Belarus – Greece 1-0: Defeat “knife” for National Hopes

The defeated by the 1–0 and stayed long behind in battle for qualification in the final phase of Euro 2025. The National Hopes could not confirm the title of favourite against Belarus, knowing a defeat that could prove to be sentencing in the battle for qualification in Euro 2025. The victory goal for Belarusians was scored by Martinov with a proper penalty shot in the 57th minute. Nikos Papadopoulos’ team remained in -2 from the second Croatia, which also has two games less than our representative band in the qualifying group. Portugal is first in the group is located at +4 from the “blue-white”, having one less game. The positive thing is that Portugal and Croatia will play with each other on March 26th, with Greece facing Andorra. It is recalled that the first of each group and the best three seconds get the ticket to the finals of the event, with the remaining six seconds of the groups participating in barrages claiming the last three tickets. The elevens: Belarus (pr. Yashinsky): Scappets, Baranok, Nazarenka, Kasarab, Svindinsky, Agkeev, Dusevsky (64′ Ghuz), Burak (74′ Krasnov), Piatsura (78′ Kathiaru), Svencikov (78′ Zurauliou), Martinov (78′ Hruntzko) Greece (pr.Nikos Papadopoulos): Jolakis, Panagiotou, Konstantopoulos, Kryparakos, Kitsos, Kurfalidis (59′ Metaxas), Surlis (81′ Niarchos), Darellas (59′ Apostolakis), Zuglis (59′ Sofianos), Panayidis, Jimas (59′ Kosidis).