FIFA International Friendlies

Greece

Ugh, no.
Greece lost to Italy
Italy 1 – 0 Greece
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Match Details

Pankritio Stadium (Crete) · 13,000 fans

Line Score

12T
GRE 00 0
ITA 10 1

Match Leaders

Italy
  • PE Pio Esposito — 1Goals
  • PE Pio Esposito — 3Total Shots
  • FC Fabio Chiarodia — 8Defensive Interventions
  • FC Fabio Chiarodia — 47Accurate Passes
Greece
  • CT Christos Tzolis — 2Total Shots
  • OV Odisseas Vlachodimos — 2Saves
  • PR Panagiotis Retsos — 11Defensive Interventions
  • PR Panagiotis Retsos — 80Accurate Passes

Key Events

89'Substitution, Italy. Giacomo Faticanti replaces Luca Koleosho.
88'Substitution, Greece. Charalampos Kostoulas replaces Tasos Douvikas.
88'Substitution, Greece. Vangelis Pavlidis replaces Christos Tzolis.
87'Substitution, Italy. Francesco Camarda replaces Francesco Pio Esposito.
82'Costantino Favasuli (Italy) is shown the yellow card.
76'Substitution, Greece. Christos Zafeiris replaces Christos Mouzakitis.
76'Substitution, Greece. Andrews Tetteh replaces Georgios Vagiannidis.
74'Substitution, Italy. Matteo Dagasso replaces Luca Lipani.
74'Substitution, Italy. Costantino Favasuli replaces Seydou Fini.
68'Luca Reggiani (Italy) is shown the red card.
62'Substitution, Greece. Kostas Tsimikas replaces Georgios Kyriakopoulos.
62'Substitution, Greece. Thanasis Androutsos replaces Nectarios Triantis.
62'Substitution, Greece. Alexandros Kyziridis replaces Giorgos Masouras.
55'Substitution, Italy. Luca Reggiani replaces Pietro Comuzzo because of an injury.
45'Substitution, Italy. Seydou Fini replaces Jeff Ekhator.
45'Substitution, Italy. Filippo Mané replaces Honest Ahanor.
45'Substitution, Greece. Lazaros Rota replaces Konstantinos Koulierakis.
44'Honest Ahanor (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
38'Luca Lipani (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
18'Goal! Greece 0, Italy 1. Francesco Pio Esposito (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jeff Ekhator.

Team Stats

ItalyGreece
General
42.4 Possession % 57.6
10 Shots 12
3 On Target 1
3 Offsides 1
3 Corners 2
14 Fouls 11
Passing & Defense
324 Passes Completed 475
3 Crosses Won 3
12 Tackles Won 8
10 Interceptions 11
16 Clearances 19
Discipline
3 Yellow Cards 0
1 Red Cards 0
1 Saves 2

Recent Form

Greece W D L D D
Italy W L W L W

Starting Lineups

Greece

  1. OV #1 Odisseas VlachodimosG
  2. #17 Pantelis HatzidiakosCD
  3. KK #3 Konstantinos KoulierakisCD-L
  4. PR #5 Panagiotis RetsosCD-R
  5. CM #8 Christos MouzakitisCM-L
  6. NT #23 Nectarios TriantisCM-R
  7. GK #19 Georgios KyriakopoulosLM
  8. GV #2 Georgios VagiannidisRM
  9. #9 Anastasios DouvikasF
  10. CT #10 Christos TzolisCF-L
  11. GM #7 Georgios MasourasCF-R

Italy

  1. GD #1 Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. PC #15 Pietro ComuzzoCD
  3. FC #4 Fabio ChiarodiaCD-L
  4. HA #24 Honest AhanorCD-R
  5. CN #10 Cher NdourCM-L
  6. LL #5 Luca LipaniCM-R
  7. DB #3 Davide BartesaghiLM
  8. LK #11 Luca KoleoshoRM
  9. PE #9 Pio EspositoF
  10. JE #18 Jeff EkhatorCF-L
  11. NP #21 Niccolò PisilliCF-R

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News

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· The Guardian
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· The Guardian
The most extraordinary upshot of an extraordinary evening was that Scotland’s dream of qualifying automatically for the World Cup remains alive. Steve Clarke has Belarus to thank for that, their surprise draw in Denmark…
Steve Clarke takes Scotland to Greece against backdrop of hope and unease
· The Guardian
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Ferguson is Scotland’s hero as they fight back to steal vital victory over Greece
· The Guardian
If Scotland make it to the promised land of next summer’s World Cup, they will glance back at this as a crucial evening. There must also be laughter to accompany reflection. No sane observer could claim Steve Clarke’s…
Scotland relegated in Nations League as Karetsas leads Greece demolition job
· The Guardian
Steve Clarke can do without any more occasions akin to this. Relegation to the second tier of the Nations League is no disaster for Scotland. Indeed, it may be their natural habitat. It is just that the calamitous…

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