Greek strikers set to pose England test

Last updated : 05 October 2024 By Three Lions

Greece are the visitors to Wembley next week for a Nations League clash between two sides with 100% starts to the competition.

Two wins out of two for new England head coach Lee Carsley but also for his Greek counterpart Ivan Jovanovic after his appointment to succeed Gus Poyet.

And two players for the home defence to be very wary of at Wembley are forward duo Fotis Ioannidis and Christos Tzolis, goalscorers in Dublin last month as Greece matched England's margin of victory against the Republic of Ireland.

Panathinaikos man Ioannidis has long been linked with a move away from his Athens club, the rumour mill matching him with newly-promoted sides Ipswich and Leicester the summer, and giving the home defence headaches at Wembley could see those stories surface again.

Tzolis, formerly of Norwich City, earned a move to Club Brugge ahead of the current season and showed his quality once again last week with a cracking goal to give the Belgian club a Champions League victory away to Sturm Graz.