(Uninspired Coach + Sucky Goalkeeper) x Lack of Attention in Defense = Disaster Against Germany's B-Side

Greece's coach Fernando Santos could just as well have prepared this match while drunk.
This approach, that he decided to go with, might be worth studying in coaching schools when discussing what not to do in a quarter-final of a major tournament.

One of the two biggest mistakes, for sure, was allowing that pathetic excuse for a footballer, Sifakis, to play as goalkeeper. What, were both Chalkias and Tzorvas severely injured? I'm sure Chalkias would have made fewer wrong moves, even if he had been on crutches!

Sifakis has probably 30%-50% of the blame for the first two goals, and 80%-100% of the blame for the last two goals, by the Germans.
He has no idea where to place himself for long shots, and he's just a complete disaster when he's trying to anticipate moving forward from the goal-line.
(This is one goal-keeper who does not have a bright future. And he's already 27.)

Then, where the hell was the resolute defense from the matches against Russia and even the Czech Republic (excluding the first ten minutes of that second match)?
Sure, Germany is better than Russia and the Czech Republic put together, but not that good as to make the Greek players fall down like dominoes.
I mean, exactly when they needed to step it up a notch, the Greeks were losing the ball and then falling over themselves. Of course the Germans would take advantage, when the Greek defenders could not even stand up properly.

Thirdly, the one thing Santos cannot seem to understand, despite the fact that he has a pretty impressive coaching resume (Porto, AEK, Panathinaikos, Sporting CP, Benfica, PAOK... but, notice(!), no other national squad), is that the Germans like to shoot from far out. The Portuguese got that, the Danes got it, too, and even the Dutch seemed to be aware of it. Only the Greeks had no idea that Germany has players who can shoot well from outside the penalty box if given the chance.
Under these conditions, no wonder Germany scored four goals in this one encounter.

And lastly, I also must say, it takes a really weak coach to not be able to take advantage of what seemed like very good luck for the Greeks. They had some very lucky bounces in the first half, and, despite the goal by Lahm, the Greeks were still in it. What better example, than the way they tied it, through Samaras, in the 55th minute?
At 1-1 against Germany, a score that you certainly don't deserve, what do you tell your players? Do you tell them to keep it up, think they're all that, and to continue to leave large gaps at the back, or do you do something to tighten up the defense, first and foremost, so that the Germans would suffer for their relaxation?
Eventually, luck is going to desert you, of course, if you're stupid.

Germany played not so well, even though they went 4-1 up, from 1-1, in 19 minutes.
Joachim Low opted to introduce his second-string forwards. And he made some other weird substitutions, too. (A good, inspired team would have punished Germany on this day.)
But the Greeks should consider themselves lucky just to have scored the two goals; that's how dull they were in this game.
Really, though, when you score two goals against Germany, at a major tournament, you should go through to the next phase. Most of the time, you don't get to score two in such a match... The Greek team eliminated itself, through its own ignorance.

And most of this is Santos' fault.
(Oh, and Sifakis', too, of course. He would have been selected man of the match, if he had been in a German jersey.)

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