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| - Greece coach John van't Schip on Wednesday called up five new players for the Nations League matches against Slovenia and Kosovo next month. Joining the 25-member Greek national squad for the first time will be 18-year-old forward Christos Tzolis of PAOK Thessaloniki who on Tuesday scored two goals in his team's 3-1 home triumph against Besiktas in the second round of the Champions League qualification. Also new to the squad are defenders, Giannis Michailidis of PAOK, Fortuna Sittard's Lazaros Rota, AEK Athens' Stratos Svarnas and Sassuolo's Giorgos Kyriakopoulos. Greece face Slovenia on September 3 and Kosovo on September 6. Squad Goalkeepers: Vasilis Barkas (Celtic/SCO), Sokratis Dioudis (Panathinaikos), Alexandros Paschalakis (PAOK Thessaloniki) Defenders: Kostas Tsimikas (Liverpool/ENG), Dimitris Giannoulis and Giannis Michailidis (both PAOK), Michalis Bakakis and Stratos Svarnas (both AEK Athens), Lazaros Rota (Fortuna Sittard/NED), Dimitris Siovas (Leganes/ESP), Kostas Stafylidis (Hoffenheim/GER), Vasilis Lampropoulos (Bochum/GER) Midfielders: Dimitris Kourbelis (Panathinaikos), Zeca (FC Copenhagen/DEN), Anastasios Bakasetas (Alanyaspor/TUR), Kostas Fortounis and Andreas Bouchalakis (both Olympiakos), Giorgos Kyriakopoulos (Sassuolo/ITA), Petros Mantalos (AEK) Forwards: Taxiarchis Fountas (Rapid Vienna/AUT), Vangelis Pavlidis (Willem II/NED), Efthymis Koulouris (Toulouse/FRA), Dimitris Limnios and Christos Tzolis (both PAOK), Giorgos Masouras (Olympiakos) le/dj
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