces, in general we managed very well, we saw a proper and complete team tonight. We have laid the foundations for Monday’s match. I want to say, “Thank you to the Irish fans for the atmosphere and I hope we go to play on Monday in a full stadium. I ask people to come on Monday and support the national team.”

If he was a neutral fan and watched Ireland’s matches against France (0-1), Netherlands (1-2) and Greece (0-2), what would he think of the national team: “As a team we learn, we grow. The players have realized that in order for them to qualify for the European Championship and have a chance at the Euros, they will have to take another step forward, so Monday is very important. We will have to do a lot of things well.” Monday so we can qualify. We’ve gotten to this point because we’ve gotten to this point through wins, through the work this team has done. “It was difficult matches against Ireland, and we put in a lot of effort and suffered a lot with the Netherlands, so we have reached a point where if you had told me in the Frankfurt draw that we would be in this position, I would not have believed it.”