Fernando Santos: Greece coach retains faith that his team can reach the quarter-finals

Focused

But top scorer Alan Dzagoev said: "I'm really sure that we will go through and we are very focused. We must go on the pitch and win the game.

"We don't feel relaxed. We simply must win."

Dzagoev has also urged Russia fans not to bring further shame on the country after violent, offensive and unsafe behaviour of supporters has already landed the Football Union of Russia a huge fine and a suspended six-point deduction for their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign.

He said: "Maybe they should be more calm. We don't need to lose six points in the next qualification so we don't want anything bad for our national team."

Meanwhile, Advocaat confirmed forward Aleksandr Kokorin would miss the rest of Euro 2012 after suffering a torn hamstring in training in Sulejowek on Friday.

Konstantin Zyryanov also missed the training session through sickness and was a doubt for the game.

Vindicated

Regarding Greece's task, Santos said: "My faith in my team is total. It's the same faith I had back in the autumn after our (qualifying) draw in Latvia.

"Back then, it was tense and we needed a victory against Croatia to have any chance of qualifying.

"I believed in that team, I said so, and afterwards I was vindicated. I am saying the same now."

Santos urged his players to forget Tuesday's Czech Republic defeat, saying: "We must leave it all behind us.

"We must take all our passion on to the pitch and I am sure we will make the Greek fans happy."

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