Euro 2016: Georgios Samaras on penalty kicks, Greece, and the semifinal field

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Sports Illustrated

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4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2016

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The semifinals of Euro 2016 are set, and special guest Georgios Samaras joins the Planet Futbol Podcast to break it all down. Greece's surprising 2004 European championship happened before Samaras was a fixture on the team, but the striker recalls his memories of watching the team play and offers some insight into how that win shaped the next generation of Greek players. Samaras also offers an inside look at Portugal coach Fernando Santos, who Samaras worked with extensively as a member of the Greek national team. The podcast wraps up with host Avi Creditor and SI.com's Alex Abnos breaking down both of the semifinal matchups and offering a (perhaps not-so-confident) pick of who the world will see compete in the Euro 2016 final later this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's episode of the Plano Football Podcast is brought to you by T-Mobile.
0:04.0	See how T-Mobile has changed the game at the 2016 T-Mobile Home Run Derby.
0:09.0	Go to T-Mobile.com slash MLB to see how. Welcome to another Euro 2016 edition of the Planet Football Podcast. I am S.I.com soccer
0:27.7	editor, AviCreditor joined today by S.I.com's Alexander Abnos and a
0:32.3	special guest. You might know him for his time at Celtic and
0:36.2	with the Greek national team. He is now with the NASL's RIO O'KC, Georgia Samaris.
0:42.4	Thanks so much for joining us.
0:44.0	Hello, how are you?
0:45.0	Doing great.
0:46.0	How about yourself?
0:48.0	It's great here, you know.
0:49.0	I really like the state.
0:51.0	Oklahoma is quite a nice city, to try to develop the club here in the franchise.
0:57.6	I'm very happy to be here.
0:59.2	I don't know if the residents of the Oklahoma city today, they're happy because K.D.D left but I'm happy.
1:06.0	There enough, good to hear.
1:08.0	I want to yesterday, we're taping this on Tuesday.
1:12.0	Yesterday was the 12 12 year anniversary of
1:14.2	Greece winning euro 2004 and I'm curious you know just your your thoughts of of that run as someone who was on the verge of joining the the national team at that time
1:26.8	What do you remember about that and and just what what do you recall you know from from that special time?
1:34.4	I was like a dream for everyone.
1:36.4	Now, only for the, you know, for the Scots
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