Saudi Arabia vs Greece, 2018 International Friendly, International Friendly

· International Friendly

Saudi Arabia

19': Salem Al-Dawsari
79': Mohamed Kanno

FT
2 - 0

Greece

43': Dimitris Giannoulis

About

Saudi Arabia are hosting Greece 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.
4': Attempt saved. Dimitrios Pelkas (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Michalis Manias.
7': Attempt saved. Alexandros Tziolis (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
7': Abdullah Ateef (Saudi Arabia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
7': Foul by Dimitrios Pelkas (Greece).
9': Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
9': Foul by Mohammed Al-Burayk (Saudi Arabia).
10': Foul by Dimitrios Pelkas (Greece).
10': Salem Al Dawsari (Saudi Arabia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
13': Offside, Saudi Arabia. Salem Al Dawsari tries a through ball, but Taiseer Al Jassam is caught offside.
14': Foul by Dimitrios Pelkas (Greece).
14': Osama Hawsawi (Saudi Arabia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
15': Offside, Greece. Spyros Risvanis tries a through ball, but Michalis Manias is caught offside.
16': Offside, Saudi Arabia. Salem Al Dawsari tries a through ball, but Salman Al Faraj is caught offside.
18': Foul by Dimitris Limnios (Greece).
18': Salem Al Dawsari (Saudi Arabia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
19': Goal! Saudi Arabia 1, Greece 0. Salem Al Dawsari (Saudi Arabia) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mohammed Al-Burayk with a headed pass.
20': Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
20': Foul by Salem Al Dawsari (Saudi Arabia).
23': Dimitrios Pelkas (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23': Foul by Salem Al Dawsari (Saudi Arabia).
31': Attempt missed. Taiseer Al Jassam (Saudi Arabia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Yahya Al Shehri.
32': Foul by Taiseer Al Jassam (Saudi Arabia).
32': Michalis Manias (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
33': Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece) hits the right post with a left footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
34': Foul by Dimitrios Pelkas (Greece).
34': Omar Hawsawi (Saudi Arabia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Offside, Greece. Panagiotis Tachtsidis tries a through ball, but Michalis Manias is caught offside.
38': Attempt missed. Dimitrios Pelkas (Greece) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Michalis Manias following a fast break.
39': Abdullah Ateef (Saudi Arabia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39': Foul by Alexandros Tziolis (Greece).
39': Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
39': Foul by Taiseer Al Jassam (Saudi Arabia).
40': Taiseer Al Jassam (Saudi Arabia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
40': Attempt missed. Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
43': Foul by Dimitrios Giannoulis (Greece).
43': Salman Al Faraj (Saudi Arabia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
43': Dimitrios Giannoulis (Greece) is shown the red card.
43': Delay in match Salman Al Faraj (Saudi Arabia) because of an injury.
44': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
45'+1': Attempt missed. Yahya Al Shehri (Saudi Arabia) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
45'+1': Dimitris Limnios (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': Foul by Yasir Al Shahrani (Saudi Arabia).
45'+1': First Half ends, Saudi Arabia 1, Greece 0.
45': Second Half begins Saudi Arabia 1, Greece 0.
45': Substitution, Greece. Andreas Gianniotis replaces Vasilios Barkas.
45': Substitution, Greece. Vasilios Lampropoulos replaces Dimitris Limnios.
48': Foul by Dimitrios Pelkas (Greece).
48': Yasir Al Shahrani (Saudi Arabia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
53': Corner, Saudi Arabia. Conceded by Andreas Gianniotis.
53': Attempt missed. Yahya Al Shehri (Saudi Arabia) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Taiseer Al Jassam following a corner.
54': Foul by Michalis Bakakis (Greece).
54': Salem Al Dawsari (Saudi Arabia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
55': Attempt missed. Mohammed Al Sahlawi (Saudi Arabia) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Yasir Al Shahrani with a cross.
57': Attempt missed. Mohammed Al Sahlawi (Saudi Arabia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Salman Al Faraj.
58': Foul by Dimitrios Pelkas (Greece).
58': Mohammed Al-Burayk (Saudi Arabia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
58': Foul by Panagiotis Tachtsidis (Greece).
58': Taiseer Al Jassam (Saudi Arabia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
59': Corner, Saudi Arabia. Conceded by Dimitris Nikolaou.
60': Substitution, Greece. Petros Mantalos replaces Dimitrios Pelkas.
60': Substitution, Greece. Efthymios Koulouris replaces Michalis Manias.
60': Efthymios Koulouris (Greece) wins a free kick on the left wing.
60': Foul by Mohammed Al-Burayk (Saudi Arabia).
60': Foul by Mohammed Al-Burayk (Saudi Arabia).
60': Petros Mantalos (Greece) wins a free kick on the left wing.
61': Attempt blocked. Petros Mantalos (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andreas Gianniotis.
61': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Mohammed Al-Burayk.
62': Foul by Efthymios Koulouris (Greece).
62': Yasser Al-Mosailem (Saudi Arabia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
63': Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Ali Albulayhi replaces Osama Hawsawi.
63': Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Mohammed Kanno replaces Taiseer Al Jassam.
67': Attempt missed. Yahya Al Shehri (Saudi Arabia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
69': Attempt missed. Mohammed Kanno (Saudi Arabia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mohammed Al-Burayk.
71': Foul by Mohammed Kanno (Saudi Arabia).
71': Panagiotis Tachtsidis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
71': Mohammed Kanno (Saudi Arabia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
71': Delay in match Panagiotis Tachtsidis (Greece) because of an injury.
71': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
71': Substitution, Greece. Thanasis Androutsos replaces Alexandros Tziolis.
72': Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Fahad Al Muwallad replaces Mohammed Al Sahlawi.
72': Offside, Saudi Arabia. Salem Al Dawsari tries a through ball, but Yasir Al Shahrani is caught offside.
78': Corner, Saudi Arabia. Conceded by Anastasios Bakasetas.
79': Efthymios Koulouris (Greece) hits the left post with a left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left. Assisted by Thanasis Androutsos.
79': Goal! Saudi Arabia 2, Greece 0. Mohammed Kanno (Saudi Arabia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Abdullah Ateef with a through ball.
82': Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri replaces Abdullah Ateef.
84': Attempt saved. Efthymios Koulouris (Greece) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Michalis Bakakis.
84': Attempt missed. Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
85': Attempt blocked. Petros Mantalos (Greece) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Michalis Bakakis.
85': Andreas Gianniotis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85': Foul by Fahad Al Muwallad (Saudi Arabia).
85': Fahad Al Muwallad (Saudi Arabia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
86': Delay in match Andreas Gianniotis (Greece) because of an injury.
86': Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Saeed Al Muwallad replaces Mohammed Al-Burayk.
88': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+2': Efthymios Koulouris (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+2': Foul by Omar Hawsawi (Saudi Arabia).
90'+2': Substitution, Greece. Konstantinos Galanopoulos replaces Anastasios Bakasetas.
90'+2': Offside, Greece. Spyros Risvanis tries a through ball, but Petros Mantalos is caught offside.
90'+3': Second Half ends, Saudi Arabia 2, Greece 0.
90'+3': Match ends, Saudi Arabia 2, Greece 0.

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

Venue:
Location: ,
Attendance: 100

Line-Ups

Saudi Arabia (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
21	Yasser Al-Mosailem (GK)
5	Omar Othman
3	Osama Hawsawi
13	Yasser Al-Shahrani
6	Mohammed Al-Burayk
17	Taisir Al-Jassim
14	Abdullah Otayf
7	Salman Al-Faraj
10	Mohammed Al-Sahlawi
18	Salem Al-Dawsari
8	Yahya Alshehri

Saudi Arabia Substitutes:

Saeed Al-Mowalad, Hatan Bahbri, Abdullah Al-Mayouf, Mohammed Jahfali, Haroune Camara, Abdullah Al-Khaibari, Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri, Ibrahim Ghaleb, Mohammed Al Kuwaykibi, Mohamed Kanno, Ali Al-Bulayhi, Fahad Al-Muwallad.

Greece (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Vasilios Barkas (GK)
3	Dimitris Nikolaou
4	Spiros Risvanis
8	Dimitris Giannoulis
2	Michalis Bakakis
17	Panagiotis Tachtsidis
6	Alexandros Tziolis
14	Anastasios Bakasetas
18	Dimitrios Limnios
11	Michalis Manias
16	Dimitris Pelkas

Greece Substitutes:

Thanasis Androutsos, Konstantinos Galanopoulos, Efthymis Koulouris, Vasilios Lampropoulos, Dimitrios Chatziisaias, Triantafyllos Pasalidis, Petros Mantalos, Andreas Gianniotis.

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