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Paraguay

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Paraguay beat Greece
Paraguay 1 – 0 Greece
FT · Fri, Mar 27

Match Details

Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium (Piraeus) · 8,456 fans

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Greece 0, Paraguay 1.
  • 90'+8'Second Half ends, Greece 0, Paraguay 1.
  • 90'+7'Offside, Paraguay. Gustavo Caballero is caught offside.
  • 90'+6'Foul by Panagiotis Retsos (Greece).
  • 90'+6'José Canale (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5'Corner, Greece. Conceded by Gastón Olveira.
  • 90'+3'Substitution, Paraguay. Gustavo Velázquez replaces Alan Benítez because of an injury.
  • 90'+3'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90'+2'Delay in match because of an injury Alan Benítez (Paraguay).
  • 90'Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  • 89'Foul by Giannis Konstantelias (Greece).
  • 89'Ramón Sosa (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Line Score

12T
PAR 01 1
GRE 00 0

Match Leaders

Paraguay
Greece

Key Events

90'+3'Substitution, Paraguay. Gustavo Velázquez replaces Alan Benítez because of an injury.
86'Substitution, Greece. Vangelis Pavlidis replaces Tasos Douvikas.
83'Substitution, Greece. Panagiotis Retsos replaces Konstantinos Mavropanos because of an injury.
79'Substitution, Paraguay. Álex Arce replaces Antonio Sanabria.
79'Substitution, Paraguay. Braian Ojeda replaces Lucas Romero.
79'Substitution, Paraguay. Alexandro Maidana replaces Júnior Alonso.
78'Andrews Tetteh (Greece) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
76'Substitution, Greece. Christos Zafeiris replaces Christos Mouzakitis.
76'Substitution, Greece. Kostas Tsimikas replaces Dimitrios Giannoulis.
76'Substitution, Greece. Georgios Vagiannidis replaces Lazaros Rota.
69'Substitution, Paraguay. Gustavo Caballero replaces Julio Enciso.
69'Substitution, Paraguay. Ramón Sosa replaces Miguel Almirón.
62'Substitution, Greece. Andrews Tetteh replaces Christos Tzolis.
62'Substitution, Greece. Nectarios Triantis replaces Dimitrios Kourbelis.
62'Substitution, Greece. Giorgos Masouras replaces Konstantinos Karetsas.
61'Substitution, Greece. Giannis Konstantelias replaces Tasos Bakasetas.
61'Substitution, Paraguay. José Canale replaces Damián Bobadilla.
61'Substitution, Paraguay. Matías Galarza replaces Omar Alderete.
61'Substitution, Paraguay. Maurício Magalhães Prado replaces Diego Gómez.
52'Goal! Greece 0, Paraguay 1. Diego Gómez (Paraguay) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.

Team Stats

ParaguayGreece
General
42.4 Possession % 57.6
11 Shots 15
3 On Target 3
2 Offsides 0
3 Corners 6
11 Fouls 9
Passing & Defense
335 Passes Completed 462
3 Crosses Won 5
6 Tackles Won 8
11 Interceptions 11
24 Clearances 17
Discipline
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3 Saves 2

Recent Form

Greece L L L W D
Paraguay W D L L W

Starting Lineups

Greece4-2-3-1
1 Vlachodimos
15 Rota 4 Mavropanos 17 Hatzidiakos 22 Giannoulis
6 Kourbelis 8 Mouzakitis
19 Karetsas 11 Bakasetas 10 Tzolis
9 Douvikas
10 Almirón 19 Enciso 9 Sanabria
14 Romero 16 Bobadilla 8 Gómez 52'
6 Alonso 3 Alderete 15 Gómez 13 Benítez
22 Olveira
Paraguay4-3-3
Full lineups and substitutes

Greece

  1. OV #1 Odisseas VlachodimosG
  2. #17 Pantelis HatzidiakosCD-L
  3. KM #4 Konstantinos MavropanosCD-R
  4. DG #22 Dimitris GiannoulisLB
  5. #15 Lazaros RotaRB
  6. AB #11 Anastasios BakasetasAM
  7. CM #8 Christos MouzakitisLM
  8. DK #6 Dimitrios KourbelisRM
  9. #9 Anastasios DouvikasF
  10. CT #10 Christos TzolisAM-L
  11. KK #19 Konstantinos KaretsasAM-R
Substitutes · 9 used

Paraguay

  1. GO #22 Gastón OlveiraG
  2. OA #3 Omar AldereteCD-L
  3. GG #15 Gustavo GómezCD-R
  4. JA #6 Júnior AlonsoLB
  5. #13 Alan BenítezRB
  6. DB #16 Damián BobadillaCM
  7. LR #14 Lucas RomeroLM
  8. DG #8 Diego GómezRM52'
  9. JE #19 Julio EncisoF
  10. #10 Miguel AlmirónLF
  11. AS #9 Antonio SanabriaRF
Substitutes · 9 used

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News

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· The Guardian
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· The Guardian
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French football chief condemns Chilavert’s remarks that Les Bleus are ‘a squad from Africa’
· The Guardian
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· The Guardian
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