International Call-ups ahead of Al-Hilal friendly
By: Peter Katsiris | August 19th, 2008Olympiacos is set to continue its off-season preparations tonight in Piraeus. The opposition, Saud Arabian Champions Al-Hilal, will visit the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium for an international club friendly. However, the Olympiacos squad will be missing several regulars due to European club play on pause for an international break in the schedule.
With the Greek National Team taking part in a friendly against Slovakia tomorrow, the likes of Vassilis Torosidis, Christos Patsatzoglou, and Avraam Papadopoulos will be absent due to national team duties.
The Greek U21 team is also in action tomorrow, with the match against Albania being played after a previous cancellation — due to the Albanian Football Federation suspension by FIFA. Kostas Mitroglou, Georgios Galitsios, and Giannis Papadopoulos have been called up.
Michal Zewlakow has been called up for duty with the Polish National Team, while Mirnes Sisic has duties with the Slovenian National Team.
Goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis recently retired from the Greek National Team, but an injury he picked up against Anorthosis Famagusta will keep him out of this friendly.
With limited members in the squad, new summer signing Dudu Cearense, will make his debut with the club.
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