Intro:
Greece trained at their European Championship team camp outside Warsaw on Friday morning, ahead of a must-win game against Russia.
Script:
A win for Greece against Russia in Warsaw on Saturday would seal their place in the quarter-finals of the Euros.
Despite picking up only one point and failing to impress in their first two Group A games, Greece's fortunes are still looking favourable.
Michalis Sifakis is set to continue in goal, deputising for the injured Kostas Chalkias, while captain Giorgos Karagounis will receive his 120th cap.
That will match the Greek national record of Theodoros Zagorakis, who skippered Greece to the European Championship title in 2004.
Defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos returns to the side after serving a one-match suspension following his controversial sending off in the game with Poland.
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The Top 3 Teams of Previous Tournaments
Year | Winners | Runner-up | Third place |
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2008 | Spain | Germany | Russia / Turkey |
2004 | Greece | Portugal | Netherlands / Czech Republic |
2000 | France | Italy | Netherlands / Portugal |
1996 | Germany | Czech Republic | France / England |
1992 | Denmark | Germany | Netherlands / Sweden |
1988 | Netherlands | Soviet Union | Italy / West Germany |
1984 | France | Spain | Denmark / Portugal |
1980 | West Germany | Belgium | Czechoslovakia |
1976 | Czechoslovakia | West Germany | Netherlands |
1972 | West Germany | Soviet Union | Belgium |
1968 | Italy | Yugoslavia | England |
1964 | Spain | Soviet Union | Hungary |
1960 | Soviet Union | Yugoslavia | Czechoslovakia |