MATCH 09 REVIEW : PASSION PAYS FOR REHHAGEL

'Passion risky'
Georgis Karagounis was one of those players to be booked and will now miss the match against Russia, but Rehhagel insisted that his players were right to adopt an aggressive approach. "Spain moved the ball around so well," he said. "We showed a lot of passion and that can be risky against a team as technical as Spain, but we had no choice.

'Fantastic opportunity'
"We were under a lot of pressure in the last 15 or 20 minutes - as in our first game - and that is something we need to work on. But this is a fantastic opportunity for Greek football and we have to take advantage of it."

'No fluke'
Charisteas believes the result has confirmed Greece's emergence. "It shows that our win over Portugal was not a fluke," said the goalscorer. "We're a serious team, we play collectively and we have character and experience. We fought until the last minute and played Spain as if we were their equals."

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