From four to four or National. Greece also cleared Bulgaria, prevailing 4-0 In a friendly in Pancreas, presenting two faces on the pitch.
In the first he had a problematic picture and few good times, but in the second he turned around and leveled the guests. THE Pelkas He opened the scoring at 51 ‘with a strong shot after Bacassetta’s attempt, while in the 66’ he made it 2-0 for him Ioannides that scored with a place. In 74 ‘Bakassetas found with a ball-hole his Jollyscoring in his first contact in the match. The… icing on the cake was put on Constandelia In the 89 ‘after Zafiris’ spin.
In the mind’s mind
Lifting to the eleven from the Ivan Jovanovicwhich made 11 changes. Faithful to 4-2-3-1. At the end of Tzolakis, with Mavropano and Hatzidiakos in front of him, with Rota and Tsimika in the back. In the center he was Siopis and Mouzakitis, while Massouras and Pelkas will be on the “wings”, while Bakassetas was moving behind Ioannides.
With 4-2-3-1 And Bulgaria. At the end of Mitov, in the defense from right to left, Minkov, S. Petrov, H. Petrov and Nedialkov. At Krev, Gruev, while Trinity L. Petkov, M. Petkov and Nuenberger was behind Fort Nikolov.
The match
Nationwide and without chemistry, the national team was presented in a long time in a more general bad one. It is characteristic that he did in… 33 ‘(!) its first phase. Tsimikas made the shoot from the left and Massauras left for him Pellet that failed with the left out of excellent position.
What did he have up to that point? A foul of Tsimika from a foul in the 15 ‘, and three minutes later Liverpool’s backbone crosses, but the Bulgarians kicked off Massura before. At 22 ‘ Siopi made a good ball for him Mashbut the latter did a bad control, allowing the opponent’s goalkeeper to gather. In delays (45 ‘+2’) came The second best moment of the blue whites. Massauras crossed and Ioannidis threatened with a header, through which he could have done something better.
Bulgaria did not have many good times, but the few it created had conditions. The top came in the 37 ‘, by Siopi’s mistake, L. Petkov pressed the area, but went on to do it all on his own, allowing Bakassetta to turn and cut him off.
The National team returned with a different mood after the respite and it did not take long to reward. Although at 49 ‘almost pressed her but the Tzolakis He had a saving intervention in an effort by L. Petkov who did a bad control inside the area.
In the 51 ‘Greece found it 1-0. Tsimikas turned around, Ioannidis set up in Bakassetta, whose shot against Massoura and was put on the Pellet who sent the ball into the net with a powerful shot.
Two minutes later Pelkas crosses, but Ioannidis and Massouras were unable, with Neuenberger chasing. Bulgaria could at 56 ‘equalize but L. Petkov made a header header.
Ten minutes later it was 2-0 by the national side. Pelkas made an excellent vertical and Ioannides with a nice place sent the ball into the net. With the forearm that the blue -white had achieved a third goal, without losing at a pace due to the changes. THE Ioannidis He set up the Bacassetta who found Jolis with a powerful shot in his first contact in the match.
Ioannidis lied to Bacassetta and he with a ball-hole found Jolly where scored in 74 ‘ In his first contact with the ball. Bulgaria made its first chance in 88 ‘, with a strong, nice, but also inappropriate shot by Nedialkov.
In 89 ‘Zafiris was buzzing from the right and turned around for him Constantelia that closely pushed the ball into the net.
MVP: Pelkas. He had goals and assists. It opened the scoring in the 51 ‘and made it 2-0 in the 66’, and generally made it full. The only black spot is the missed opportunity in the 33 ‘.
The film of the match
Greece (Ivan Jovanovic): Tzolakis- Rota, Mavropanos, Hatzidiakos, Tsimikas- Siopis (72΄ Zafeiris), Mouzakitis (72 ‘Kourbelis)- Massouras (72’ Tzolis), Bakassetas (81 ‘Alexandropoulos), Pelkas (87)
On the “blue -white” bench they stayed: Vlachodimos, Mandas, Retsos, Koulierakis, Giannoulis, Vagiannidis, Douvikas, Karetsas.
Bulgaria (Ilian Iliev): Mitov – Minkov (79 ‘Popov), S. Petrov, H. Petrov, Nedialkov – Krev (79’ Sofopov), Gruev (85 ‘Milanov) – L. Petkov (79’ Iliev), M. Petkov (66 ‘Mindzev)
On the bench they stayed: Vutsov, Seitanov, Rousseff, Krev, Bozinov
Referee: Nathan Verbumen (Belgium)
Assistants: Matthias Hiller, Ruben Wins
4th: Petros Tsagarakis
Source: Sport Fm
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