• Kone was sent off in friendly against Slovenia
• Promising Olympiakos winger Giannis Fetfatzidis included
The midfielders Alexandros Tziolis and Panagiotis Kone were cut from Greece's Euro 2012 squad on Tuesday as the country's Portuguese coach, Fernando Santos, made his final 23-man selection for the tournament which begins on 8 June.
Kone's fate was sealed after the Bologna midfielder was sent off for violent conduct in Saturday's 1-1 friendly draw against Slovenia, while Monaco's Tziolis did not make the cut due to the ample defensive midfield cover Santos has at his disposal.
Notable absentees from the squad were the Panathinaikos goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis, along with his club team-mates Nikos Spiropoulos, a left-back, and right-back Loukas Vintra, while the promising PAOK striker Stefanos Athanasiadis also missed out.
However, the exciting Olympiakos Piraeus winger Giannis Fetfatzidis, the Schalke 04 defender Kyriakos Papadopoulos and the 19-year-old Kaiserslautern midfielder Kostas Fortounis were all retained.
Kostas Mitroglou of Olympiakos, who spent the season on loan with Atromitos and finished it with 16 goals, was also included among the attackers along with Nikos Liberopoulos, Georgios Samaras, Dimitris Salpigidis and Theofanis Gekas.
Greece play Armenia in their final warm-up match on 31 May before facing co-hosts Poland in the tournament opener on 8 June. They also face Czech Republic and Russia in Group A.
Greece squad for Euro 2012
Goalkeeepers: Kostas Chalkias (PAOK Salonica), Michalis Sifakis (Aris Salonica), Alexis Tzorvas (Palermo).
Defenders: Avraam Papadopoulos (Olympiakos Piraeus), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Werder Bremen), Vassilis Torosidis (Olympiakos Piraeus), Jose Holebas (Olympiakos Piraeus), Stelios Malezas (PAOK Salonica), Giannis Maniatis (Olympiakos Piraeus), Giorgos Tzavellas (Monaco), Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Schalke).
Midfielders: Giannis Fetfatzidis (Olympiakos Piraeus), Grigoris Makos (AEK Athens), Kostas Katsouranis (Panathinaikos), Georgios Fotakis (PAOK Salonica), Kostas Fortounis (Kaiserslautern), Giorgos Karagounis (Panathinaikos), Sotiris Ninis (Panathinaikos).
Forwards: Georgios Samaras (Celtic), Dimitris Salpigidis (PAOK Salonica), Costas Mitroglou (Olympiakos Piraeus), Nikos Liberopoulos (AEK Athens), Theofanis Gekas (Samsunspor). Read More
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