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1067 vs. Greece		   Thursday, 10 October 2024
 UEFA Nations League 2024 League B Group two match
England 1 Greece 2 [0-0]
  



















The match is preceded by a moments silence for George Baldock, 31, former Greek international, who died last night, and both teams wore black armbands
The National Stadium connected by EE, Wembley, Brent, Greater London
Kick-off (BST): 7.48pm
 Attendance: 79,012
Jude Bellingham kicked off 98 minutes 45:58 & 51:56
[0-0] Levi Colwill clears Anastasios Bakasetas strike off the line 10 9:27
[0-0] Konstantinos Mavropanos header 11 10:18 disallowed: offside








[1-1] Jude Bellingham 87 86:39
Ollie Watkins: CREATIVE
 placed right-footed strike from 20yds after Watkins cross the ball from right-side		 [1-0] Vangelis Pavlídis 49 48:50
right-footed strike from 11yds low to Pickford's left after Koulierakis drove into the area to lay-off
[1-0] Giorgos Masouras 59 58:53 disallowed: offside
[1-0] Vangelis Pavlídis 83 82:25 disallowed: offside
VAR checked 83:45


[2-1] Vangelis Pavlídis 90+4 93:03
right-footed strike from 8yds low across the goal after a Pelkas tap follwing a failed clearance
 
Bukayo Saka 45 44:55		 Konstantinos Koulierakis 6 5:55
Declan Rice 53 52:35  
Dimitrios Kourbelis 71 70:00
Vangelis Pavlídis 90+1 90:10
Dimitrios Pelkas 90+2 91:16
  Commentator: Sam Matterface with Lee Dixon
 
"LEE COMES ACROPOLIS" SunSport
Officials from Italy England Squad Type Greece Squad
Referee (yellow)
Andrea Colombo
 12 Goal Attempts 12
2 Attempts on Target 2
Assistant Referees 0 Hit Bar/Post 0
Ciro Carbone
46 (24 July 1978)		 Giorgio Peretti
43 (10 April 1981)		 9 Corner Kicks Won 5
Fourth official
Matteo Marcenaro 31 (5 November 1992), Genova		 0 Offside Calls Against 6
Video Assistant Officials           10 Fouls Conceded 14
Valerio Marini, 42 (13 September 1982), Roma
Paolo Mazzoleni		 62% Possession 38%
England Team
 
Rank FIFA (19th Sept 2024) 4th
 EFO ranking Group Two
ELO rating 6th to 7th		 Colours The Nike 2024 home uniform - White shadow pinstriped jerseys with navy blue v-necked polo-collars/underarm side panel and white/navy blue/maroon trimmed cuffs, white shorts with navy blue side panel/hem, white socks with navy blue trim.
Captain John Stones Interim Head Coach Lee Kevin Carsley, 50 (28 February 1974), appointed interim manager on 9 August 2024.
P only of 1, W 0 - D 0 - L 1 - F 1 - A 2.
P third of 6, W 2 - D 0 - L 1 - F 5 - A 2.
England Lineup
four changes to the previous match (Konsa, Gomes, Grealish & Kane out) league position (3rd October) After six matches
1 Pickford, Jordan L. 30
218 days		 7 March 1994 GK Everton FC (PL 16th) 71 53ᵍᵃ
final app 2017-24
2 Alexander-Arnold, Trent J. 26
3 days		 7 October 1998 RB Liverpool FC (PL TOP) 32 3
final app 2017-24
5 Stones, John 30
136 days		 28 May 1994 RCD Manchester City FC (PL 2nd) 82 3
final app 2014-24
15 Colwill, Levi L.S. 21
228 days		 26 February 2003 LCD Chelsea FC (PL 4th) 4 0
final app 2023-24
3 Lewis, Rico M. 19
325 days		 21 November 2004 LB Manchester City FC (PL 2nd) 3 0
final app 2023-24
4 Rice, Declan 25
 271 days		 14 January 1999 RDM Arsenal FC (PL 3rd) 61 4
53rd min. for sweeping at the ball and kicking Manolis Siopis instead final app 2019-24
20 Palmer, Cole J. 22
158 days		 6 May 2002 LDM
/RAM		 Chelsea FC (PL 4th) 10 2
final app 2023-24
7 Saka, Bukayo A.T., injured off 51st min. 23
 36 days		 5 September 2001 RAM Arsenal FC (PL 3rd) 43 12
45th min. for pulling back Giorgos Masouras on the half way line final app 2020-24
10 Foden, Philip W., off 72nd min. 24
136 days		 28 May 2000 RM/AM Manchester City FC (PL 2nd) 42 4
final app 2020-24
8
 Bellingham, Jude V.W. 21
104 days		 29 June 2003 LM
/LDM		 Real Madrid CF, Spain (LL 2nd) 37 6
final app 2020-24
11 Gordon, Anthony M., off 60th min. 23
230 days		 24 February 2001 LAM Newcastle United FC (PL 7th) 7 0
final app 2024
England Substitutes
scoreline: England 0 Greece 1
23 Madueke, Chukwunonso T., on 51st min. (50:55) for Saka 22
 215 days		 10 March 2002 RM Chelsea FC (PL 4th) 2 0 0
2
final app 2024
18
 Watkins, Oliver G.A., on 60th min. (59:25) for Gordon 28
286 days		 30 December 1995 C/RF Aston Villa FC (PL 5th) 16 5 4
11
final app 2021-24
21 Solanke-Mitchell, Dominic A., on 72nd min. (71:37) for Foden 27
 27 days		 14 September 1997 LF Tottenham Hotspur FC (PL 7th) 2 0 0
2
eightieth Tottenham player to represent England final app 2017-24
result: England 1 Greece 2
unused substitutes: 6-Marc Guéhi, 12-Kyle Walker, 13-Dean Henderson, 14-Conor Gallagher, 16-Tino Livramento, 17-Curtis Jones, 19-Angel Gomes, 22-Nick Pope.
team notes:  
youth notes: England and Greece have met several times in youth level matches featuring the participating players.
Phil Foden was a substitute for the under-17s in September 2016.
Trent Alexander-Arnold started for the under-19s in November 2016. Anthony Gordon also started in the September 2019 fixture. Bukayo Saka was a substitute twice, the second of which came in this fixture, and the previous, in the March meeting.
team records: Dominic Solanke's second senior appearance comes six years and 331 days after his first. Only twelve other players have had a larger gap, and only three of those were making a second appearance, the last being Frank Lampard in 1980 ~ first BME player.
66th home loss, first competitive home loss since Denmark in October 2020. Fourth home loss in the Nations League alone.
Captain notes: John Stones is the 128th known player to captain England, 65th post-war. He comes in as the 62nd oldest.
Interim Coach Lee Carsley also made 39 appearances with the Republic of Ireland, one of which was against Greece
4-2-4
4-4-1-1 after 60 minutes
4-4-2 after 72 minutes		 Pickford -
Alexander-Arnold, Stones, Colwill, Leiws -
Rice, Palmer -
Saka (Madueke), Foden (Solanke), Bellingham, Gordon (Watkins)
notes:after 60 mins, Bellingham dropped back to partner Rice, Palmer went right as Madueke went left, Foden supported Watkins
Averages (Starting XI): Age 24 years 167 days Appearances/Goals 35.6 3.0
Greece Team
 
 Rank FIFA (19th Sept 2024) 48th
 EFO ranking n/a
ELO rating 24th to 20th		 Colours made by Nike - dark blue crew-necked jerseys with darker blue trim, blue shorts, blue socks
Captain Tasos Bakasetas Manager Ivan Jovanović, 62 (8 July 1962 in Loznica, Yugoslavia), appointed on 17 June 2024.
third match, W 3 - D 0 - L 0 - F 7 - A 1.
Greece Lineup
1 Vlachodimos, Odysseas 30
 167 days		 26 April 1994
in Stuttgart, Germany		 GK Newcastle United FC, England 45 0
15 Rota, Lazaros 27
 48 days		 23 August 1997 RB Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos Athens FC 18 0
4 Mavropanos, Konstantinos 26
 304 days		 11 December 1997 RCD West Ham United FC, England 30 2
3 Koulierakis, Konstantinos 20
 317 days		 28 November 2003 LCD VfL Wolfsburg, Germany 9 0
6th min. for a foul on Jude Bellingham on the halfway line
22 Giannoulis, Dimitrios C. 28
 359 days		 17 October 1995 LB FC Augsburg 1907, Germany 28 0
6 Kourbelis, Dimitrios, off 74th min. 30
 343 days		 2 November 1993 RDM Al-Khaleej Club, Saudi Arabia 41 2
71st min. for a foul on Jude Bellingham on the touchline. SUSPENDED
   
23 Siopis, Emmanouil, off 66th min. 30
 149 days		 14 May 1994 LDM Cardiff City FC, England 33 1
7 Masouras, Giorgos, off 66th min. 30
 283 days		 1 January 1994 RM Olympiakos Piraeus CFP 44 10
11 Bakasetas, Anastasios, off 86th min. 31
 104 days		 28 June 1993 CM Panathinaïkós AO 70 15
8 Tzolis, Christos, off 86th min. 22
 254 days		 30 January 2002 LM Club Brugge KV, Belgium 17 3
14
 Pavlídis, Evangelos 25
 324 days		 21 November 1998 CF SL e Benfica, Portugal 41 8
91st min. for pulling back on Rico Lewis in the England's own half
Greece Substitutes
scoreline: England 0 Greece 1
10 Pelkas, Dimitrios, on 66th min. (65:03) for Masouras 30
 350 days		 26 October 1993 RM İstanbul Başakşehir FK, Turkey 39 4
92nd min. for a challenge on Jordan Pickford after he had cleared the ball
19 Zafeiris, Christos, on 66th min. (65:06) for Siopis 21
 230 days		 23 February 2003 LDM Sk Slavia Praha, Czech Republic 3 0
20 Mantalos, Petros, on 74th min. (73:09) for Kourbelis 33
 40 days		 31 August 1991 RDM Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos Athens FC 64 6
18 Konstantelias, Giannis, on 86th min. (85:02) for Tzolis 21
 219 days		 5 March 2003 LAM PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 1
2 Vagiannidis, Georgios, on 86th min. (85:20) for Bakasetas 23
 28 days		 12 September 2001 CM Panathinaïkós AO 3 0
result: England 1 Greece 2
     
unused substitutes: 5-Panagiotis Retsos, 9-Anastasios Douvikas, 12-Konstantinos Tzolakis, 13-Christos Mandas, 16-Tasos Chatzigiovanis, 17-Pantelis Chatzidiakos.
team notes: Greece's first visit to the National Stadium, first visit to Wembley for over thirty years, and tonight, they scored their first goals at the stadium.
Their victory is their first over England, at the tenth attempt. They are the lowest ranked team to beat England since Northern Ireland (116) in September 2005.
goalscoring notes:  
 
4-2-3-1 Vlachodimos -
Rota, Mavropanos, Koulierakis, Giannoulis -
Kourbelis (Mantalos), Siopis (Zafeiris) -
Masouras (Pelkas), Bakasetas (Vagiannidis), Tzolis (Konsantelias) -
Pavlídis
Averages (Starting XI): Age 27 years 309 days Appearances/Goals 34.2 3.5
 
    Match Report by Mike Payne

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Source Notes
TheFA.com
BBC Sport
HellenicFF		   UEFA.com
Mike Payne - football historian and contributor
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