ATHENS. Greece and Kosovo draw 1-1. G. Masouras scored the first goal (44′) for Greece. A. Rrahmani made it even (76′). Greece was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (70%)
The match was played at the Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis stadium in Athens on Sunday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Aleksey Kulbakov with the support of Dmitri Zhuk and Oleg Maslyanko. The 4th official was Dmitri Dmitriev. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.1 degrees Celsius or 59.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Greece had a strong ball possession 70% while Kosovo was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Greece was was more aggressive with 86 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 6 were on target. However, that was not enough Greece to win the match.
Greece shot 19 times, 6 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Kosovo shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Greece didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Kosovo received 2 yellow cards (V. Muriqi and H. Shala).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
After this encounter, Greece will have 10 points to remain in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Kosovo will have 5 points to sit in the 5th place.
Next matches
Greece – Formation
Greece
80'
44'
Greece started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager John van \’t Schip decided to play with the following team: Odysseas Vlachodimos , Pantelis Chatzidiakos , Dimitris Goutas , Georgios Tzavellas , Athanasios Androutsos , Dimitrios Pelkas , Andreas Bouchalakis , Petros Mantalos , Konstantinos Tsimikas , Giorgos Masouras and Anastasios Douvikas .
The home team had on the bench: Marios Vrousai , Giorgos Kyriakopoulos, Dimitrios Giannoulis, Vangelis Pavlidis , Manolis Saliakas, Christos Tzolis , Alexandros Paschalakis, Giorgos Athanasiadis, Dimitris Limnios , Gerasimos Mitoglou and Sotiris Alexandropoulos.
Substitutions
Greece made 4 changes: A. Douvikas for C. Tzolis (66′), D. Pelkas for M. Vrousai (80′), G. Tzavellas for V. Pavlidis (80′) and G. Masouras for D. Limnios (86′).
Best player: Konstantinos Tsimikas
The player that probably impressed the most for Greece was Konstantinos Tsimikas.
His rating is with 47 passes (82% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 11. He performed 14 crosses.
Kosovo – Formation
Kosovo
29'
Kosovo started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Primož Gliha played with: Arijanet Murić , Mergim Vojvoda , Amir Rrahmani , Betim Fazliji , Fidan Aliti , Blendi Idrizi , Herolind Shala , Florian Loshaj , Valon Berisha , Vedat Muriqi and Milot Rashica .
These were the players on the bench: Visar Bekaj, David Domgjoni, Lirim Kastrati , Besar Halimi , Edon Zhegrova , Astrit Selmani , Samir Ujkani, Toni Domgjoni and Mirlind Kryeziu.
Substitutions
Kosovo made 4 changes: F. Loshaj for E. Zhegrova (46′), H. Shala for B. Halimi (70′), M. Rashica for A. Selmani (80′) and B. Idrizi for L. Kastrati (86′).
Best player: Amir Rrahmani
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Kosovo was Amir Rrahmani.
His rating is with 1 goal, 31 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Croatia – Russia – 1-0
- Malta – Slovakia – 0-6
- Slovenia – Cyprus – 2-1
- Armenia – Germany – 1-4
- Liechtenstein – Romania – 0-2
- North Macedonia – Iceland – 3-1
- Portugal – Serbia – 1-2
- Luxembourg – Republic of Ireland – 0-3
- Greece – Kosovo – 1-1
- Spain – Sweden – 1-0
