Greece lose goalkeeper Androustos
Friday, July 20, 2007
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Greece goalkeeper Apostolos Androustos will miss the rest of the U19 finals having broken a bone in the index finger of his right hand against Austria.
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Greece goalkeeper Apostolos Androustos has been ruled out of the remainder of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship after it was revealed that the 17-year-old has broken a bone in the index finger of his right hand.
Vouras chance
The Atromitos FC custodian was forced off nine minutes from the end of his side's 1-1 Group A draw against Austria in Pasching on Wednesday night after injuring his hand making a save from Daniel Beichler. He was replaced by Kyriakos Stratilatis, who will now take up goalkeeping duties for Greece's final group match against Spain on Saturday while AO Kerkyra's Ilias Vouras has been called into the squad as Androustos' replacement. There is better news for Greece concerning Giannis Papadopoulos however, with the midfielder set to play in Linz after recovering from the concussion that forced him to be carried off on a stretcher six minutes before half-time on Matchday 2.