It’s upsetting that Greece is not in the World Cup this year; heart-breaking actually. And the two runner-up teams I root for, USA and Italy, aren’t in the cup either! So this made me dig for some Greek connections that I could possibly root for. Here they are…

Australia

• Dimitris Petratos, Greek origins

Egypt

• Am Warda, player on PAOK

Iran

• Karim Amsarifard, player on Olympiacos
• Ehsan Hajsafi, player on Olympiacos
• Masoud Shojaei, player on AEK

Serbia

• Aleksandar Prijovic, player on PAOK

Portugal

• Head Coach Fernando Santos, former head coach of Greek clubs and the Greek National Soccer Team