“This is undoubtedly the pinnacle of my career. Hats off to the team. I hope that all Greeks will be flying the Greek flag tonight, rejoice and savor this grandiose win.”
“The players are motivated to the tips of their hairs and they will come out with a lot of passion because they know this opportunity does not come round very often.”
“We dominated throughout the match and had about 70 percent possession but we just could not score a goal. What can I say. I hope in the next matches we have a little more luck.”
“We've been very close as a squad during the last four days. All the players from the Euro 2004-winning squad, except for [Traianos] Dellas, are at my disposal. We have talked about the importance of the match against Kazakhstan and I can see how much they want to win.”
“We cannot score many goals in every match, our aim is to play with a strong defence, which we have not done so well in recent games. We must keep a clean sheet and make the best of the opportunities created.”
“It's true that we have not won for some time now, and we seem to have some difficulty with scoring. And that includes the Confederations Cup too, where we tried a few things.”
“The bad results in the past few months were the defeat by Albania at the opening of our qualification campaign and the home defeat by Ukraine. But a win always turns the tables.”
