UEFA Nations League

Finland vs Greece, 2024-25 UEFA Nations League, Group Stage

· UEFA Nations League
Finland
    FT
    0 - 2
    Greece
    • 52': Anastasios Bakasetas
    • 56': Christos Tzolis

    About

    Finland are hosting Greece at Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Nations League.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Foul by Nikolai Alho (Finland).
    • 1': Vangelis Pavlidis (Greece) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 4': Foul by Juhani Pikkarainen (Finland).
    • 4': Giorgos Masouras (Greece) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 4': Juhani Pikkarainen (Finland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 5': Foul by Joel Pohjanpalo (Finland).
    • 5': Petros Mantalos (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 6': Dimitrios Kourbelis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 6': Foul by Kaan Kairinen (Finland).
    • 8': Attempt blocked. Christos Tzolis (Greece) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giorgos Masouras.
    • 8': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Arttu Hoskonen.
    • 8': Attempt missed. Konstantinos Mavropanos (Greece) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Tasos Bakasetas with a cross following a corner.
    • 10': Attempt missed. Joel Pohjanpalo (Finland) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Nikolai Alho with a cross.
    • 10': Christos Tzolis (Greece) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 10': Foul by Nikolai Alho (Finland).
    • 10': Nikolai Alho (Finland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 11': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Robert Ivanov.
    • 15': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Juhani Pikkarainen.
    • 15': Attempt missed. Konstantinos Mavropanos (Greece) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Tasos Bakasetas with a cross following a corner.
    • 19': Attempt saved. Christos Tzolis (Greece) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Petros Mantalos.
    • 24': Offside, Finland. Joel Pohjanpalo is caught offside.
    • 26': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Daniel Håkans.
    • 27': Attempt blocked. Tasos Bakasetas (Greece) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 27': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Daniel Håkans.
    • 27': Foul by Christos Tzolis (Greece).
    • 27': Jesse Joronen (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 30': Attempt missed. Giorgos Masouras (Greece) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Dimitrios Kourbelis.
    • 31': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Arttu Hoskonen.
    • 33': Foul by Dimitrios Kourbelis (Greece).
    • 33': Glen Kamara (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 34': Foul by Petros Mantalos (Greece).
    • 34': Glen Kamara (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 38': Attempt blocked. Vangelis Pavlidis (Greece) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lazaros Rota.
    • 39': Corner, Greece. Conceded by Kaan Kairinen.
    • 39': Attempt missed. Petros Mantalos (Greece) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
    • 44': Dimitrios Kourbelis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 44': Foul by Kaan Kairinen (Finland).
    • 45': Fourth official has announced %injmins% minutes of added time.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Finland 0, Greece 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Finland 0, Greece 0.
    • 46': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Konstantinos Koulierakis.
    • 47': Attempt missed. Nikolai Alho (Finland) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
    • 48': Attempt missed. Christos Tzolis (Greece) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Giorgos Masouras with a cross.
    • 49': Benjamin Källman (Finland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 49': Foul by Lazaros Rota (Greece).
    • 52': Goal! Finland 0, Greece 1. Tasos Bakasetas (Greece) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Konstantinos Koulierakis with a through ball.
    • 56': Goal! Finland 0, Greece 2. Christos Tzolis (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal.
    • 59': Foul by Robert Ivanov (Finland).
    • 59': Tasos Bakasetas (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Robert Ivanov (Finland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 61': Attempt saved. Tasos Bakasetas (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Vangelis Pavlidis.
    • 61': Delay in match because of an injury Tasos Bakasetas (Greece).
    • 62': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 66': Foul by Daniel Håkans (Finland).
    • 66': Konstantinos Mavropanos (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 67': Substitution, Finland. Tuomas Ollila replaces Juhani Pikkarainen.
    • 67': Substitution, Finland. Oliver Antman replaces Joel Pohjanpalo.
    • 67': Christos Tzolis (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 67': Foul by Nikolai Alho (Finland).
    • 69': Attempt blocked. Vangelis Pavlidis (Greece) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tasos Bakasetas with a through ball.
    • 72': Attempt blocked. Benjamin Källman (Finland) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Oliver Antman.
    • 73': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Kostas Tsimikas.
    • 74': Substitution, Greece. Dimitris Pelkas replaces Tasos Bakasetas.
    • 75': Substitution, Finland. Urho Nissilä replaces Glen Kamara.
    • 75': Substitution, Finland. Teemu Pukki replaces Daniel Håkans.
    • 75': Substitution, Greece. Manolis Siopis replaces Giorgos Masouras.
    • 76': Delay in match because of an injury Lazaros Rota (Greece).
    • 78': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 79': Attempt blocked. Teemu Pukki (Finland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Benjamin Källman with a through ball.
    • 79': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Konstantinos Mavropanos.
    • 81': Attempt saved. Manolis Siopis (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Petros Mantalos.
    • 82': Substitution, Finland. Ilmari Niskanen replaces Nikolai Alho.
    • 85': Attempt missed. Oliver Antman (Finland) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Benjamin Källman.
    • 86': Attempt blocked. Dimitris Pelkas (Greece) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christos Tzolis.
    • 87': Attempt missed. Christos Tzolis (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dimitris Pelkas.
    • 87': Substitution, Greece. Dimitris Giannoulis replaces Christos Tzolis.
    • 88': Substitution, Greece. Panagiotis Retsos replaces Petros Mantalos.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Dimitrios Kourbelis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+1': Foul by Urho Nissilä (Finland).
    • 90'+1': Substitution, Greece. Christos Mouzakitis replaces Dimitrios Kourbelis.
    • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Teemu Pukki (Finland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Benjamin Källman.
    • 90'+2': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Manolis Siopis.
    • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Teemu Pukki (Finland) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kaan Kairinen following a corner.
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Finland 0, Greece 2.
    • 0': Match ends, Finland 0, Greece 2.

    Statistics

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    4 Fouls 10
    0 Yellow Cards 3
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 1
    7 Corner Kicks 4
    0 Saves 3
    57.2 Possession 42.8
    16 SHOTS 7
    5 ON GOAL 0
    0.3 On Target % 0.0
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    561 Accurate Passes 410
    633 Passes 474
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
    4 Accurate Crosses 2
    17 Crosses 10
    0.2 Cross % 0.2
    65 Long Balls 38
    36 Accurate Long Balls 27
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.7
    5 Blocked Shots 3
    8 Effective Tackles 6
    18 Tackles 10
    0.4 Tackle % 0.6
    11 Interceptions 14
    17 Effective Clearances 23
    17 Clearances 23

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Nations League

    Venue: Helsinki Olympic Stadium
    Location: Helsinki, Finland
    Attendance: 17,661

    Line-Ups

    FIN Finland (5-4-1)

    No. Name
    12 Jesse Joronen (GK)
    4 Robert Ivanov Yellow Card
    3 Juhani Pikkarainen Yellow Card
    5 Arttu Hoskonen
    21 Daniel Håkans
    17 Nikolai Alho Yellow Card
    14 Kaan Kairinen
    6 Glen Kamara
    9 Benjamin Kallman
    8 Robin Lod
    20 Joel Pohjanpalo
    Finland Substitutes:
    Teemu Pukki, Ilmari Niskanen, Tuomas Ollila, Anssi Suhonen, Carljohan Eriksson, Onni Valakari, Miro Tenho, Jere Uronen, Lukas Hradecky, Oliver Antman, Daniel O'Shaughnessy, Urho Nissila.

    GRE Greece (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Odisseas Vlachodimos (GK)
    3 Konstantinos Koulierakis
    4 Konstantinos Mavropanos
    21 Kostas Tsimikas
    15 Lazaros Rota
    11 Anastasios Bakasetas
    20 Petros Mantalos
    6 Dimitrios Kourbelis
    14 Vangelis Pavlidis
    19 Christos Tzolis
    7 Georgios Masouras
    Greece Substitutes:
    Panagiotis Retsos, Pantelis Hatzidiakos, Dimitris Pelkas, Giannis Konstantelias, Anastasios Douvikas, Dimitris Giannoulis, Christos Mandas, Andreas Ntoi, Georgios Vagiannidis, Konstantinos Tzolakis, Christos Mouzakitis, Manolis Siopis.

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