Greece 0-1 Italy

International Friendlies· 2026 International Friendly

Greece

Italy

Pio Esposito 18'

0:1

📍 Pankritio Stadium

Timeline

18'
Pio Esposito0-1
🅰 Jeff Ekhator
38'
Luca Lipani
44'
Honest Ahanor
Lazaros Rota
↓ Konstantinos Koulierakis
45'
45'
Filippo Mané
↓ Honest Ahanor
45'
Seydou Fini
↓ Jeff Ekhator
55'
Luca Reggiani
↓ Pietro Comuzzo
Alexandros Kyziridis
↓ Georgios Masouras
62'
Thanasis Androutsos
↓ Nectarios Triantis
62'
Kostas Tsimikas
↓ Georgios Kyriakopoulos
62'
68'
Luca Reggiani
74'
Costantino Favasuli
↓ Seydou Fini
74'
Matteo Dagasso
↓ Luca Lipani
Andrews Tetteh
↓ Georgios Vagiannidis
76'
Christos Zafeiris
↓ Christos Mouzakitis
76'
82'
Costantino Favasuli
87'
Francesco Camarda
↓ Pio Esposito
Vangelis Pavlidis
↓ Christos Tzolis
88'
Charalambos Kostoulas
↓ Anastasios Douvikas
88'
89'
Giacomo Faticanti
↓ Luca Koleosho

Game leaders

Greece

Total ShotsC. Tzolis2
Accurate PassesP. Retsos80
Defensive InterventionsP. Retsos11

Italy

Total ShotsP. Esposito3
Accurate PassesH. Ahanor23
Defensive InterventionsG. Donnarumma4

Stats

GreeceItaly

Possession

58%

42%

12Shots10

1Shots on target3

4Blocked shots4

Match info

Kick-off: Sunday 7 June
Venue: Pankritio Stadium · Crete, Greece
Referee: Yigal Frid
Attendance: 13,000
Round: 2026 International Friendly

Form

GreeceDDLDW

WvsScotland3-2
D@Belarus0-0
LvsParaguay1-0
D

475Accurate passes324

ItalyWLWLW

W@Moldova2-0
LvsNorway4-1
WvsNorthern Ireland2-0
L@Bosnia-Herzegovina1-1
W@Luxembourg1-0

Head to head

ITA leads series 2-0-1

12 Oct 19Italy2-0Greece
8 Jun 19Greece0-3Italy
19 Nov 08Greece1-1Italy

475Accurate passes324

9⚽↓Esposito

18↓Ekhator

1Vlachodimos

3↓Koulierakis

17Hatzidiakos

5Retsos

8↓Mouzakitis

19↓Kyriakopoulos

23↓Triantis

2↓Vagiannidis

10↓Tzolis

9↓Douvikas

7↓Masouras

Substitutes · Greece

20Christos Zafeiris↑
12Konstantinos Tzolakis
21Kostas Tsimikas↑
16Andrews Tetteh↑
15Lazaros Rota↑
14Vangelis Pavlidis↑
25Andreas Ntoi
4Konstantinos Mavropanos
13Christos Mandas
26Alexandros Kyziridis↑
6Dimitrios Kourbelis
11Charalambos Kostoulas↑
18Sotiris Kontouris
24Thanasis Androutsos↑

Substitutes · Italy

23Lorenzo Palmisani
13Luca Reggiani↑
19Samuele Inácio
2Niccolò Fortini
17Seydou Fini↑
22Costantino Favasuli↑
16Giacomo Faticanti↑
20Matteo Dagasso↑
12Giovanni Daffara
8Francesco Camarda

89'

Substitution, Italy. Giacomo Faticanti replaces Luca Koleosho.

89'

Offside, Greece. Vangelis Pavlidis is caught offside.

88'

Corner, Greece. Conceded by Gianluigi Donnarumma.

88'

Attempt missed. Vangelis Pavlidis (Greece) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.

88'

Substitution, Greece. Charalampos Kostoulas replaces Tasos Douvikas.

88'

Substitution, Greece. Vangelis Pavlidis replaces Christos Tzolis.

87'

Substitution, Italy. Francesco Camarda replaces Francesco Pio Esposito.

86'

Foul by Niccolò Pisilli (Italy).

86'

Lazaros Rota (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

86'

Corner, Italy. Conceded by Odysseas Vlachodimos.

86'

Attempt saved. Costantino Favasuli (Italy) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Odysseas Vlachodimos (Greece). Assisted by Francesco Pio Esposito.

84'

Foul by Christos Zafeiris (Greece).

84'

Francesco Pio Esposito (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

84'

Christos Zafeiris (Greece) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box.

82'

Costantino Favasuli (Italy) is shown the yellow card.

81'

Francesco Pio Esposito (Italy) wins a free kick on the right wing.

81'

Foul by Christos Zafeiris (Greece).

80'

Costantino Favasuli (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

80'

Foul by Christos Tzolis (Greece).

78'

Foul by Pantelis Hatzidiakos (Greece).

78'

Francesco Pio Esposito (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

76'

Attempt missed. Francesco Pio Esposito (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.

76'

Substitution, Greece. Christos Zafeiris replaces Christos Mouzakitis.

76'

Substitution, Greece. Andrews Tetteh replaces Georgios Vagiannidis.

75'

Foul by Georgios Vagiannidis (Greece).

75'

Davide Bartesaghi (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

74'

Panagiotis Retsos (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

74'

Foul by Francesco Pio Esposito (Italy).

74'

Substitution, Italy. Matteo Dagasso replaces Luca Lipani.

74'

Substitution, Italy. Costantino Favasuli replaces Seydou Fini.

74'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

71'

Delay in match for a drinks break.

68'

Luca Reggiani (Italy) is shown the red card.

68'

Tasos Douvikas (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

68'

Foul by Luca Reggiani (Italy).

66'

Foul by Fabio Chiarodia (Italy).

66'

Alexandros Kyziridis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

62'

Substitution, Greece. Kostas Tsimikas replaces Georgios Kyriakopoulos.

62'

Substitution, Greece. Thanasis Androutsos replaces Nectarios Triantis.

62'

Substitution, Greece. Alexandros Kyziridis replaces Giorgos Masouras.

61'

Foul by Luca Reggiani (Italy).

61'

Tasos Douvikas (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

60'

Attempt blocked. Niccolò Pisilli (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Francesco Pio Esposito.

59'

Foul by Georgios Vagiannidis (Greece).

59'

Cher Ndour (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

55'

Substitution, Italy. Luca Reggiani replaces Pietro Comuzzo because of an injury.

54'

Foul by Lazaros Rota (Greece).

54'

Luca Koleosho (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

54'

Attempt blocked. Christos Tzolis (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

53'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

52'

Delay in match because of an injury Pietro Comuzzo (Italy).

50'

Attempt blocked. Cher Ndour (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Davide Bartesaghi.

48'

Foul by Luca Koleosho (Italy).

48'

Lazaros Rota (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

47'

Foul by Georgios Vagiannidis (Greece).

47'

Davide Bartesaghi (Italy) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

47'

Luca Koleosho (Italy) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box. Assisted by Seydou Fini with a cross.

46'

Corner, Italy. Conceded by Lazaros Rota.

46'

Attempt blocked. Luca Koleosho (Italy) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luca Lipani.

45'

Second Half begins Greece 0, Italy 1.

45'

Substitution, Italy. Seydou Fini replaces Jeff Ekhator.

45'

Substitution, Italy. Filippo Mané replaces Honest Ahanor.

45'

Substitution, Greece. Lazaros Rota replaces Konstantinos Koulierakis.

45'+4'

First Half ends, Greece 0, Italy 1.

45'+1'

Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.

45'

Foul by Christos Tzolis (Greece).

45'

Honest Ahanor (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

44'

Honest Ahanor (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

44'

Foul by Honest Ahanor (Italy).

44'

Christos Tzolis (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

43'

Attempt missed. Nectarios Triantis (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Christos Mouzakitis.

41'

Foul by Honest Ahanor (Italy).

41'

Christos Tzolis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

39'

Nectarios Triantis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

39'

Foul by Francesco Pio Esposito (Italy).

38'

Luca Lipani (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

38'

Christos Tzolis (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

38'

Foul by Luca Lipani (Italy).

37'

Attempt saved. Francesco Pio Esposito (Italy) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Odysseas Vlachodimos (Greece). Assisted by Davide Bartesaghi with a through ball.

36'

Foul by Honest Ahanor (Italy).

36'

Christos Tzolis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

34'

Luca Lipani (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

34'

Foul by Nectarios Triantis (Greece).

33'

Offside, Italy. Jeff Ekhator is caught offside.

32'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

32'

Delay in match because of an injury Georgios Vagiannidis (Greece).

29'

Francesco Pio Esposito (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

29'

Foul by Konstantinos Koulierakis (Greece).

29'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

27'

Delay in match for a drinks break.

26'

Attempt blocked. Christos Tzolis (Greece) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

25'

Foul by Honest Ahanor (Italy).

25'

Christos Tzolis (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

22'

Attempt blocked. Tasos Douvikas (Greece) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christos Tzolis.

21'

Offside, Italy. Luca Koleosho is caught offside.

20'

Foul by Pietro Comuzzo (Italy).

20'

Tasos Douvikas (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

18'

Goal! Greece 0, Italy 1. Francesco Pio Esposito (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jeff Ekhator.

15'

Nectarios Triantis (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

15'

Foul by Luca Lipani (Italy).

13'

Attempt blocked. Niccolò Pisilli (Italy) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Francesco Pio Esposito.

12'

Offside, Italy. Jeff Ekhator is caught offside.

10'

Corner, Italy. Conceded by Georgios Kyriakopoulos.

Attempt missed. Jeff Ekhator (Italy) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Pietro Comuzzo with a through ball.

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

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Match info

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