#FT: Greece 0-1 Netherlands
Venue: OPAP Arena
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Greece
Odisseas Vlachodimos, Panagiotis Retsos, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Konstantinos Koulierakis (Manolis Siopis), Lazaros Rota, Dimitrios Kourbelis (Andreas Bouchalakis), Petros Mantalos (Vangelis Pavlidis), Anastasios Bakasetas (Taxiarchis Fountas), Fotis Ioannidis, Kostas Tsimikas, Georgios Masouras (Georgios Giakoumakis).
Subs: Giannis Konstantelias, Dimitris Pelkas, Anastasios Chatzigiovanis, Dimitris Giannoulis, Alexandros Paschalakis, Dimitrios Goutas, Sokratis Dioudis.
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Netherlands
Bart Verbruggen, Nathan Aké, Virgil van Dijk, Quilindschy Hartman (Micky van de Ven), Lutsharel Geertruida (Donyell Malen), Xavi Simons (Joey Veerman), Tijjani Reijnders, Mats Wieffer (Marten de Roon), Wout Weghorst (Brian Brobbey), Steven Bergwijn, Denzel Dumfries.
Subs: Daley Blind, Ian Maatsen, Calvin Stengs, Nick Olij, Andries Noppert, Stefan de Vrij, Jeremie Frimpong.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
13’ Lutsharel Geertruida (Netherlands) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
13’ Dimitrios Kourbelis (Greece) is shown the yellow card.
28’ Penalty saved. Wout Weghorst (Netherlands) right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
28’ Petros Mantalos (Greece) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45’ Substitution, Netherlands. Donyell Malen replaces Lutsharel Geertruida.
51’ Xavi Simons (Netherlands) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
60’ Substitution, Greece. Taxiarchis Fountas replaces Anastasios Bakasetas because of an injury.
61’ Substitution, Greece. Andreas Bouchalakis replaces Dimitrios Kourbelis.
61’ Substitution, Greece. Manolis Siopis replaces Konstantinos Koulierakis.
62’ Substitution, Netherlands. Brian Brobbey replaces Wout Weghorst.
62’ Substitution, Netherlands. Joey Veerman replaces Xavi Simons.
74’ Substitution, Netherlands. Micky van de Ven replaces Quilindschy Hartman.
76’ Panagiotis Retsos (Greece) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
77’ Substitution, Greece. Giorgos Giakoumakis replaces Giorgos Masouras.
81’ Substitution, Netherlands. Marten de Roon replaces Mats Wieffer because of an injury.
81’ Substitution, Greece. Vangelis Pavlidis replaces Petros Mantalos.
86’ Vangelis Pavlidis (Greece) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90’+3’ Goal! Greece 0, Netherlands 1. Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Terrible match, but the result is all that matters.
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Oranje inwisselen voor groen, ik ben weer een Springboks fan.
Without Frenkie and Gakpo and (less so) depay, de ligt, lang… was hard to expect much more
Fucking cheating netherlands. Good thing messi humiliated you at the world cup
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Cry some more my child.
Go buy some more laser pens to compensate for all the pens your team gives away.
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Go cry in Play-Offs
Lol, should have been another pen in the end
meanwhile greece hasnt qualified for nearly 10 years
But greece has at least won a euro lmaoo
So have The Netherlands and everyone else
Greece’s was much better tho
Though I actually thought your victory was nice, it wasn’t better. You played horrificly defensive football and if xG would’ve been a thing back then, everyone would’ve understood just how lucky you guys got. Literally every single win was outperforming the xG by a spectacular margin.
Impressive, sure. Better? nah…
We beat an insane portugal superteam at home twice, beat the spanish superteam, beat an insane czech republic team, destroyed peak france superteam and humiliated the portuguese in the final. Will never be repeated
Although I disagree with the guy you are replying to, I’ll let you know that the xG were not how you imagine them. There was a greek sport “journalist” who went through the matches and came to the conclusion that the xG goals would be consistent with the scoring.
I’m linking the video and, although it is in greek, you can go to the photos inside the video which show where the shots were taken from in some of the matches.
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We beat an insane portugal superteam at home twice, beat the spanish superteam, beat an insane czech republic team, destroyed peak france superteam and humiliated the portuguese in the final. Will never be repeated
Although I disagree with the guy you are replying to, I’ll let you know that the xG were not how you imagine them. There was a greek sport “journalist” who went through the matches and came to the conclusion that the xG goals would be consistent with the scoring.
I’m linking the video and, although it is in greek, you can go to the photos inside the video which show where the shots were taken from in some of the matches.
Edit: Formatting
Though I actually thought your victory was nice, it wasn’t better. You played horrificly defensive football and if xG would’ve been a thing back then, everyone would’ve understood just how lucky you guys got. Literally every single win was outperforming the xG by a spectacular margin.
Impressive, sure. Better? nah…
Beating the hosts to win it is a shared experience and Greece did it twice lol
Beating the hosts to win it is a shared experience and Greece did it twice lol
So have we
So have the Dutch… lmaoo?
So have we
So… have we?
I have some terrible news for you
But the Netherlands has too
So have the Dutch… lmaoo?
So have The Netherlands and everyone else
But the Netherlands has too
So… have we?
He doesnt know that, he’s 12
He doesnt know that, he’s 12
Doesn’t count. Previous century
Fair enough. Thanks for the Gyros and good luck in the play offs!
Fair enough. Thanks for the Gyros and good luck in the play offs!
Doesn’t count. Previous century
I have some terrible news for you
But greece has at least won a euro lmaoo
Go buy some more laser pens to compensate for all the pens your team gives away.
Go cry in Play-Offs
Fuck off with your laser pens
I think he’s Greek you guys (μαλάκα)
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meanwhile greece hasnt qualified for nearly 10 years
I think he’s Greek you guys (μαλάκα)
Fuck off with your laser pens
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Cry some more my child.
Im not crying you will get destroyed at the euros as always. Loser nation
Im not crying you will get destroyed at the euros as always. Loser nation
Because the “country” that shines laser pens in the faces of players isn’t a loser nation? Go and eat some tzatziki dumbass.
At least we qualified for it
It’s okay if you cry a little more. You’re emotions are understandable.
You’re crying so hard you’ll be causing a flood for us, please stop
Lol, enjoy your permaban
It’s okay if you cry a little more. You’re emotions are understandable.
Because the “country” that shines laser pens in the faces of players isn’t a loser nation? Go and eat some tzatziki dumbass.
Soft ass players. U need to learn to play under pressure
Ok but who crumbled in the end? Enjoy the play offs κώλος
Ok but who crumbled in the end? Enjoy the play offs κώλος
Some of your people came here in 2018 and the rest is history. Such a shame we have become much more hospitable nowadays.
Soft ass players. U need to learn to play under pressure
You’re crying so hard you’ll be causing a flood for us, please stop
At least we qualified for it
Lol, enjoy your permaban
The var and ref holy fuck, these spanish refs are one of the if not the worst refs on the planet.
Can someone tell me if Malàka would be the good term for the ref?
Considering the pen he gave and the one he didn’t, yeah, totally accurate
Can be used as a term for anything between ‘‘Brother/Friend to Asshole/Wanker’’ so, yes.
I see you played Odyssey, lol
Yes I did lol
Yeah, we all learned a handful of words of Greek.
It was nice that Kassandra returned in Valhalla.
Ngl I actually like we won this way. Will make the Greek fans even more annoyed, deserved for the laser pens.
Sorry to break It up for you but some people need to realize that Greeks dont care about shit and they will bring lasers to their volleyball/football/basketball matches no matter what happens until the end of the time. Call It “culture” , “rude” or “unsportsmanlike” It’s your choice but they will never learn/change. I just mention It so you don’t need to waste your energy ever again to that matter and restore It for something better
Hernandez 2 never disappoints
How was that not a pen?
I bet on there being 2 goals, am I being biased or what?pen at the end, but the 2nd pen shouldnt have been a pen, so balances out ig
It means you made not 1 mistake but you made 2 mistakes. With the whole ‘balancing’ you create different rules and thus confusion for players. Why is it allowed today and not next week? Why was it allowed last game and not today…?
The game ended after the second pen. That’s not balancing out lol. It’s like getting robbed a win in a title race, then being awarded a draw you didn’t deserve after the other team secures the title.
thats why i put ig, its not something i really agreed with
Definitely a pen at the end. Ref was probably afraid of the home crowd.
It was a pen, but to be fair the one before wasnt I think
But the one before would have been a goal if the ref didnt blow
So, make 2 mistakes instead of just 1?
Ik kan er zo slecht tegen dat Weghorst zo vreselijk overdreven aan Virgil z’n nek gaat hangen na het scoren van die penalty. Komt zo gemaakt over allemaal. Ik geloof dat je passie hebt en blij bent dat we winnen, maar laat de captain even zn ding doen aub.
We need to stop getting Spanish refs, they have no idea what they are doing
Really hope some attacking power comes back next time, this really was bad. 4-3-3 after halftime looked good for 15 minutes, but not that convincing otherwise.
Also, how was that last one not a pen? He clearly clips his leg, did he hit the ball a tiny bit or something?
Absolute dog shit referee tonight
That ref missing the first half pen and pen in the last minute of the game is outrageous.
Missing? He literally looked at the video…
Must’ve been blinded by all the laser pointers.
Getting 4 penalties would’ve been really funny and not entirely undeserved.
PLAYER RATINGS [the most objective you’ll find]
GREECE [5-3-2]: G. Poyet 6 Vlachodimos 8 - Rota 5, Mavropanos 6, Retsos 6.5, Koulierakis 5 [60’ Siopis 6], Tsimikas 6.5 - Masouras 6, Kourbelis 5 [60’ Bouchalakis 5], Mantalos 5.5 [80’ Pavlidis 4] - Bakasetas 5 [60’ Fountas 5], Ioannidis 7
NETHERLANDS [3-4-3]: R. Koeman 7 Verbruggen 6 - Geertruida 5 [45’ Malen 6], Van Dijk 8, Ake 6.5 - Dumfries 7, Wieffer 6.5 [80’ de Roon 5], Reijnders 7, Hartman 6 [75’ van de Ven 5] - Simons 6 [60’ Veerman 5.5], Weghorst 4 [60’ Brobbey 5.5], Bergwijn 6.5
Koeman atm explaining that Weghorst was allowed to take the pen because he is very good at them in training. Like bro maybe that’s cuz our goalies aren’t good at penalty stopping in the first place + less pressure during a training. Please just let guys take pens that are used to taking them in big, ACTUAL matches
I really thought that that last review would’ve been a penalty damn
It probably should have been
Insane that it wasn’t a pen tbh, feels like he didn’t want to give another one
Ref was power tripping at the end
Typical spanish ref against Dutch national team
He also gave red to the Greek coach for saying “what are you doing this time”
He also gave red to the Greek coach for saying “what are you doing this time”
Typical spanish ref against Dutch national team
Definitely a pen, not sure what the ref was smoking.
everyone i was watching with was confused as fuck why it wasnt given since its such a clear foul
everyone i was watching with was confused as fuck why it wasnt given since its such a clear foul
It clearly was, clearly takes out Brobbeys’s foot first.
It probably should have been
Definitely a pen, not sure what the ref was smoking.
Ref was power tripping at the end
It clearly was, clearly takes out Brobbeys’s foot first.
Insane that it wasn’t a pen tbh, feels like he didn’t want to give another one