Football: Greece conquered Slovakia in a preparatory match
Heraklion. Slovak footballers did not succeed in the first of two preparatory matches, when in Heraklion succumbed to home Greece clearly 1: 4.
The winning goal in Heraklion, Cretan, was scored by striker Vangelis Pavlidis at 66 minutes.
Among the six mutual duels in history, the Slovaks lost the fourth. Ondrej Duda did not change the penalty kick after a foul to David Sagittarius at 12 minutes.
Slovaks will start another duo in Debrecen against Israel on Tuesday at 20.45 HV.
The course of the preparatory match Greece – Slovakia
I. half -life:
The start of the match showed that neither team wants to play among the sixteen. After ten minutes, the shooter tried to push through in the penalty area, but he was fouled by the goalkeeper Mandas and the referee pointed to the white point.
The penalty was taken by Duda, but his shot to the left lower pole was read and set off. The opening of the score was enjoyed by the Greeks in the 16th minute, when Konstantias succeeded after the scrum in front of Dúbravkova goal.
The home team was considerably more active and built more opportunities, but after half an hour of the game, the shooter’s handy pass to the 16th took Hancko and equalized.
The same player could immediately send the Slovaks to the lead, but his head was destroyed by Mandas. At the end of the first half, Tupta and Bero still got into the chances, but in both cases he was against the Greek goalkeeper.
II. half -life:
After the change of sides, the Greeks slightly relaxed in the pace, but the « Sokols » still did not let them into more pronounced chances.
Finally, they took advantage of their activity at 65 minutes, when Pavlidis ran to the 16th in the Masouras Center and overcame Dúbravka – 2: 1.
The home team was putting a lot of pressure and the Slovaks had to hold several times to Dúbravka, at 84 minutes from a distance he tried to surprise Bakasetas.
The Greek victory increased two minutes before the end of regular time, the alternating Douvikas increased and the loss of the Slovaks definitely sealed his own goal of Hrnčár in the extra time.
