George Donis: He became the first Greek coach to score in the final phase of the World Cup

George Donis made history on Tuesday morning 16 June.

Saudi's 56-year-old federal coach became just the third Greek technician to lead a team of Mundials. The first was the late Alkete Panagoulias, who was at the... steering wheel of the National Greece in the first participation of the blue-white in the largest celebration of the "round goddess", in 1994. In 2014 Angel Postekoglu was the one who led Australia then to the Brazilian courts.

In 1994 in the World Cup also organized on the other side of the Atlantic, our representative band did not have the best possible presence, since in the fourth group it experienced three equal losses from the Argentine of Maradona (4-0), the Bulgaria of Stoitzkov (4-0) and Nigeria of Okoka and Yekini. (2-0).

20 years later in Brazil the smiling Angel Postekoglu went with his players to enjoy and enjoy participation in the World Cup. However, he also left with three defeats after equal numbers against Chile (3-1), the Netherlands (3-2) and Spain (3-0).

Today, 32 years later George Donis made history! The numerous Greek technician with tenure in many Greek teams (Panathinaikos, AEK, PAOK, AEL, Atromitos Athens, Ilysios), has been training outside the border for several years with absolute success. After his wanderings in Cyprus and Israel, he has for eleven years. ..rooted in Saudi Arabia, having taken over them. ..the fates of several teams.

Being a deep knowledgeer of football in the country, the Saudi Football Federation gave him the... keys of the National after the "divorce" with Herve Renard. Thus, the former glory of Greek football never had the joy and honor of sitting on the bench of the Asian country at the World Cup.

And not just that! A few hours earlier he managed to extract a very important rank against Bielsa's Uruguay (1-1), at its premiere. So he became the first Greek coach to get grade in the final phase of a World Cup making history.

Saudis are in the 8th group and still have to compete with Spain and Cape Verde, which also emerged tied (0–0). George Donis has bonded with that country, as he himself certified shortly before his team left for this year's World Cup.

In detail his statements:"We are excited. We started the preparations. We're ready to continue the hard work. We will prepare the team in the best way to be very competitive in the World Cup. I feel proud to be a member of Saudi football and society for many years. I went to riad 11 years ago. I feel almost Saudi, it's like my second DNA!"