“Greece won the 2004 European Championship with the oldest trick in the book: man-for-man marking. Why? Because nobody expected it – and by the time they knew what Otto Rehhagel’s team were about, it was too late. Great football is like great comedy in that way. It is all in the timing.”

“Greece won the 2004 European Championship with the oldest trick in the book: man-for-man marking. Why? Because nobody expected it – and by the time they knew what Otto Rehhagel’s team were about, it was too late. Great football is like great comedy in that way. It is all in the timing.”

— Martin Samuel