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"Today, at 21:45 at the Porto "Dragao" stadium, the second semifinal match of the European Championship will begin. Greece and Czech Republic national teams will meet in the match, with Italian Pierluigi Collina officiating. There is a positive atmosphere in the Greek camp, as even two players who did not play in the quarterfinals will be fully prepared and able to take the field today. The only Greek player, playing in the English Premier League, missed several matches due to injury, while the forward could not play due to two yellow cards. It will be interesting today to watch the duel between Czech Republic national team forward Milan Baroš and Greek national team defender Traianos Dellas, who is one of the best defenders in this championship. M.Baroš with five goals in four matches so far is the top scorer of the championship. Only Michel Platini has managed to score in five consecutive European Championship matches. If young Baroš could score today, he would match the famous Frenchman's record. Czech team today will be without defender Martin Jiranek, and his place on the field will likely be taken by Zdenek Grygera. Meanwhile, another defender Rene Bolf, whose health was in doubt, will be ready to play today. If Czech players Pavel Nedved, Marek Jankulovski, Tomas Ujfaluši, as well as Greeks Theodoros Zagorakis and Giorgos Karagounis receive yellow cards today, they will have to miss the final match in case of winning the semifinal. Predicted line-ups: Greece (4-4-2): Nikopolidis; Seitaridis, Kapsis, Dellas, Fyssas; Giannakopoulos, Karagounis, Basinas, Zagorakis; Vryzas, Charisteas. Czech Republic (4-4-2): Cech; Grygera, Bolf, Ujfaluši, Jankulovski; Galasek, Rosicky, Poborsky, Nedved; Koller, Baroš. Bookmaker Statistical comparison Greece and Czech Republic Goals: 5 and 10 Goals conceded: 4 and 4 Assists: 3 and 7 Shots: 34 and 71 Shots on target: 15 (44%) and 30 (42%) Corners: 16 and 28 Offsides: 12 and 12 Passes: 1466 and 1813 Completed passes: 983 (67%) and 1381 (76%) Fouls: 69 and 65 Fouls suffered: 81 and 76 Yellow cards: 11 and 5 Tackles: 199 and 146 Lost possession: 100 and 108"
