Greece took three important points against Gibraltar on Sunday evening. The score was 5-0 at home against the bottom of group B.
Within ten minutes the Greeks scored thanks to Dimitrios Pelkas. From a corner, defender Konstantinos Mavropanos doubled the lead for the home team in the 23rd minute. Before the half-time signal, Taxiarchis Fountas scored the third goal, but this goal was canceled after the VAR concluded that AZ striker Vangelis Pavlidis had been offside earlier in the attack.
After the break, Greece continued where it left off: scoring. Giorgos Masouras and Mavropanos again made it 3-0 and 4-0 respectively. With his second of the evening, Masouras made the final score 5-0 in injury time.
The victory means Greece continues to follow in the footsteps of the Dutch team. Both countries have nine points, but the Dutch team played one game less.
Denmark beats Finland in Group H
Denmark won the European Championship qualifying match against Finland 1-0 thanks to a late goal from Pierre-Emile Højbjerg. The Danes therefore took over the top position in group H with 13 points from six matches.
The match in Helsinki’s Olympia Stadium had few highlights. After a flat first half, Christian Eriksen was the first player close to scoring shortly after halftime. Finnish goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky responded attentively to the effort of the former Ajax player, who had curled a free kick along the wall to the right corner.
More than fifteen minutes before the end, Hradecky was again of great value to his team by keeping a shot from Christian Nørgaard out of the intersection. The goalkeeper was unable to respond to Højbjerg, Tottenham Hotspur’s midfielder, 5 minutes before the end. The ball disappeared into the left corner of the Finnish goal.
90’+5′
End of second half
90’+1′
5-0 GOAL by Giorgios Masouras!
90′
Aymen Mouelhi is replaced by Ethan Santos
90′
Nicholas Pozo is replaced by Lee Casciaro
85′
Niels Hartman is replaced by Mohamed Badr Hassan
84′
Lazaros Rota is replaced by Anastasios Chatzigiovanis
84′
Dimitrios Pelkas is replaced by Sotiris Alexandropoulos
83′
4-0 GOAL by Konstantinos Mavropanos!
70′
3-0 GOAL by Giorgios Masouras!
68′
Vangelis Pavlidis is replaced by Georgios Giakoumakis
68′
Andreas Bouchalakis is replaced by Giannis Papanikolaou
68′
Taxiarchis Fountas is replaced by Fotis Ioannidis
58′
Yellow card for Nicholas Pozo
45′
Second half kicked off
45’+4′
End of first half
23′
2-0 GOAL by Konstantinos Mavropanos!
Gibraltar’s goalkeeper is wrong and so it is possible Mavropanos nods the ball unhindered against the ropes from a corner.
9′
GRI-GIB: 1-0 GOAL by Dimitrios Pelkas!
A long ball is thrown into the penalty area from midfield. From the left gives Dimitris Giannoulis crossed the ball in one go. It is then a piece of cake for Pelkas to shoot the ball in from about five meters.
0′
GRI-GIB: First half kicked off
90’+5′
FIN-DEN: Yellow card for Joachim Andersen
90’+5′
FIN-DEN: End of second half
Last! Denmark beats Finland 0-1 in Helsinki and takes the lead in group H.
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