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Greece Crushes Belarus in a Goal Fest at Karaiskáki Stadium
PIRAEUS, September 5, 2025 – The Greek national football team delivered an impressive offensive display, defeating Belarus at the Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki in a World Cup qualifying match. From the opening whistle, Greece dominated possession with 64% and bombarded the opponent’s goal with 29 shots, 15 of which were on target.
K. Karetsas opened the scoring in the 3rd minute, assisted by V. Pavlidis, who would become a key figure in the match. Pavlidis soon scored his own goal in the 17th minute, extending Greece’s lead. The onslaught continued with a goal from A. Bakasetas in the 21st minute and another from D. Kourbelis in the 36th minute, consolidating Greek dominance before halftime.
In the second half, Greece maintained the pressure, and C. Tzolis increased the lead in the 63rd minute. Belarus managed to pull one back with a penalty goal by G. Barkovskiy in the 72nd minute, but it was a brief respite from the Greek offensive torrent. Despite having only 36% possession and 9 total shots (4 on target), Belarus could not stop the momentum of the home team. The match was also marked by intensity, with one yellow card for Greece and two for Belarus. Ultimately, Greece took a well-deserved victory in front of their fans.
The match ended with a lopsided score reflecting the superiority shown by the Hellenic team.
Substitutions belarus: at minute 46 Y. Kovalev came in and G. Barkovskiy went out., at minute 54 A. Martynovich came in and Z. Volkov went out., at minute 67 V. Gromyko came in and R. Pasevich went out., at minute 67 T. Melnichenko came in and N. Demchenko went out., at minute 79 E. Yablonskiy came in and M. Myakish went out.
Substitutions greece: at minute 62 K. Tsimikas came in and C. Mouzakitis went out., at minute 62 D. Kourbelis came in and G. Kyriakopoulos went out., at minute 73 A. Bakasetas came in and G. Konstantelias went out., at minute 73 V. Pavlidis came in and F. Ioannidis went out., at minute 83 C. Zafeiris came in and P. Mantalos went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Greece
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Belarus
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