The national team responded with a five-pointer!

Gibraltar paid for it with thalers. The National team prevailed 5-0 at the “OPAP Arena”, turning the page after the bad night in the Netherlands. Pelkas, Mavropanos and Masouras are in great spirits for the blue and white team, with the former opening the scoring in the 9th minute and providing an assist to the West Ham stopper in the 23rd minute, who also found the net in the 82nd minute. These were his first two goals with Greece. The Olympiakos winger also scored two more goals (70’+90’+1′).

It was sweet, but Greece did not receive a “gift” from Ireland, as the Netherlands prevailed 2-1 in Belfast with an upset.

The score of the 2nd group:

The results of the 6th round:

National team of Greece-Gibraltar: 5-0

(9′ Pelkas, 23′, 83′ Mavropanos, 70′, 91′ Masouras)

Ireland-Netherlands: 1-2

(5′ Ida pen. – 19′ Hakpo pen., 56′ Weghorst)

In the mind of the coaches

Gustavo Poget lined up the National team with 4-3-3. Vlachodimos was in goal, Rota and Giannoulis the two backs, Mavropanos and Hatzidiakos the two stoppers. Bouchalakis was a pure midfielder, while Bakasetas and Pelkas were something like internal midfielders. Masouras was on the right wing and Fountas on the left, with Pavlidis at the top of the attack.

Ribas lined up Gibraltar with 5-4-1. Cooling in goal, Joley and Brito the two backs, with Sergeant, Muelhi and R. Cipolina being the stoppers. Walkee, Hartman, Posso and Ronan are the four in midfield, with De Baer at the top.

The match

Expected image of the match from the start. The national team overwhelmingly had in their favor possession of the ball and the initiative of the movements. The first good moment came in the 7th minute and through a static phase, with Bakaseta taking a corner, Mavropanos dominating high up, but finding the ball on an opponent and going wide. Greece’s second good effort made it 1-0. Bouhalakis found Giannoulis with a precise ball, who turned for Pavlidis, but the opposing goalkeeper managed to chase away before Alkmaar’s forward executed, with Pelkas taking the… rebound and sending the ball into the net in the 9th minute.

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The national team got a boost from the quick goal and whatever weight it had (due to the poor performance against the Netherlands and not due to the momentum of the opponent) was gone. He found two good moments before scoring a 2nd goal. With his shot Hatzidiakou from inside the area, from Masoura’s charge from the right and the ball ending up just outside in the 12′, while in the 18′ Pelkas took the ball from the laying of Pavlidis, maneuvered inside the area, but missed.

In the 23rd minute, Greece made it 2-0, with Pelkas executing a corner from the left and Mavropanos dominating the air, sending the ball into the net. After taking advantage of the bad exit of the opposing goalkeeper.

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In the 33rd minute, the National team reached 3-0, with Pavlidis to shoot from outside the area, Kuling to clear and Pelka to backheel for Rota who was unable to score from close range after being beaten by the opposing goalkeeper.

Four minutes later, the crowd at the OPAP Arena celebrated 3-0, but in the end it was not to be. Pavlidis found himself in a shooting position after Masoura’s backheel, dug the ball out but didn’t beat the opposition goalkeeper and Fountas turned and sent the ball onto the post and into the net, but after a check it appeared that he was exposed.

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In stoppage time, the National Team, which if they had been more careful at the end, would have had a wider score, came close to 3-0. Masouras took the ball into the area but found himself on the ground and Pelkas saw the ball heading his way, but his shot went disappointingly wide.

The scene was the same as the scene in the second part. The National Team were in complete control, with Gibraltar entrenched at the back to try and avoid a heavy score. The first big moment came in the 51′ with Pelkas taking a corner from the left and sending the ball to the junction of the posts, while then Foundas could not execute. From a static phase, Greece threatened again, with Pelkas executing in the 60′ and Mavropanos missing with a header.

In 70′ it came 3-0 for the blue and white, with Masura to react instantly after a bad turn to the back of the guests, with the ace of Olympiakos pushing between the opposing stoppers and entering the opposing area with his shot sending the ball into the net.

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Where Greece seemed to have slowed down, with Poget making a bunch of changes, giving time to other faces as well.

In 82′, Mavropanos scored his 2nd personal goal with a header after Bakaseta’s cross from the right, while in stoppage time, Giakoumakis distributed verticals for Masouras who again coolly executed for 5-0 at 90’+1′.

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MVP: He had three players in high spirits. The spotlight fell on Mavropanos and Masouras, as they scored two goals each, but Pelkas showed the way to victory, opening the scoring in the 9th minute, while he had an assist in the 23rd minute, and a crossbar in the 51st. ‘.

Whistle: It’s hard to referee a match like this. There were two borderline phases, which were checked with the help of VAR, the 1-0 of the National team with Pelkas in the same line as the opposing defense, but also the disallowed goal of the exposed Foudas.

Greece (Gustavo Poget): Vlachodimos – Rota (84′ Hatzigiovanis), Hatzidiakos, Mavropanos, Giannoulis – Bouchalakis (68′ Papanikolaou), Pelkas (84′ Alexandropoulos), Bakasetas – Masouras, Fountas (68′ Ioannidis), Pavlidis (68′ Giakoumakis)

On her bench were: Paschalakis, Athanasiadis, Retsos, Tzavellas, Limnios, Koulierakis

Gibraltar (Julios Ribas): Cooling – Hartmann (83′ Badr), Brito, R. Cipollina, Muelhi (90′ Santos) – Jolly, Posso (90′ Casciaro), Sergeant – Ronan, Walker, De Bar

Left on the bench were: Banda, Lopez, J. Cipollina, B. Lopez, Stiche, Olivero, El Hmidhi, Hernandez, Peacock

Watch the film of the match via sport-fm.gr.