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Finland

FIFA #75 · 0-0-6
Ugh, no.
Finland lost to Greece
Greece5-0-1 2 – 0 Finland0-0-6
FT · Sun, Nov 17

Match Details

Helsinki Olympic Stadium (Helsinki) · 17,661 fans View tournament bracket →

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Finland 0, Greece 2.
  • 90'+6'Second Half ends, Finland 0, Greece 2.
  • 90'+2'Attempt missed. Teemu Pukki (Finland) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kaan Kairinen following a corner.
  • 90'+2'Corner, Finland. Conceded by Manolis Siopis.
  • 90'+2'Attempt blocked. Teemu Pukki (Finland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Benjamin Källman.
  • 90'+1'Substitution, Greece. Christos Mouzakitis replaces Dimitrios Kourbelis.
  • 90'+1'Foul by Urho Nissilä (Finland).
  • 90'+1'Dimitrios Kourbelis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
  • 88'Substitution, Greece. Panagiotis Retsos replaces Petros Mantalos.
  • 87'Substitution, Greece. Dimitris Giannoulis replaces Christos Tzolis.
  • 87'Attempt missed. Christos Tzolis (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dimitris Pelkas.

Line Score

12T
GRE 02 2
FIN 00 0

Match Leaders

Greece
Finland

Key Events

90'+1'Substitution, Greece. Christos Mouzakitis replaces Dimitrios Kourbelis.
88'Substitution, Greece. Panagiotis Retsos replaces Petros Mantalos.
87'Substitution, Greece. Dimitris Giannoulis replaces Christos Tzolis.
82'Substitution, Finland. Ilmari Niskanen replaces Nikolai Alho.
75'Substitution, Greece. Manolis Siopis replaces Giorgos Masouras.
75'Substitution, Finland. Teemu Pukki replaces Daniel Håkans.
75'Substitution, Finland. Urho Nissilä replaces Glen Kamara.
74'Substitution, Greece. Dimitris Pelkas replaces Tasos Bakasetas.
67'Substitution, Finland. Oliver Antman replaces Joel Pohjanpalo.
67'Substitution, Finland. Tuomas Ollila replaces Juhani Pikkarainen.
59'Robert Ivanov (Finland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
56'Goal! Finland 0, Greece 2. Christos Tzolis (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal.
52'Goal! Finland 0, Greece 1. Tasos Bakasetas (Greece) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Konstantinos Koulierakis with a through ball.
10'Nikolai Alho (Finland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
4'Juhani Pikkarainen (Finland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Team Stats

GreeceFinland
General
57.2 Possession % 42.8
16 Shots 7
5 On Target 0
0 Offsides 1
7 Corners 4
4 Fouls 10
Passing & Defense
561 Passes Completed 410
4 Crosses Won 2
8 Tackles Won 6
11 Interceptions 14
17 Clearances 23
Discipline
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0 Saves 3

Recent Form

Finland L L L L L
Greece W W W W L

Starting Lineups

Greece4-2-3-1
1 Vlachodimos
15 Rota 4 Mavropanos 3 Koulierakis A 21 Tsimikas
6 Kourbelis 20 Mantalos
7 Masouras 11 Bakasetas 52' 19 Tzolis 56'
14 Pavlidis
20 Pohjanpalo
9 Kallman 14 Kairinen 6 Kamara 8 Lod
21 Håkans 3 Pikkarainen 4 Ivanov 5 Hoskonen 17 Alho
12 Joronen
Finland5-4-1
Full lineups and substitutes

Finland

  1. JJ #12 Jesse JoronenG
  2. RI #4 Robert IvanovCD
  3. JP #3 Juhani PikkarainenCD-L
  4. AH #5 Arttu HoskonenCD-R
  5. DH #21 Daniel HåkansLB
  6. NA #17 Nikolai AlhoRB
  7. KK #14 Kaan KairinenCM-L
  8. GK #6 Glen KamaraCM-R
  9. BK #9 Benjamin KallmanLM
  10. #8 Robin LodRM
  11. JP #20 Joel PohjanpaloF
Substitutes · 5 used

Greece

  1. OV #1 Odisseas VlachodimosG
  2. KK #3 Konstantinos KoulierakisCD-L
  3. KM #4 Konstantinos MavropanosCD-R
  4. KT #21 Kostas TsimikasLB
  5. #15 Lazaros RotaRB
  6. AB #11 Anastasios BakasetasAM52'
  7. PM #20 Petros MantalosLM
  8. DK #6 Dimitrios KourbelisRM
  9. #14 Vangelis PavlidisF
  10. CT #19 Christos TzolisAM-L56'
  11. GM #7 Georgios MasourasAM-R
Substitutes · 5 used

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