Greece humiliated at the hands of Armenia

Greece suffered a humiliating 3-2 home defeat to Armenia, a team that had never before beaten the Euro 2004 champions, and will require a miracle to qualify to the finals of Euro 2020. What Greece needs this summer is a restart, probably with a new manager.

Three days after the terrible showing against Italy and the 3-0 home loss, the defensive frailties of the national team were exposed once again at the Olympic Stadium of Athens, only this time by Armenia, a decent team that knew what it wanted to do on the field and tried hard to obtain it, i.e. the very features Greece did not possess.

Coach Angelos Anastasiadis opted for an extensively changed line-up, hoping to freshen up the team with his five changes, given also that this was the end of a long season. This led to Roma defender Costas Manolas staying on the bench and to the best Greece player against Italy,...