Fernando’s last interview before the World Cup

Portuguese Fernando Santos is one of the most successful managers in the Greek National Team’s history. He proved to be the ideal replacement of Greece’s former head coach, German Otto Rehhagel, the coach that led Greece to win the European Cup in 2004. Under the leadership of the 60-year old Portuguese manager, Greece qualified in the quarter finals of the Euro 2012 and secured a place in the 2014 World Cup. Just a few days before Greece’s long journey to Brazil, Fernando Santos gave his last television interview.  The Portuguese manager expressed his feelings making “a childhood dream” of participating in a World Cup coming true. Moreover, he stated that this is his last appearance as a coach of the Greek National team, since his contract ends this season and he decided not to renew it.  The games of the Greek team in the 2014 World Cup would be his”good-bye gift” to them, a way of saying  “thank you” for the 4 wonderful years he spend next to the National’s bench and for the love he received from Greeks throughout the course his 13 year-long career in the country, as manager of AEK  and Panathinaikos teams in Athens and PAOK in Thessalonica.  Finally, he said that the place he loved the most was Meteora in Central Greece and that his favorite greek dish was mousaka. And do not forget, Greece’s opening game against Colombia  is on Saturday at 12 pm. GreekReporter will be live blogging.  

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