UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Greece vs France, 2024 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage

· UEFA European Championship Qualifying
  • 56': Anastasios Bakasetas
  • 61': Fotis Ioannidis
FT
2 - 2
  • 42': Randal Kolo Muani
  • 74': Youssouf Fofana

France held to draw as Greece spoil flawless qualifying campaign

Greece came from a goal down to hold France to a 2-2 draw in their final Euro 2024 qualifier in Group B on Tuesday, denying Didier Deschamps' side a perfect record in their qualifying campaign.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 6': Attempt missed. Adrien Rabiot (France) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jules Koundé with a cross.
  • 7': Attempt missed. Giorgos Masouras (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
  • 9': Foul by Youssouf Fofana (France).
  • 9': Lazaros Rota (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 10': Foul by Dimitris Giannoulis (Greece).
  • 10': Ousmane Dembélé (France) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 11': Corner, France. Conceded by Odysseas Vlachodimos.
  • 12': Attempt saved. Ousmane Dembélé (France) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Théo Hernández.
  • 15': Attempt saved. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Youssouf Fofana.
  • 15': Corner, France. Conceded by Odysseas Vlachodimos.
  • 19': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Jules Koundé.
  • 19': Attempt blocked. Andreas Bouchalakis (Greece) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Anastasios Bakasetas with a cross.
  • 19': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Théo Hernández.
  • 23': Fotis Ioannidis (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 23': Foul by William Saliba (France).
  • 24': Attempt missed. Konstantinos Mavropanos (Greece) header from the centre of the box is too high following a set piece situation.
  • 25': Foul by Randal Kolo Muani (France).
  • 25': Konstantinos Mavropanos (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 27': Corner, France. Conceded by Lazaros Rota.
  • 29': Fotis Ioannidis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 29': Foul by William Saliba (France).
  • 32': Foul by Randal Kolo Muani (France).
  • 32': Panagiotis Retsos (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Antoine Griezmann (France) hits the left post with a left footed shot from very close range. Assisted by Youssouf Fofana with a through ball.
  • 34': Foul by Dimitris Giannoulis (Greece).
  • 34': Ousmane Dembélé (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 34': Andreas Bouchalakis (Greece) is shown the yellow card.
  • 34': Ousmane Dembélé (France) is shown the yellow card.
  • 36': Attempt missed. Théo Hernández (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jules Koundé.
  • 36': Attempt saved. Ousmane Dembélé (France) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Théo Hernández.
  • 36': Offside, Greece. Panagiotis Retsos tries a through ball, but Fotis Ioannidis is caught offside.
  • 40': Foul by Panagiotis Retsos (Greece).
  • 40': Randal Kolo Muani (France) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 40': Panagiotis Retsos (Greece) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 41': Corner, France. Conceded by Konstantinos Mavropanos.
  • 42': Corner, France. Conceded by Panagiotis Retsos.
  • 42': Goal! Greece 0, France 1. Randal Kolo Muani (France) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Olivier Giroud.
  • 45'+1': Fotis Ioannidis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Lucas Hernández (France).
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Greece 0, France 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Greece 0, France 1.
  • 48': Offside, France. Youssouf Fofana tries a through ball, but Jules Koundé is caught offside.
  • 49': Attempt missed. Youssouf Fofana (France) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 52': Attempt missed. Fotis Ioannidis (Greece) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Panagiotis Retsos with a through ball.
  • 55': Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Foul by Youssouf Fofana (France).
  • 55': Youssouf Fofana (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 56': Attempt blocked. Giorgos Masouras (Greece) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fotis Ioannidis.
  • 56': Attempt blocked. Andreas Bouchalakis (Greece) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
  • 56': Goal! Greece 1, France 1. Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 60': Attempt saved. Randal Kolo Muani (France) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jules Koundé with a cross.
  • 61': Goal! Greece 2, France 1. Fotis Ioannidis (Greece) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Dimitris Giannoulis.
  • 63': Corner, France. Conceded by Pantelis Hatzidiakos.
  • 64': Attempt missed. Adrien Rabiot (France) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé with a cross.
  • 64': Foul by Randal Kolo Muani (France).
  • 64': Panagiotis Retsos (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 64': Substitution, France. Kylian Mbappé replaces Randal Kolo Muani.
  • 64': Substitution, France. Jonathan Clauss replaces Jules Koundé.
  • 64': Substitution, France. Kingsley Coman replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
  • 66': Anastasios Bakasetas (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 66': Foul by Jonathan Clauss (France).
  • 67': Substitution, Greece. Sotiris Alexandropoulos replaces Konstantinos Galanopoulos.
  • 70': Substitution, France. Marcus Thuram replaces Olivier Giroud.
  • 70': Offside, Greece. Fotis Ioannidis tries a through ball, but Giorgos Masouras is caught offside.
  • 73': Foul by Giorgos Masouras (Greece).
  • 73': Lucas Hernández (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Goal! Greece 2, France 2. Youssouf Fofana (France) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
  • 75': Fotis Ioannidis (Greece) is shown the yellow card.
  • 77': Attempt blocked. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 77': Substitution, Greece. Zeca replaces Fotis Ioannidis.
  • 78': Substitution, Greece. Vangelis Pavlidis replaces Giorgos Masouras.
  • 81': Offside, Greece. Sotiris Alexandropoulos tries a through ball, but Vangelis Pavlidis is caught offside.
  • 81': Corner, France. Conceded by Pantelis Hatzidiakos.
  • 82': Attempt blocked. William Saliba (France) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonathan Clauss with a cross.
  • 82': Attempt missed. Kylian Mbappé (France) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Adrien Rabiot with a cross.
  • 85': Substitution, France. Axel Disasi replaces Lucas Hernández.
  • 85': Substitution, Greece. Manolis Saliakas replaces Lazaros Rota.
  • 86': Substitution, Greece. Giannis Konstantelias replaces Anastasios Bakasetas.
  • 86': Foul by Adrien Rabiot (France).
  • 86': Sotiris Alexandropoulos (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 89': Foul by Manolis Saliakas (Greece).
  • 89': Kylian Mbappé (France) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Antoine Griezmann (France).
  • 90'+1': Giannis Konstantelias (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Antoine Griezmann (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+3': Corner, France. Conceded by Konstantinos Mavropanos.
  • 90'+5': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcus Thuram with a headed pass.
  • 90'+5': Corner, France. Conceded by Odysseas Vlachodimos.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Greece 2, France 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Greece 2, France 2.

Statistics

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11 Fouls 5
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 3
9 Corner Kicks 2
0 Saves 5
66.7 Possession 33.3
15 SHOTS 8
7 ON GOAL 2
0.5 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
642 Accurate Passes 301
703 Passes 354
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
7 Accurate Crosses 1
31 Crosses 7
0.2 Cross % 0.1
24 Long Balls 48
17 Accurate Long Balls 19
0.7 Long Balls % 0.4
2 Blocked Shots 3
7 Effective Tackles 10
10 Tackles 13
0.7 Tackle % 0.8
2 Interceptions 14
7 Effective Clearances 29
7 Clearances 29

Game Information

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Venue: OPAP Arena
Location: Athens, Greece
Attendance: 24,820

EURO Qualifying Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 France 8 +26 22
2 Netherlands 8 +10 18
3 Greece 8 +6 13
4 Republic of Ireland 8 -1 6
Full Table

Line-Ups

GRE Greece (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Odisseas Vlachodimos (GK)
4 Konstantinos Mavropanos
17 Pantelis Hatzidiakos
2 Panagiotis Retsos Yellow Card
11 Anastasios Bakasetas
5 Andreas Bouchalakis Yellow Card
6 Konstantinos Galanopoulos
22 Dimitris Giannoulis
15 Lazaros Rota
8 Fotis Ioannidis
7 Georgios Masouras

FRA France (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Brice Samba (GK)
21 Lucas Hernández
17 William Saliba
22 Theo Hernández
5 Jules Koundé
7 Antoine Griezmann Yellow Card
14 Adrien Rabiot
19 Youssouf Fofana Yellow Card
9 Olivier Giroud
12 Randal Kolo Muani
11 Ousmane Dembélé Yellow Card

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