It was a quieter worldwide break than Kostas Tsimikas would anticipate with Greece, with the left-back lacking a sport as a consequence of an admin error.
Tsimikas was amongst 24 Liverpool gamers known as up for obligation in the course of the first worldwide break of the marketing campaign, becoming a member of Greece for 2 World Cup qualifiers.
However the 27-year-old solely ended up enjoying one, with it communicated that he and three others would miss the go to of Gibraltar as a consequence of suspension.
He had performed the complete 90 minutes in a 3-0 defeat to the Netherlands final Thursday, however was pressured to sit down out alongside Emmanouil Siopis, Dimitrios Kourbelis and Petros Mantalos three days later.
Based on an official assertion, the Greek Soccer Federation (EPO) knowledgeable supervisor Gus Poyet that each one 4 gamers had been suspended after selecting up two yellow playing cards.
That was, in fact, not the case, with three yellow playing cards accrued over the World Cup qualifying marketing campaign bringing a one-match suspension.
Tsimikas ought to have been concerned towards Gibraltar, then, although Greece had been in a position to file a snug 5-0 victory with out him, Siopis, Kourbelis and Mantalos.
Regardless of the win, it’s a scenario that has led to an inside investigation inside the EPO, in response to the federation’s president, Takis Baltakos.
Chatting with Metropolis 95.5 in Greece, Baltakos defined that, whereas the end result towards Gibraltar averted any points, the mixup “might have penalties sooner or later.”
“It’s a mistake that [technical director Kostas] Konstantinidis and [sports director] Takis Fyssas admitted,” he mentioned.
“We are going to work to find out who was at fault, what occurred and can announce the choices within the coming days.
“This error would have penalties if we didn’t have a superb end result, it might have penalties sooner or later.”
If Tsimikas would have been booked towards Gibraltar, he would have then been suspended for a visit to the Republic of Eire in October, however now he runs the danger of lacking a conflict with the Netherlands as a substitute.
He does so now having already sat out of 1 qualifier needlessly, with the scenario thought of a farce inside the Greek setup.
