Liverpool defender Kostas Tsimikas missed recent match because of embarrassing 'admin blunder'
Kostas Tsimikas missed Greece’s 5-0 victory over Gibraltar because of an admin blunder according to reports.
The Liverpool left-back completed the full 90 minutes for the Greeks as they lost 3-0 away at the Netherlands last Thursday, but was absent from the matchday squad for their latest Euro 2024 qualifier as they hosted Gibraltar on Monday.
According to reports in his homeland, Greece manager Guy Poyet was incorrectly told that the 27-year-old was ineligible to face Gibraltar, having been booked against the Netherlands.
That caution was the full-back’s second of European Championships qualification, with the Hellenic Football Federation seemingly believing two yellow cards resulted in a one-match suspension. However, rules state a suspension actually only occurs after three cautions.
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Tsimikas wasn’t the only player to miss out in such circumstances. Greek football outlet Hellas Footy report that Poyet had also been told that the Liverpool defender's teammates Petros Mantalos, Dimitrios Kourbelis, and Manolis Siopis were also all ineligible to play, having been issued too yellow cards so far during qualification.
Of course, it mattered not for Greece as they won 5-0 against Gibraltar without the services of Tsimikas and his team-mates. But if that reported admin blunder is indeed the reason for his absence,then it is a rather embarrassing episode for the Hellenic Football Federation.
Next in action against the Republic of Ireland and the Netherlands during the October international break, with Tsimikas still in danger of picking up a
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