Greece’s 7-0 defeat by the Netherlands in Amsterdam did not just set a negative record for the “blue-and-whites.” It also marked the heaviest defeat of Ivan Jovanović’s career, as he endured one of the most difficult nights of his coaching career.
The Serbian coach had never before faced a defeat of this magnitude. Prior to the match against the “Oranje,” the worst loss he had ever suffered was Al Nasr’s 5-1 defeat by Al Wahda—twice, in fact, when he was coaching in Saudi Arabia!
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The first was on May 10, 2015, and the second on October 28, 2016, while he had also lost by a four-goal margin to Al Ain on April 21, 2018.
In Greek soccer, Panathinaikos’ 3-0 loss to PAOK at Leoforos on January 22, 2023, was the heaviest defeat during his tenure with the “clover.”
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