Greece lose Giannakopoulos

Karagounis suspended
Giannakopoulos limped off after 49 minutes of the 1-1 draw in Porto, which left Greece well placed to reach the quarter-finals. His injury will complicate matters in the Greek midfield ahead of Sunday's match as Georgios Karagounis will also be absent after he collected a one-match ban after receiving his second yellow card of the tournament.

Rehhagel warning
Greece and Spain have four points at the top of Group A with Portugal a point behind in third place. The fact Greece now face a Russia side already eliminated from the tournament while Portugal and Spain face off in Lisbon is reason for optimism but coach Otto Rehhagel warned that nothing had been achieved yet.

Step by step
"We are going step by step and nothing has been won yet," he said. "Everyone thinks we are in the second round but it's not true. We must concentrate and come out fighting on Sunday." Greece captain Theodoros Zagorakis concurred, saying: "Mathematically, we're not through yet. We have to get the result we want against Russia. Nothing has finished although we do have an advantage."

Discipline
Rehhagel said he was satisfied with the draw against Spain but was less happy with some of the challenges his players made during the match, which earned them four yellow cards - including the one on Fernando Morientes that has left Karagounis suspended. "We exaggerated a bit in our man-to-man battles," the coach said. "Karagounis could have received a red card and that would not have allowed us to get a draw."

Key ingredient
According to Themistoklis Nikolaidis, however, passion is a key ingredient in Greece's success. "We had soul and our secret is that we fight for the full 90 minutes," he said. Greece will hold a closed training session tomorrow at five o'clock (18.00CET) before heading down to the Algarve to prepare for Sunday's fixture in Faro-Loulé.