Football doesn't know the Cyprus issue or the continental shelf issue and doesn't care about air space violations in the Aegean sea. The beauty of soccer should be reflected in politics.

One of the Swiss players swore at me and showed me the finger, and when he says he didn't do it, everyone believes him.

It was a good preparation for us. We'll do our best to qualify for Euro 2008.

We managed to pass the first hurdle by reaching the playoffs.

If we win the Denmark and Ukraine matches we will not have a problem. We think that seven points will take us to the 2006 finals.

We're not going to be afraid of taking risks. Certainly we're going to press, but we're aware that if we eat a goal, this is going to be a job left to miracles. We'll take risks at any second, but the smarter we do it, the better.