Sanchez urges his players to learn from Greek example

GREECE’S Euro 2004 triumph has given a lift to all soccer’s smaller nations, Northern Ireland manager Lawrie Sanchez said yesterday before his team’s World Cup 2006 qualifying campaign.

Sanchez, who took over as coach in January, was speaking as he prepares his side to face Poland in Belfast this afternoon before taking on Wales.

“I think what Greece’s achievement has shown, more than anything, is football is a team game and I think sometimes that is forgotten among the big personalities,” he said.