Greece central defender Traianos Dellas is hoping to help his country mount a strong defence of their European Championship crown this summer.

Otto Rehhagel's side shocked the whole continent four years ago, with Dellas playing a leading role in a superb run of form in Portugal.

He told UEFA's official website: "The memories are there, they are strong, but we have to leave them behind.

"We should concentrate on the job at hand. We want to pick up where we left off, to defeat Sweden on Tuesday and start our tournament the same way as in 2004.

"Our goal is to create new, equally great memories for the years to come and we have to distance ourselves from the fact we are European champions.

"We respect every opponent and there's no way we'll consider ourselves favourites.

"We must be 100 per cent concentrated on this and find the solutions to whatever situations arise."