Independent
9 May 2010
The summer of 2004 was the last time that the Greeks felt they could not lose. As the national team was winning its way to the European football championship final, Greeks gathered in the squares and the cafes so that they could watch the matches together. When the team captain lifted the cup in his hands, the streets of Athens were filled with people celebrating, and they chanted and hugged until morning. "In the months following the Euro and the 2004 Olympics, every Greek thought he walked around with a gold medal on his chest," remembers Stelios Sophianos, 41, the editorial director at To Vima, the leading Greek daily newspaper. "And right then, even though we were feeling confident, we lost the greatest opportunity this country ever had to set a course towards real growth."
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