The National Team of Hope fell heroically in Croatia!

He fought until the end, but the National Hope team did not succeed against its counterpart Croatiaas he was defeated 3-2 away from home and eliminated from its final phase Euro u21as he only needed a win.

Although he found himself behind in the score 2-0, the Greece found the mental reserves and equalized within just a minute, thanks to their goals Kostoula and Bakula and if she was a little more precise she could claim something more.

However, for these children, we can only feel pride, as in a group with Croatian and Portugal they collected 17 points and missed the qualification on points.

The match:

OR Greece started the game strongly and showed early on that he wants to dominate the pitch. After all, the same was evidenced by his choices Giannis Tausianiswho led the team with 3 goals (Kutsias, Niarchos and Kostoulas).

Our national team had the first good chance in the 7th minute of the match, with Muzakite to catch a strong shot through the area and the Chavlina to kick for a corner.

OR Greece he had the reins of the game, but the fact that he took more risks that often led to mistakes, gave the lead to the Croatians with a 2 goal difference. THE Katsavenda at 16′ and o Belio in the 34th minute they made it 2-0 for the home team, with both goals coming from counter-attacks, after a mistake by the National team players in Croatia’s half.

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However, a few minutes before the end of the half, the Greek soul spoke. At 45’+3′ o Babis Kostoulas reduced to 2-1 with a header, after his assist Muzakitewith Bakula just a minute later to equalize for the National Team and send the two teams tied to the locker room.

45′ Croatia U21 2-0 Greece U21
45+5′ Croatia U21 2-2 Greece U21

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As the first part ended, so did the second, with the National Team on the attack. In the 48th Kutsias missed a great opportunity to give his team the lead Tausiani. The match from then on started to get stronger, with more tagging and intensity. After all, the stakes were huge, with the pace not being affected.

Unfortunately, the Croatians were the first to score their third goal, with Vuskovich after a corner to beat everyone in the air and write 3-2which was also the final result.

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CROATIA U21 LEAD AGAINST GREECE!pic.twitter.com/C40i16dqEU

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The match lineups:

Croatian: Chavlina, Valincic, Vuskovic, Prpic, Hrgovic, Belchar, Soltno, Katsaveda, Vidovic, Ivanovic, Belio

Greece: Balomenos – Apostolopoulos, Kostis, Konstantopoulos, Koutsogoulas – Kourfalidis, Mouzakitis, Bakulas – Niarchos, Koutsias, Kostoulas