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Greece 2-0 Republic of Eire: Hosts stay good to maneuver three factors clear as George Baldock honoured
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Greece 2-0 Republic of Eire: Hosts stay good to maneuver three factors clear as George Baldock honoured

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By Tycoon Herald 7 Min Read Published October 14, 2024
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Caoimhin Kelleher went from hero to villain because the Republic of Eire slipped to a 2-0 Nations League defeat in Greece.

The Liverpool keeper, who had made three wonderful first-half saves earlier than being crushed by Tasos Bakasetas’ deflected Forty eighth-minute shot, gifted the ball to substitute Petros Mantalos in stoppage time to permit him to seal the win.

Victory maintained the Greeks’ 100 per cent begin to the competitors and saved them three factors forward of England on the prime of League B Group 2.

If the consequence was in the end determined by a stroke of fine fortune and an error, the win – a fourth over the Irish inside 16 months – was not more than Greece, nonetheless revelling of their 2-1 victory over England, deserved on an evening after they dominated for lengthy intervals.

Eire, who ran out searching for back-to-back aggressive wins for the primary time since March 2019 following their success in Finland on Thursday night, defended stoutly for a lot of a hard-fought contest, however had been ultimately undone in entrance of a partisan crowd of 30,253.

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On an emotional night time, the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium fell silent forward of kick-off as each groups paid tribute to Greece defender George Baldock following his dying on the age of 31.

As soon as the sport was underneath method, the primary likelihood fell to Eire with simply 4 minutes gone when the ball broke to Evan Ferguson off Lazaros Rota, however the striker was unable to hit the goal underneath stress from the defender as he tried to make amends.

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Republic of Eire made one change to the staff which beat Finland as Troy Parrott got here in for Finn Azaz.

Nevertheless, Kelleher, who had earlier seen a Bakasetas shot deflected simply broad, needed to be at his greatest to palm away Giorgos Masouras’ stinging Eleventh-minute volley after defender Liam Scales had blocked Vangelis Pavlidis’ preliminary try.

Masouras failed to check Kelleher with a tame header from a Christos Tzolis cross however the Liverpool keeper denied Bakasetas with a foot after which claimed Pavlidis’ follow-up.

Nathan Collins blocked one other Pavlidis shot after Tzolis had cleverly flicked the ball into his path with Eire coming underneath intense stress however remaining stubbornly resilient.

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Entrance two Ferguson and Troy Parrott had been seeing little of the ball however the latter did briefly trigger panic for Konstantinos Mavropanos when he blocked his tried clearance to ship the ball in direction of aim, though keeper Odysseas Vlachodimos was readily available to spare the defender’s blushes.

Against this, Kelleher’s aim was repeatedly underneath risk and he needed to save with a foot as soon as once more, this time to stop Dimitris Giannoulis from taking advantage of Tzolis’ Twenty ninth-minute go.

Bakasetas examined Kelleher with a skidding Forty seventh-minute effort because the Greeks returned from the break in decided temper, however he was to not be denied and it was he who broke the impasse seconds later when his shot from the sting of the field clipped Scales and flew into the web.

Eire discovered themselves underneath the cosh with Greece sensing a chance to complete the sport off and Tzolis scuffed broad from a promising place.

Eire head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson moved to refresh his embattled facet when he despatched on Festy Ebosele and debutant Jack Taylor for Chiedozie Ogbene and Ferguson.

Vlachodimos needed to tip a 69th-minute Taylor header over amid a flurry of exercise across the dwelling penalty space and the Ipswich man noticed appeals for a late penalty waved away after his shot appeared to hit the arm of Mavropanos on its method in direction of aim.

However the contest was over when Kelleher offered the ball to Mantalos, who rounded him earlier than firing into the empty web.

Cullen: Disappointing to concede so rapidly after half-time

Greece 2-0 Republic of Eire: Hosts stay good to maneuver three factors clear as George Baldock honoured
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Republic of Eire suffered a slim defeat in Greece

Republic of Eire midfielder Josh Cullen advised RTE:

“After them scoring so early in the second half, from that point on I thought we were the team that looked more likely [to score] and I thought we got more control in the game.

“I do not suppose the primary half was adequate from us, however we tweaked issues at half-time and it is simply disappointing to concede so rapidly after half-time. I believe the boys confirmed nice braveness and bravado to come back again and elevate the efficiency once more.

“Ultimately it wasn’t quite enough in the end.”

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