Netherlands vs Greece, International Friendly
· International FriendlyNetherlands 1-2 Greece
Netherlands 1-2 Greece
Match Timeline
- 0': First Half begins.
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 1': Attempt missed. Quincy Promes (Netherlands) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Vincent Janssen.
- 2': Foul by Joël Veltman (Netherlands).
- 2': Georgios Tzavellas (Greece) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 3': Daley Blind (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 3': Foul by Kostas Mitroglou (Greece).
- 4': Foul by Kevin Strootman (Netherlands).
- 4': Konstantinos Fortounis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Attempt blocked. Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Georginio Wijnaldum.
- 8': Foul by Joël Veltman (Netherlands).
- 8': Konstantinos Fortounis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10': Foul by Kostas Manolas (Greece).
- 10': Vincent Janssen (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 10': Kostas Manolas (Greece) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 11': Foul by Vincent Janssen (Netherlands).
- 11': Kostas Manolas (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Foul by Steven Berghuis (Netherlands).
- 11': Georgios Tzavellas (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Attempt saved. Georginio Wijnaldum (Netherlands) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Quincy Promes.
- 14': Goal! Netherlands 1, Greece 0. Georginio Wijnaldum (Netherlands) with an attempt from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
- 17': Foul by Kevin Strootman (Netherlands).
- 17': Kostas Mitroglou (Greece) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 20': Attempt missed. Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
- 21': Attempt saved. Konstantinos Fortounis (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Petros Mantalos.
- 21': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Jeroen Zoet.
- 21': Attempt missed. Kostas Manolas (Greece) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Konstantinos Fortounis with a cross following a corner.
- 23': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Jetro Willems.
- 25': Attempt missed. Kostas Mitroglou (Greece) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Georgios Tzavellas.
- 27': Foul by Vincent Janssen (Netherlands).
- 27': Kostas Manolas (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27': Delay in match Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands) because of an injury.
- 28': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 29': Goal! Netherlands 1, Greece 1. Kostas Mitroglou (Greece) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Vasilis Torosidis with a cross.
- 31': Corner, Netherlands. Conceded by Petros Mantalos.
- 34': Attempt missed. Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Quincy Promes.
- 36': Corner, Netherlands. Conceded by Kostas Manolas.
- 38': Foul by Jeffrey Bruma (Netherlands).
- 38': Kostas Mitroglou (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 38': Foul by Vincent Janssen (Netherlands).
- 38': Sokratis (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 39': Attempt missed. Andreas Samaris (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Georgios Tzavellas.
- 41': Foul by Kevin Strootman (Netherlands).
- 41': Konstantinos Fortounis (Greece) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 42': Attempt missed. Kostas Mitroglou (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Georgios Tzavellas.
- 43': Offside, Greece. Giannis Maniatis tries a through ball, but José Holebas is caught offside.
- 44': Foul by Kevin Strootman (Netherlands).
- 44': Konstantinos Fortounis (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45': Foul by José Holebas (Greece).
- 45': Joël Veltman (Netherlands) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45': Corner, Netherlands. Conceded by Kostas Manolas.
- 45'+1': Foul by Andreas Samaris (Greece).
- 45'+1': Georginio Wijnaldum (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+2': Attempt missed. Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left from a direct free kick.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Netherlands 1, Greece 1.
- 90'+5': Match ends, Netherlands 1, Greece 2.
- 45': Second Half begins Netherlands 1, Greece 1.
- 45': Substitution, Greece. Anastasios Bakasetas replaces José Holebas.
- 45': Substitution, Greece. Konstantinos Stafylidis replaces Vasilis Torosidis.
- 45': Substitution, Greece. Kyriakos Papadopoulos replaces Kostas Manolas.
- 45': Substitution, Greece. Stefanos Kapino replaces Orestis Karnezis.
- 47': Attempt blocked. Jetro Willems (Netherlands) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Quincy Promes.
- 47': Foul by Joël Veltman (Netherlands).
- 47': Konstantinos Fortounis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48': Attempt saved. Vincent Janssen (Netherlands) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Steven Berghuis.
- 48': Corner, Netherlands. Conceded by Stefanos Kapino.
- 50': Foul by Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Greece).
- 50': Vincent Janssen (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 53': Foul by Andreas Samaris (Greece).
- 53': Georginio Wijnaldum (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 54': Foul by Konstantinos Fortounis (Greece).
- 54': Kevin Strootman (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 55': Delay in match Konstantinos Fortounis (Greece) because of an injury.
- 56': Substitution, Greece. Giannis Gianniotas replaces Konstantinos Fortounis because of an injury.
- 56': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 58': Foul by Quincy Promes (Netherlands).
- 58': Giannis Maniatis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Foul by Jeffrey Bruma (Netherlands).
- 59': Kostas Mitroglou (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 61': Attempt blocked. Vincent Janssen (Netherlands) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Steven Berghuis with a through ball.
- 61': Corner, Netherlands. Conceded by Kyriakos Papadopoulos.
- 62': Corner, Netherlands. Conceded by Georgios Tzavellas.
- 65': Substitution, Netherlands. Davy Pröpper replaces Wesley Sneijder.
- 65': Substitution, Netherlands. Jorrit Hendrix replaces Kevin Strootman.
- 66': Attempt missed. Vincent Janssen (Netherlands) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Davy Pröpper following a fast break.
- 72': Substitution, Netherlands. Luciano Narsingh replaces Quincy Promes.
- 72': Substitution, Netherlands. Davy Klaassen replaces Georginio Wijnaldum.
- 74': Attempt saved. Kostas Mitroglou (Greece) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Petros Mantalos.
- 74': Goal! Netherlands 1, Greece 2. Giannis Gianniotas (Greece) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
- 75': Foul by Steven Berghuis (Netherlands).
- 75': Georgios Tzavellas (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Steven Berghuis (Netherlands) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 79': Attempt missed. Davy Klaassen (Netherlands) left footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high.
- 80': Substitution, Netherlands. Bas Dost replaces Jetro Willems.
- 82': Andreas Samaris (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82': Foul by Vincent Janssen (Netherlands).
- 83': Substitution, Greece. Nikolaos Karelis replaces Petros Mantalos.
- 84': Attempt saved. Davy Pröpper (Netherlands) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bas Dost with a headed pass.
- 86': Foul by Luciano Narsingh (Netherlands).
- 86': Konstantinos Stafylidis (Greece) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 86': Foul by Daley Blind (Netherlands).
- 86': Giannis Gianniotas (Greece) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 86': Delay in match Giannis Gianniotas (Greece) because of an injury.
- 87': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 88': Foul by Giannis Maniatis (Greece).
- 88': Luciano Narsingh (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Attempt saved. Bas Dost (Netherlands) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Joël Veltman with a cross.
- 90'+1': Attempt missed. Davy Pröpper (Netherlands) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 90'+2': Foul by Vincent Janssen (Netherlands).
- 90'+2': Sokratis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+3': Foul by Joël Veltman (Netherlands).
- 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Georgios Tzavellas (Greece) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 90'+4': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Joël Veltman.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Netherlands 1, Greece 2.
Statistics
 GRE |
NED |
|
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fouls | 20 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 0 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 4 | Saves | 2 |
| 45.5 | Possession | 54.5 |
| 9 | SHOTS | 15 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 327 | Accurate Passes | 402 |
| 405 | Passes | 480 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 1 |
| 7 | Crosses | 18 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 73 | Long Balls | 54 |
| 37 | Accurate Long Balls | 34 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 13 | Effective Tackles | 17 |
| 18 | Tackles | 22 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 0 | Interceptions | 0 |
| 18 | Effective Clearances | 5 |
| 25 | Clearances | 8 |
Game Information
Competition: International Friendly
Venue: Philips Stadion
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
Attendance: 36,128
Venue: Philips Stadion
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
Attendance: 36,128
Line-Ups
Netherlands (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jeroen Zoet (GK) |
| 4 | Daley Blind |
| 3 | Jeffrey Bruma |
| 5 | Jetro Willems |
| 2 | Joël Veltman |
| 6 | Kevin Strootman |
| 10 | Wesley Sneijder |
| 8 | Georginio Wijnaldum |
| 9 | Vincent Janssen |
| 11 | Quincy Promes |
| 7 | Steven Berghuis  |
Greece (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Orestis Karnezis (GK) |
| 19 | Sokratis Papastathopoulos |
| 4 | Kostas Manolas |
| 3 | Giorgos Tzavellas |
| 15 | Vasilis Torosidis |
| 22 | Andreas Samaris |
| 2 | Giannis Maniatis |
| 20 | José Holebas |
| 18 | Petros Mantalos |
| 10 | Kostas Fortounis |
| 11 | Kostas Mitroglou |
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