Greece vs Switzerland, 2018 International Friendly, International Friendly

· International Friendly

Greece

FT
0 - 1

Switzerland

59': Blerim Džemaili

About

Greece are hosting Switzerland at , , , starting on . The match is a part of the International Friendly.

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
1': Foul by Breel Embolo (Switzerland).
1': Zeca (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': Foul by Zeca (Greece).
3': Remo Freuler (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
5': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Zeca.
7': Breel Embolo (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
7': Foul by Anastasios Donis (Greece).
8': Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
8': Foul by Valon Behrami (Switzerland).
9': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Stephan Lichtsteiner.
9': Breel Embolo (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
9': Foul by Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece).
12': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Stephan Lichtsteiner.
12': Attempt missed. Konstantinos Fortounis (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
13': Foul by Sokratis (Greece).
13': Haris Seferovic (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
13': Sokratis (Greece) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
15': Blerim Dzemaili (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
15': Foul by Kostas Manolas (Greece).
16': Foul by Granit Xhaka (Switzerland).
16': Konstantinos Fortounis (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
18': Foul by Zeca (Greece).
18': Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
20': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Stephan Lichtsteiner.
21': Foul by Blerim Dzemaili (Switzerland).
21': Vasilis Torosidis (Greece) wins a free kick on the right wing.
24': Foul by Zeca (Greece).
24': Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
26': Foul by Valon Behrami (Switzerland).
26': Konstantinos Fortounis (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
27': Attempt missed. Blerim Dzemaili (Switzerland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Haris Seferovic.
28': Attempt missed. Remo Freuler (Switzerland) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ricardo Rodríguez with a cross.
28': Anastasios Donis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Foul by Stephan Lichtsteiner (Switzerland).
31': Attempt blocked. Blerim Dzemaili (Switzerland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ricardo Rodríguez.
36': Foul by Valon Behrami (Switzerland).
36': Panagiotis Retsos (Greece) wins a free kick on the left wing.
40': Attempt blocked. Kostas Mitroglou (Greece) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Konstantinos Fortounis.
40': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Fabian Schär.
40': Attempt blocked. Anastasios Donis (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
41': Offside, Greece. Anastasios Donis tries a through ball, but Konstantinos Fortounis is caught offside.
41': Breel Embolo (Switzerland) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box.
45': Foul by Valon Behrami (Switzerland).
45': Konstantinos Fortounis (Greece) wins a free kick on the right wing.
45'+1': First Half ends, Greece 0, Switzerland 0.
45': Second Half begins Greece 0, Switzerland 0.
46': Fabian Schär (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
46': Foul by Kostas Mitroglou (Greece).
48': Foul by Sokratis (Greece).
48': Remo Freuler (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
49': Attempt missed. Ricardo Rodríguez (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
51': Breel Embolo (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
51': Foul by Konstantinos Fortounis (Greece).
52': Foul by Blerim Dzemaili (Switzerland).
52': Vasilis Torosidis (Greece) wins a free kick on the right wing.
53': Hand ball by Anastasios Donis (Greece).
54': Anastasios Donis (Greece) wins a free kick on the left wing.
54': Foul by Stephan Lichtsteiner (Switzerland).
56': Attempt blocked. Anastasios Donis (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Zeca.
56': Attempt blocked. Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Zeca.
58': Andreas Samaris (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
58': Foul by Remo Freuler (Switzerland).
58': Blerim Dzemaili (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
58': Foul by Konstantinos Fortounis (Greece).
59': Goal! Greece 0, Switzerland 1. Blerim Dzemaili (Switzerland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Haris Seferovic with a cross.
60': Substitution, Switzerland. Mario Gavranovic replaces Haris Seferovic.
61': Substitution, Switzerland. Gelson Fernandes replaces Valon Behrami.
61': Substitution, Switzerland. Michael Lang replaces Stephan Lichtsteiner.
61': Substitution, Switzerland. Steven Zuber replaces Remo Freuler.
62': Foul by Vasilis Torosidis (Greece).
62': Steven Zuber (Switzerland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
63': Attempt missed. Steven Zuber (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ricardo Rodríguez following a set piece situation.
63': Substitution, Greece. Lazaros Christodoulopoulos replaces Vasilis Torosidis.
63': Substitution, Greece. Michalis Bakakis replaces Anastasios Donis.
64': Andreas Samaris (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
64': Dangerous play by Breel Embolo (Switzerland).
65': Attempt blocked. Mario Gavranovic (Switzerland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabian Schär.
65': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Kostas Manolas.
67': Blerim Dzemaili (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
67': Foul by Andreas Samaris (Greece).
68': Andreas Samaris (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
68': Foul by Gelson Fernandes (Switzerland).
68': Attempt saved. Mario Gavranovic (Switzerland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Steven Zuber.
69': Attempt missed. Blerim Dzemaili (Switzerland) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
69': Offside, Switzerland. Blerim Dzemaili tries a through ball, but Breel Embolo is caught offside.
71': Offside, Greece. Sokratis tries a through ball, but Kostas Mitroglou is caught offside.
72': Attempt missed. Fabian Schär (Switzerland) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Michael Lang.
73': Substitution, Greece. Dimitrios Kourbelis replaces Andreas Samaris.
73': Substitution, Greece. Efthymios Koulouris replaces Kostas Mitroglou.
73': Substitution, Switzerland. Dimitri Oberlin replaces Breel Embolo.
76': Attempt missed. Konstantinos Fortounis (Greece) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Lazaros Christodoulopoulos.
77': Foul by Dimitri Oberlin (Switzerland).
77': Panagiotis Retsos (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
77': Substitution, Greece. Dimitrios Pelkas replaces Konstantinos Fortounis.
78': Dimitrios Kourbelis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
78': Foul by Blerim Dzemaili (Switzerland).
79': Foul by Dimitrios Pelkas (Greece).
79': Manuel Akanji (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
79': Substitution, Greece. Konstantinos Stafylidis replaces Kostas Manolas.
80': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Sokratis.
80': Substitution, Switzerland. Fabian Frei replaces Ricardo Rodríguez.
81': Efthymios Koulouris (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Foul by Gelson Fernandes (Switzerland).
84': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Fabian Schär.
88': Foul by Dimitrios Kourbelis (Greece).
88': Michael Lang (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1': Fabian Schär (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1': Foul by Dimitrios Pelkas (Greece).
90'+3': Foul by Dimitri Oberlin (Switzerland).
90'+3': Michalis Bakakis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+3': Match ends, Greece 0, Switzerland 1.
90'+3': Second Half ends, Greece 0, Switzerland 1.

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

Venue:
Location: ,
Attendance: 5,487

Line-Ups

Greece (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Orestis Karnezis (GK)
19	Sokratis Papastathopoulos
4	Kostas Manolas
23	Panagiotis Retsos
15	Vasilis Torosidis
10	Kostas Fortounis
8	Zeca
22	Andreas Samaris
11	Kostas Mitroglou
20	Anastasios Donis
14	Anastasios Bakasetas

Greece Substitutes:

Dimitris Pelkas, Dimitrios Kourbelis, Konstantinos Stafylidis, Dimitrios Limnios, Efthymis Koulouris, Andreas Gianniotis, Michalis Bakakis, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Vasilios Barkas, Panagiotis Tachtsidis, Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, Giorgos Tzavellas.

Switzerland (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
1	Yann Sommer (GK)
5	Manuel Akanji
22	Fabian Schär
11	Valon Behrami
13	Ricardo Rodríguez
2	Stephan Lichtsteiner
10	Granit Xhaka
8	Remo Freuler
15	Blerim Džemaili
7	Breel Embolo
9	Haris Seferovic

Switzerland Substitutes:

Johan Djourou, Fabian Frei, Mario Gavranovic, Roman Bürki, Francois Moubandje, Steven Zuber, Josip Drmic, Marwin Hitz, Dimitri Oberlin, Gelson Fernandes, Michael Lang, Nico Elvedi.

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