Euro champions brought back down to earth

A great summer for Greek sport came to a shuddering halt tonight.

Sat, 04 Sep, 2004 - 23:29

A great summer for Greek sport came to a shuddering halt tonight.

Otto Rehhagel’s European champions were the victims in one of international football’s greatest ever shocks as they lost 2-1 in Albania in their opening World Cup qualifier.

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